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Australia can't avoid being affected by the looming global shortage of available money.

Facing up to shareholders at annual meetings, and the two-strikes policy on remuneration reports, are both confronting for company directors, but so far this year they have delivered benefits.

Base Resources says it has finalised arrangements for its previously announced $US170 million finance facility to fund the development of its Kwale mineral sands project in Kenya.

A new approach to immigration is needed if Australia is to deal effectively with labour shortages.

When Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd kissed to celebrate the passing of the carbon tax, they betrayed all Australians.

Hospitality veteran Steve Scaffidi has stayed true to his convictions of what it takes to operate a successful bistro in the CBD. Emily Morgan reports.

STORIES of the fragile nature of funding in the community sector are all-too common, with organisations believing themselves secure in their strategic direction one minute, only to be blindsided by

I get a lot of emails from people seeking insight or asking me to solve sales dilemmas.

Australians soon may be able to transfer their lost superannuation accounts electronically instead of completing numerous paper forms.

Brian Grimmer has bounced back since the fallout of the GFC.

If I asked you right now, how much of your time do you spend stuck on administration, what would you say?

A planned rail line linking Sundance Resources' $US4.7 billion ($A4.79 billion) Mbalam iron ore project in West Africa to a proposed new port is a step closer.

John Bond says Primewest is targeting redevelopments in the city centre and Peppermint Grove.

PERTH'S office market has recorded the fifth strongest annual rental increase across 81 markets worldwide and is the best performing in Australia, according to new research released by Jones Lang L

THE federal government has given Perth Airport its tick of approval for the $500 million-plus expansion of the international terminal.

THE emergence of Lendlease as a major player in the Perth property development scene reflects the company's concerted push into Western Australia in the past three years, with a mix of distressed-a

WHETHER a matter of corporate social responsibility or a condition for an operating licence, a tactical stop-gap measure or just the right thing to do – the adoption of measures to improve indigeno

The high value of the Australian dollar is not hurting tourism operators as hard as is commonly believed, Tourism Australia Chairman Geoff Dixon says.

Gryphon Minerals has completed $58.5 million share placement and $10 million share purchase plan to fund a definitive feasibility study and accelerated exploration at its flagship Banfora gold mine

Western Australia is riding high on the mining and resources boom but it's the construction, retail and health sectors that are pulling the most workers.

Chantal Haskett says companies need to stop trying to compete with the resources sector by offering their staff more money.

The growing skills shortage is forcing more and more WA employers to look overseas to secure skilled workers.

Virgin Australia says underlying profit before tax in the first three months of 2011/12 was higher than the prior corresponding period, despite higher fuel costs.

The state government is rolling ahead with its plans to develop 'activity centres' around public transport hubs, seeking developers' expressions of interest for eight hectares of undeveloped land b

The state government has announced Satterley Group as its preferred partner to develop around 3,000 new homes in the northern half of the new suburb of Eglinton.

The Australian share market opened lower after markets in the United States fell overnight.

Australia's central bank will provide a facility to ensure commercial banks have enough cash in times of financial crisis.

Programmed Maintenance Services has returned to first half profitability and has forecast earnings growth in all of its divisions.

The federal government is set to defer by one year the phasing down of a foreign bank tax measure, so it can cover the cost of its deal to secure the passing of mining tax laws.

The International Monetary Fund has announced a new lending facility aimed at helping "bystander" countries protect themselves from contagion during financial crises.

US stock markets traded choppily on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average squeezed by a sharp downward revision to US growth figures and lingering political concerns in Washington and Euro