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The numbers tell it all - mining employed an extra 58,100 people over the past year while construction cut back by 58,600.

The Australian share market has closed lower as nervous investors look ahead to Sunday's Greek elections.

Shares in Golden Rim Resources are soaring on the Australian Securities Exchange, after the Perth-based gold explorer announced significant new gold intercepts at its Balogo project in Burkina Faso

Fresh evidence of "freebies" given to state Health Department staff by pharmaceutical companies has emerged, with the state opposition labelling it an astounding rort.

Retiring Australian Greens leader Bob Brown's last move before handing in his Senate seat on Friday is to lobby all federal MPs to protect part the Kimberley region from gas drilling.

The Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council and City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder are among seven Western Australian recipients of grants under the federal government’s Community Energy Efficiency program.

Tourism industry heavyweights have slammed the Gillard government's decision to increase the airport departure tax, saying it will cost thousands of regional jobs.

Scammers posing as insurance officers have targeted residents of a storm-hit home in Rockingham, south of Perth.

The mining industry has been accused by MPs of not taking responsibility for the social and financial problems caused by fly-in fly-out workers.

Business analytics consultancy Access Analytic Solutions has won the inaugural People’s Choice Award as part of this year’s Rising Stars Awards.

SUBSTANTIAL investment in new technologies and five decades of combined experience among two senior managers has enabled Alltype Engineering to achieve rapid expansion.  

CENTRAL Systems has had a strong four years, with staff numbers tripling to 175 and turnover growing six-fold as new services have been added and new clients won across a wide range of industries.

MANY tradesmen dream of one day getting off the tools, managing a thriving business, and driving a nice car that’s not a ute. 

ACQUISITIONS and strategic alliances have helped civil construction and maintenance contractor WBHO Civil significantly expand its business operations in recent years.

LITTLE more than a decade ago, a couple of young men from the suburbs started their IT business, sharing a desk in a makeshift workspace, complete with their loyal hound, Bailey the dog.

CLEAN linen on a hotel bed and clean towels in the bathroom, clean seats and headrests on a plane – we expect nothing less. 

The past year has been a whirlwind for businesses that have featured in the Rising Stars awards, with some rising to greater heights while others have faced major challenges.

In McNally Group’s first year of operations, in the 2008-09 financial year, the modular building company turned over $439.

FOURTEEN years ago, Karratha locals Sean and Lisa Clarke had ambitions to establish a vehicle hire business with a fleet of about 50 vehicles.

SIMON Higgins reckons his contracting company, ECM Global Project Partners, is all about growing people and keeping them.

Paul Musca had an inauspicious start in business. While his peers did sensible things like study at university, he preferred surfing, while working as a labourer on drilling rigs.

Western Australia’s commercial fishing industry will be one of the big losers from the federal government’s creation of 44 marine parks around the country, whereas the oil and gas industry is likel

The Australian share market has opened marginally lower on a weak US lead, with local investors treading water until the outcome of Sunday's Greek elections.

Interest rate cuts and federal government handouts will help retail spending grow at its fastest pace since the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, an independent forecaster says.

Treasurer Wayne Swan believes the most likely scenario for the European Union is one of "rolling crises and volatility".

Data showing weak US consumer buying in May have taken a hit on US stocks, with consumer goods companies leading the fall of the markets.

 The number of Australian companies that submitted applications for new top-level internet domain names may be disappointing, especially among retailers.

The Australian dollar has moved to within half a US cent of parity with its US counterpart and could move higher in the coming days, even as markets remain nervous about upcoming Greek elections.

Volatility on European markets has created short-term opportunities for investors while the local sharemarket flounders around six month lows, analysts say.

Former Midland Redevelopment Authority boss Kieran Kinsella has been appointed as chief executive of the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority, succeeding incumbent Tony Morgan.

Australian stocks closed lower with investors' caution about the weekend's Greek elections overriding positive offshore leads.

Commerce Minister Simon O’Brien has introduced temporary measures to ease backlogs in building approvals, in an attempt to kick-start the struggling residential building sector.