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US stocks have closed mostly lower after a mixed report on existing-home sales showed a rocky but improving recovery in the depressed housing market.

A clash is looming at an Aboriginal "tent embassy" in Perth after the police commissioner urged the city council to order the protesters off a public reserve.

The Housing Industry Association says 'lawlessness' is set to return to building sites after the Senate passed a bill to abolish Australia’s peak building industry watchdog last night.

Iluka Resources managing director David Robb has become the latest in a string of WA company directors to offload a multi-million dollar parcel of shares.

The mining industry has lashed out at suggestions the federal government is considering a cut to the diesel fuel tax rebate to prop up its budget, saying a further reduction was the equivalent of i

Supermarket group Woolworths has officially opened its meat processing centre in Bunbury, which cost $31 million to upgrade and will employ 70 workers.

The Australian dollar continued to trade lower after tumbling almost one US cent on fresh concerns about a slowing Chinese economy.

Vodafone has scotched rumours that it is looking to offload its Australian mobile phone joint venture.

The RAC is on the lookout for a new marketing partner, launching a formal tender process to fill its creative advertising account.

The Australian share market closed lower, with mining stocks suffering heavy falls as investors fretted over fresh signs of a slowing Chinese economy.

Investors have baulked at David Jones' ambitious plans to revamp its customer service and boost online sales after digesting news that full year profits could slump by as much as 40 per cent.

Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting continues to target a 30 per cent equity sale of its $9.5 billion Roy Hill iron ore project but won't confirm speculation about the breakdown of that interest.

The Australian Greens and Labor are in a stand-off over corporate tax cuts linked to the minerals resource rent tax (MRRT) passed by parliament this week.

The political landscape has changed significantly since the last COAG meeting.

Call that a heatwave? I’ll show you a heatwave.

Troy Buswell’s kidding if he thinks stamp duty has nothing to do with people’s reluctance to buy a house.

The controversy over David Gonski’s Future Fund appointment overshadowed a thought-provoking address on corporate governance.

Can an image makeover for the PM save Labor at the next election?

A NEW position has been established to aid research into Western Australia’s indigenous culture and Kimberley rock art, thanks to a $1.5 million donation from eastern states-based Kimberley Foundat

The high iron ore price is unsustainable and will fall substantially in coming years as China's use of steel becomes less intense, an analyst warns.

WHEN Brenda Hamlett started out as a Brownie, aged seven, the Girl Guide experience consisted of weekly visits to her local club and the occasional region-wide jamboree.

This is the 20th anniversary of my first column.

If you had small children growing up in the early noughties you will remember the catch phrase of children’s TV character Bob the Builder.

OTAN Property Funds Management has big plans to grow its business, from $45 million under management to $300 million within the next 2.5 years; and Asian investment is expected to account for half

The state government plans to release land for 4,849 new dwellings across the Pilbara by 2015 to cater for increasing demand for housing in the region and to improve affordability.

REAL estate veteran Paul Conti has a goal that is shared by people working in many industries – he wants to elevate the standing of his profession.

Plans for a medical school and a new law program in Western Australia herald a major change for those professions.

Earnings from resources and energy exports are predicted to continue to grow at a strong pace for at least the next five years, but economic growth more generally looks set to remain sluggish in th

The federal opposition has seized on a report that suggests Australians face some of the highest electricity prices in the world to further its attack on Labor's carbon tax.

Foreign Minister Bob Carr has described as "recklessly irresponsible" Clive Palmer's claim that the CIA is sponsoring green groups in a bid to wreck the Australian economy.

The Australian share market has opened half a per cent lower following the lead of international markets amid fresh concerns over China's cooling economy after a warning on dropping iron ore demand