The Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to keep the official interest rate at 3.5 per cent over the next couple of months, following the rate cuts in May and June.
Short-term visitors rose more than departing residents in June, but the flood of travellers out of the country is still overwhelming the flow of visitors.
The federal opposition insists it is not against foreign investment, despite proposing a plan to toughen rules for international investors looking to buy Australian agricultural land.
BHP Billiton chief executive Marius Kloppers has agreed to forgo his annual bonus after announcing US$3.29 billion in write-downs, mostly on one of its American shale gas assets but also its Nickel
The Australian share market has opened lower after expectations the European Central Bank (ECB) would announce immediate monetary measures to ease the debt crisis failed to bear fruit.
US stocks slid for a fourth straight day, as the European Central Bank took no action to address the eurozone sovereign debt crisis but suggested it may intervene on the markets to lower borrowing
News Limited moved a step closer to gaining what analysts say will be high-earning pay TV assets when it won regulatory approval for its acquisition of Consolidated Media.
Market darling Northern Star Resources has had another solid day on the Australian Securities Exchange, its stock up 9 per cent on the back of the company paying its maiden dividend to shareholders
Allied Gold has revealed that its claim against GR Engineering Services is actually for $47 million, up from the figure of $25 million disclosed in June by the engineering contractor.
Mining giant BHP Billiton has dismissed suggestions it has already decided to delay its $19 billion Port Hedland harbour expansion for at least two years.
Paintmaker DuluxGroup has asked the Takeovers Panel to stop takeover target Alesco Corporation from commenting on the DuluxGroup bid unless it has approval from the panel.
Shares in Venture Minerals are flying after the Perth-based junior explorer announced a major new high-grade tin discovery in close proximity to its flagship Mt Lindsay tin and tungsten project in
The construction union has backed a call by former Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board member Warwick McKibbin for the central bank to intervene to limit the strength of the Australian dollar.
Activists campaigning against Woodside's planned gas hub at James Price Point in Western Australia's Kimberley region say they have blocked access to the project site.
Fair Work Australia could be given greater powers to resolve mining industry pay disputes, and improve flexibility for carers, under changes proposed in a review of the Fair Work Act.
It was a canal too far that lost him a state election.But Premier Colin Barnett hasn't given up on his much-derided ambition for a 3,700km waterway from the Kimberley to Perth.
Australian iron ore company Sundance Resources says its suitor Hanlong Mining has received provisional approval from Chinese regulators for a takeover.
