Traditional owners in favour of Woodside Petroleum's Browse gas hub say a $1.5 billion compensation deal will save lives and that they don't want former Greens leader Bob Brown speaking for them.
Coal of Africa has completed a $US44.8 million share placement to fund its acquisition of the Chapudi coal assets in Limpopo, South Africa, and also provide additional exploration and working capit
Melville Holden has been reappointed as the official motor vehicle partner of the Perth Wildcats until the end of the 2014-15 national basketball league season.
The head of takeover target Integra Mining says a multi-million dollar deal with WA gold miner Silver Lake Resources should be finalised by the end of the year.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has given the states four months to come up with ways to slow surging energy prices or face market watchdogs with more powers to ease the pressure on households.
Forrestfield-based Quality Builders has won a $4.6 million contract with the Department of Education after under-cutting competition by almost $2 million.
No-one expects business to apply a national interest test when it comes to making money but, in the case of Chinese investment in Australia such a test must be applied until China changes its ways.
Australian shares opened stronger, buoyed by overnight leads and hopes the European Central Bank will take action soon to relieve the euro zone debt crisis.
Global construction company Leighton Holdings has announced a net profit after tax of $115 million for the six months to June 2012 and still expects it to reach $400 million to $450 million for the
US stocks scored moderate gains Monday, extending Friday's sharp rally on hopes that the European Central Bank may soon take action to relieve the eurozone sovereign debt crisis.
Unsecured creditors of school supply business Wooldridges, which collapsed last week with $50 million in debt, are likely to receive less than 10 cents in the dollar.
The Australian dollar is more than half a US cent higher, following optimistic job figures from the US.At 1700 AEST, the local unit was trading at 105.60 US cents, up from 104.95 cents.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says the federal government is waging a "jihad" against outspoken mining magnates and is trying to muzzle its critics in the media.
Internet kiosk group PieNetworks has flagged a possible expansion into telecommunications, with the firm considering the acquisition of a South-East Asian telecommunications company.
The Australian share market started the week strongly, closing up by more than one per cent on robust overseas leads, following better than expected US jobs data.
Traditional owners will meet former Greens leader Bob Brown in a bid to sway opposition to Woodside Petroleum's proposed $30 billion Kimberley gas hub.
Investment firm Argo Investments says global equity markets are unlikely to show any meaningful recovery in the short term but, in the long term, the Australian market represented relatively good v
The peak body representing egg farmers in Western Australia has warned consumers to brace for higher prices on the back of a once-in-a-century drought in the United States.
Iron ore and vanadium miner Atlantic has lined up a new $50 million finance facility to boost its working capital as it ramps up production at its Windimurra development in the Mid West.
Interest rate cuts in recent months have failed to lift sentiment in the business sector, with a new survey showing conditions went backwards in the second quarter.
Fortescue Metals has taken on higher than expected debt to fund its massive iron ore expansion plans, announcing $US1.5 billion ($A1.4 billion) in new funding.
