A two year low in job advertisements data shows Australia's labour force is still under strain, and could prompt the central bank to cut rates at its meeting tomorrow.
Hanlong Africa Mining has secured a fresh round of finance from a Chinese bank to fund its acquisition of Sundance Resources, the takeover target says.
The Reserve Bank of Australia might still keep its finger off the interest rate button despite a private sector survey showing slower growth in consumer prices.
Westpac has become the second of the big four banks to post a fall in full year profit, with the tax implications of its takeover of St George causing a 15 per cent fall to $5.97 billion.
Virgin Australia's proposed takeover of Skywest and Tiger Airways Australia is a tricky issue for the regulators assessing the deal, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has warned that the debt-crippled country could be forced out of the euro if parliament fails to approve a new round of austerity measures needed for a lifeline
Chevron's agreement with the federal government to import 150 foreign workers for its Gorgon LNG project if it can't find enough locals has angered a union, which says Australia's labour shortage i
Construction and engineering company AusGroup has announced a pair of new fabrication works packages in Western Australia; one for Chevron's $43 billion Gorgon project, and another for CSBP's ammon
A highly innovative redesign and refit of public toilets opposite the Art Gallery has won Subiaco firm Conglio Ainsworth Architects one of the top prizes at the 2012 Institute of Architecture natio
Resolute Mining has sweetened its $85 million financing proposal for Noble Mineral Resources for a second time, after Noble said it continued to prefer to enter a similar funding deal with Chinese
A federal coalition government would scrap both the carbon and mining taxes and therefore some of its own plans would have to be delayed, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says.
Australia needs to prepare for the next mining boom by giving tax breaks to start-up resources companies, the head of the nation's stock exchange says.
Paladin Energy says its Kayelekera Mine operations in Malawi are not expected to be affected by planned protests over the company's sourcing of food from outside the country.
Peter Tinley, who was once touted as a future state Labor leader, has quit as an opposition spokesman after a company that his wife is linked to went into receivership.
Some buoyant data on consumer confidence and the manufacturing sector gave Wall Street a solid bump higher after Wednesday's flat reopening following the Hurricane Sandy shutdown.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has been accused of ditching Liberal party values and sanctioning muckraking against Prime Minister Julia Gillard as Labor continues to seek the political upper hand a
The Australian dollar is almost level, as a weak share market performance puts a lid on any gains it makes on the back of strong Chinese manufacturing data.
Uranium miner Toro Energy has lined up $12 million in debt finance to fund the completion of a definitive feasibility study at its Wiluna uranium project.
Whitehaven Coal managing director Tony Haggarty says investors have sent majority shareholder Nathan Tinkler a clear message after they overwhelmingly re-elected chairman Mark Vaile and four other
