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Hong Kong-listed Wah Nam International has declared its cash and scrip takeover offer for iron ore explorer Brockman Resources free from all remaining conditions.

Japan's Inpex Corporation announced today it had struck an agreement with Shell to purchase a 17.5 per cent interest in the Prelude floating LNG project, located off WA's northern coast.

The Australian dollar was firmer after lifting back above 105 US cents in response to a positive session on US equity markets in offshore trading.

The City of Perth has extended its rates relief program for owners of buildings listed in its register of cultural and heritage significance.

Fisheries Minister Norman Moore has committed $14.5 million over the next four years to seek sustainability certification for the state's commercial fisheries.

The Australian share market closed flat, having recouped losses earlier in the day.

The Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre has signed Willie Creek Pearls as its cornerstone tenant for a boutique retail precinct within the centre.

The chief executive of the nation's largest cattle producer Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) says the company is ready to increase its live cattle exports to Indonesia.

Qube Logistics' purchase of Bunbury company Giacci Holdings has started to pay dividends, after it won the haulage and port services contract for Sandfire Resources' De Grussa copper-gold project,

Rio Tinto's salt operations at Port Hedland are being secured as Tropical Cyclone Lua comes closer to land.

The stream of economic reports since the central bank board met last week has hardly been inspiring.

Finders Resources has inked a deal with Standard Bank for the sale of up to 60 per cent of all copper cathode produced at its Wetar project in Indonesia.

Federal MP Don Randall says he has wide support within the state Liberal Party for his attack on the state's police minister Rob Johnson and his call for him to be dumped.

Public examinations of three private companies associated with Luke Saraceni are set to proceed after the Supreme Court of Western Australia threw out objections over the appointment of administrat

Western Australia's key industry group has predicted further strengthening in the Western Australian economy over 2012, after a sustained period of patchy conditions and global economic uncertainty

Federal opposition finance spokesman Andrew Robb warns China's economic boom won't last forever.

Australian stocks have opened flat, despite a positive finish on Wall Street.

Treasurer Wayne Swan insists the federal government has solid community backing for its minerals resource rent tax.

The federal government will re-assess an application by Rio Tinto for a mine expansion near the Great Barrier Reef on environmental grounds.

US stocks have increased as investors digest a batch of economic data that suggests the recovery is picking up steam.

The Australian dollar has fallen on the back of a strong US dollar and equity market.

Legal experts have suggested mining magnate Clive Palmer's promised High Court challenge against Labor's carbon tax may be nothing more than hot air that won't come to pass.

Putting more information on business loans and financing into the public arena would help turn the spotlight on the struggles of small businesses, the coalition says.

Fares for Australia's domestic flights have crept higher, official figures show.

Rio Tinto has signed up another group as preferred contractor for its expansion of its iron ore operations in the Pilbara, inking a framework agreement with Downer EDI.

The Australian share market closed lower after weaker metals prices weighed on mining stocks along with concerns about China's demand for commodities.

IT services company Empired has won a $5 million contract for the Ichthys liquefied natural gas project.

Police & Nurses Credit Society is in discussions with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and its members to change its name to P&N Bank.

Resources companies in the state's north are bracing for Tropical Cyclone Lua, which is expected to intensify as it approaches the Pilbara coast.

Spuds have become a political hot potato as the state opposition seeks to stamp out the nation's last remaining potato regulator.

Australia's taxation commissioner believes the task force set up to tackle tax evasion through overseas havens has had some significant successes.

Former prime minister John Howard has joined senior Liberals in attacking the federal government's rejection of his colleague Peter Costello for the job as chair of the nation's sovereign wealth fu