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THE federal government has announced a new funding program that will take visual arts on tour to regional locations across Australia.

GRAHAM Forward has an unassuming nature and natural modesty that belies the depth of his connections to, and achievements in, Africa.

Next time your favourite sports team is just losing at halftime, feel relieved.

Building industry groups have reiterated concerns about a Gillard government proposal to replace the commercial construction industry watchdog, warning the alternative to the Australian Building an

A LACK of supply will be the big issue for Perth’s office market in 2012, with record-high office take-up figures sending the CBD vacancy rate spiralling to its lowest level in three years.

QUEENSLAND-BASED Oaks Hotels and Resorts has expanded its portfolio in Western Australia with the acquisition of a second property in Broome, naming the Kimberley location as one of its investment

LIKE iron ore in the Pilbara, Western Australia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector along the state’s north-west coast is experiencing a wave of development and expansion.

THE emergence of the Mid West as a major iron ore mining region remains heavily linked to the controversial Oakajee port and rail development.

WESTERN Australian gold miners have responded to the record prices for the precious metal by lifting production in the past year.

THE iron ore landscape in the Pilbara region is consumed by expansion as miners plan to capitalise on rising prices and strong demand from China.

Buying Australian-made or grown goods creates local jobs and helps the economy, a consumer group says.

THE Windimurra vanadium mine, south-east of Mt Magnet, is an operation that really shouldn’t exist.

Miners are looking to shore up their positions following a volatile 2011.

Nearly 80 per cent of Western Australians expect to be able to shrug off the ongoing global economic turmoil over 2012, despite 34 per cent expecting the local economy to deteriorate, a survey rele

Job advertisements on the internet fell by three per cent in December compared to a month earlier, national data shows.

The federal opposition believes Treasurer Wayne Swan will need to be a magician to deliver his promised budget surplus in 2012/13 in the light of downgraded global growth forecasts.

Atlas Iron has cut its production targets for the financial year because of the impact of Tropical Cyclone Heidi.

 Australian shares have climbed after market-beating results from Apple helped bourses shrug off growing concerns that Greece may default on its debt.

The Australian dollar has been dragged down as negotiations to prevent Greece defaulting on its debt hit an impasse and the International Monetary Fund downgraded its global growth forecasts.

US stocks fell Tuesday on concerns that a deal to prevent a default by Greece might fall through.

Lynas Corporation has announced $US225 million capital raising to complete the construction and commissioning of its rare earths processing plant in Malaysia, after revealing delays had added up to

Opposition Leader Mark McGowan is being "sneaky" by promoting an opt-out provision for workers under proposed Sunday trading laws, the government says. 

The Australian dollar slipped to trade back below 105 US cents after soaring to its highest position since October.

More Australian businesses left bills unpaid for 90 days or longer during the December quarter than a year earlier, Dun & Bradstreet said. 

LandCorp has selected a joint venture led by Finbar to develop a 190-apartment residential complex and 6,000 square metre office project in Rivervale.

Goldfields Credit Union has received regulatory approval for its plan to demutualise, raise $9 million in additional capital and list on the Australian Securities Exchange as Goldfields Money.

Australia's biggest gold producer, Newcrest Mining, has reported a 20 per cent drop in quarterly gold production compared with the prior corresponding December quarter.

Frustrated dairy farmers are leaving the industry while the government sits on three reports on the supermarket milk price war.

Oil Search expects flat production into 2013 as natural field decline and processing shutdowns are offset by new exploration success.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the federal government will help find jobs for the 350 Toyota workers made redundant and shore up the car industry overall.