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The Euorbodalla Shire Council has withdrawn its appeal against approval of Cortona Resources’ Dargues Reef gold mine in south-coastal New South Wales.

Investor interest in Perth’s office market is set to intensify in the new year after city sales hit fresh highs in 2011 on a rapidly declining vacancy rate.

It has been a year typified by tumult for the agricultural sector, with cattle farmers taking blows over international trade stoppages and dairy farmers going to war with supermarket giants over pr

A NUMBER of industry sectors lost out this year in the drama of volatile global markets and the high value of the Australian dollar, with tourism, hospitality, retail and residential construction a

It is difficult to know which union could claim to have had the most success during the past year but militant labour groups certainly appear to have found the new federal industrial relations regi

Outsourcing of state services through public-private partnerships may be a politically touchy subject but the Western Australian government has made significant progress in this field this year, ac

Domestic energy users are finding lucrative export markets provide a challenging competitor to their supply and costs.

Those investors who have suffered through the uranium sector’s miserable 2011 probably don’t have any optimism left, but the ones who can summon up a last skerrick of hope may just find reasons to

Long haul: Julia Gillard has made up lost ground in the polls and should go a full term.

If there was one decision that highlighted the weakness of the stock market for most of 2011, it was the deferral of mining contractor Barminco’s initial public offering.

In a year when big deals were few and far between, the $4 billion acquisition by the Kerry Stokes-controlled WA Newspapers Holdings to buy most of his other media assets was something of a standout

A small group of businesses across a handful of industry sectors were the really big winners in a year when times were tough for many.

David Eaton has been appointed Western Australia’s first Small Business Commissioner to provide a low-cost alternative dispute resolution service.

International subsea engineering company Wood Group Kenny has won an $8 million front end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the subsea development of Hess Exploration’s Equus offshore deep

Legacy Iron Ore will acquire a 60 per cent share in Hawthorn Resources for $5 million in a deal which will terminate the Mt Bevan iron ore project joint venture between the two companies.

St George Bank has cut its fixed home loan interest rates again as variable rates become more attractive.

Tax professionals have questioned the logic behind the federal government’s plan to remove the living away from home allowance for temporary residents, a group of employees used heavily by the mini

Engineering firm Macmahon Holdings has finalised the contract terms with Fortescue Metals Group for the construction of the Solomon Rail project.

Chief executive of market operator ASX Robert Elstone will join the board of Westpac Banking Corporation in the new year.

Australian stocks clawed back recent losses in early trade as sharp gains in offshore bourses sparked hopes for a long-awaited Christmas rally.

Australia is expected to remain a hot spot of merger and acquisition activity because of its cashed-up companies, in defiance of a worldwide slump in corporate deals, new research finds.

Australian stocks ended slightly weaker after a day of choppy trade as positive minutes from the central bank's meeting helped investors shrug off the ongoing economic gloom. 

Elders says profits in the first two months of its fiscal year are on track with the agribusiness's improvement plans.

Environment minister Bill Marmion has backed the Environmental Protection Authority’s decision to reject a Central West Coal proposal to develop a coal mine south of Eneabba.

Shares in Gloucester Coal are in a trading halt following reports it was in talks about an $8 billion merger that would create Australia's largest independent coal producer.

Westpac Banking Corporation says it will defend a class action against all four big banks over allegedly unlawful fees.

Perth-based Indo Mines has entered into an agreement with Indonesian investment company the Rajawali group which includes a $13.2 million share placement.

Perth-based mineral explorer Peak Resources has appointed Richard Beazley as its managing director, effective as of January 16.

Following a successful $3 million initial public offering, WA minerals explorer Goldphyre Resources today listed on the ASX, with shares dropping from an initial price of 20 cents to close at 16 ce

The federal government has asked a former federal court judge, an academic and a Reserve Bank board member to review the Fair Work Act.

CBH Group has appointed Trent Bartlett to its board as an independent director, replacing retiring director Peter Knowles.

More than one million tonnes of recycled construction and demolition (C&D) waste could be diverted from landfill and used to build roads under a landmark agreement between Main Roads WA and the