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.
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.
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.
The Art Gallery of Western Australia today launched Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters, the first exhibition in a series of six from New York's Museum of Modern Art that director Stefano Ca
The federal government will expand and increase the mining tax if it wins the next election and that could put the Olympic Dam expansion at risk, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says.
Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has taken another step towards development of its extensive magnetite deposits in the Pilbara, annuncing plans to transfer the assets into a Hong Kong company
Shortly before Facebook announced that it was planning to go public, founder Mark Zuckerberg asked employees from around the world to attend a meeting at the company's new headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
WESTERN Australia's building industry is scrambling to adjust to new laws regulating the sector, holding crisis meetings with state and local government representatives this week to attempt to halt
More than two-thirds of large Australian companies are willing to hire foreign workers as the effect of the skills shortage is felt across a broad range of industries, a survey shows.
More than 40,000 less people visited Western Australia from the eastern states for a holiday over the past year, prompting industry calls for more funding and support from the state government.
