Independent MP Tony Windsor has called on National Party Senate leader Barnaby Joyce to explain his involvement in the legal battle between mining magnate Gina Rinehart and three of her children.
The number of home loan approvals has fallen for the first time in 10 months but, economists say, the news won't trouble the Reserve Bank of Australia.
US President Barack Obama will announce a new trade suit against China prompted by Beijing's restrictions on the export of rare earth materials used in manufacturing hi-tech products.
The price of iron ore in China, not the antics of the iron ore rich Rinehart family, is what Australia should be watching because signs continue to emerge of a big future price fall.
Finance Minister Penny Wong is standing by the federal government's proposed carbon price, despite a report showing it would strip $30 billion from the economy.
US stocks finished mixed Monday ahead of a Federal Reserve policy board meeting that analysts hope will provide a better picture of the US economy's direction.
Europcar has formed a partnership with a small car rental business based in Esperance in an attempt to increase its share of Western Australia's mine-specific vehicle rental market.
Western Australia boasts the top four producing gold mines in Australia as the country remained the world's second-largest producer of the precious metal during the 2011 calendar year, gold mining
Perth-based funds manager Viento Group says it is aiming to enter the mining services industry, after committing to buy “significant items of equipment” to bolster its hire fleet.
Perth-based Resource Development Group has won a $35 million contract to design and construct a processing plant for Silver Lake Resources' Murchison gold project in Western Australia.
Two Western Australian mortgage and finance firms have taken out top prizes at the Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia's national awards over the weekend.
Phillips River Mining shares have plunged on the Australian Securities Exchange after Silver Lake Resources terminated an asset sale agreement covering Phillips River's gold assets in the Great Sou
It's not only the mining boom that's creating jobs - there's also plenty of work to be had in the pizza sector.So says Australia's biggest pizza company, Domino's Pizza Enterprises.
Western Australia's business community has lashed out at the Barnett government's plan to re-merge electricity utilities Verve and Synergy, calling it poor policy that would have a negative impact
Australian stocks have defied a positive lead from offshore and opened weaker, with falls among the energy and healthcare sectors leading the overall market lower.
US stocks took a roller-coaster ride in the week to Friday as Wall Street marked three years since hitting bottom in the middle of the Great Recession.
Major second-tier accounting franchise BDO has dumped the firm representing it in NSW and Victoria in a schism which is likely to cause further musical chairs in the sector.
The Australian dollar continued its rise today, with traders relieved there may be an end in sight for the current chapter in the Greek government debt crisis.
A series of protests have been held across Sydney, Melbourne and Perth against multi-national British services company Serco, which runs Australia's immigration detention and other public
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against travel agency company Flight Centre, alleging that it has attempted to induce competitors
