Who's bluffing? Mining and oil companies claiming that Australia is becoming too costly and difficult for major new projects, or the Australian Government which says it's a global problem.
Treasurer Wayne Swan will reassure business the federal government is still on the case to reform the tax system, despite ditching a promised cut in the corporate tax rate in last week's federal bu
Australian stocks have opened lower, with local market players taking their cues from a poor night on Wall Street as the political gridlock in Greece dominated trading.
US stocks have closed firmly in the red as Greece's political stalemate and Spain's banking problems drove new fears about the strength of the eurozone.
Perth-based law firm Balance Legal is merging with regional player Advent Lawyers - forming a new group with four offices in Australia and Singapore, and plans to expand.
Woodside Petroleum chief executive Peter Coleman has taken the first tangible step towards his strategy of diversifying beyond the company's big growth projects in Western Australia.
Explosives and fertiliser producer Incitec Pivot says it has no plans to drop its fertiliser business despite its lower earnings leading to a 13 per cent drop in first half profit.
Altona Mining says it is on the brink of becoming a mid-tier copper producer, after releasing a study which says its Little Eva copper-gold project near Mount Isa in Queensland will cost $320 milli
More than 100 police officers have converged on James Price Point north of Broome to escort a convoy of equipment past protesters to a proposed gas hub development site.
Mount Gibson Iron has announced the permanent appointment of Jim Beyer as its chief executive.Mr Beyer has been acting chief executive since December 2011.
The federal government has opened up 27 new offshore petroleum acreages across nine basins in Commonwealth waters off five states, including 13 new areas off the coast of Western Australia.
Up to half of all new jobs created in the next few years will be in sectors related to the booming mining industry, the Reserve Bank of Australia says.
The once-mighty Aussie dollar is losing purchasing power as it slips below its US counterpart, but TVs and electrical gadgets are likely to stay dirt cheap - for a while at least.
Australia has identified gas reserves that could keep up the rate of current production for nearly two centuries, Resources Minister Martin Ferguson says.
Construction and contracting company Decmil Group has announced new contract wins collectively worth $137 million, including a major new deal with Fortescue Metals Group.
Local stocks have opened firmer with market players buoyed by the Chinese central bank's actions to support lending in one of Australia's key trading partners.
US stocks took a beating last week, only to face more turbulence from Europe as Greece grapples with rising political uncertainty that could cost the country's crucial EU-IMF bailout.
Perth's City Square has become just the second property worldwide to bear the name of Canadian investment fund Brookfield, after it was rebranded Brookfield Place Perth.
The "bully boy tactics" of Coles and Woolworths are threatening the future of Australian food production, Australian Workers' Union boss Paul Howes says.
Fears of a new financial crisis in the wake of Greece's elections have dragged the Australian dollar perilously close to parity with its US counterpart.
