Western Australia’s peak residential real estate body is urging the state government to provide a stimulus boost for first-time buyers of established homes to address oversupply of properties across the metropolitan area.
An $800 million expansion of Talison Lithium’s Greenbushes site will go ahead after Talison and Global Advanced Metals resolved a legal dispute over the plans.
The Reserve Bank of Australia's stance on rates may be getting a little less neutral after Australian economic growth fell well short of the central bank's own downgraded forecast.
Capricorn Metals’ managing director and chief financial officer have resigned after two shareholders of the gold junior successfully ousted three of its directors.
A national survey released today by the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) has identified major issues in the resources sector, with a majority of female respondents believing the industry is not diverse.
Australian shares have moved higher as investors digested lower-than-expected GDP numbers that indicated restrained consumer spending in the last three months of 2018.
Oil prices were little changed overnight as the market wavered on expectations for an imminent trade deal between the United States and China while awaiting US government crude stocks data.
Gold prices slipped overnight to their lowest in more than five weeks as the US dollar rose on stronger than expected economic data and rising US Treasury yields.
Wall Street's main indices have dipped in a choppy session as a drop in General Electric shares countered positive retailer earnings and investors eyed a key resistance level for the benchmark S&P 500 after the market's strong run.
Chevron has announced its Wheatstone domestic gas plant is ready to begin regular supply, two months after successful test flows into the market and two years after the first LNG shipment.
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The state government has continued its rollout of off-grid renewable systems, with Perth-based CPS National set to install micro power systems in the Esperance region.
The Reserve Bank has kept the official cash rate at a record low of 1.5 per cent despite noting Australian economic growth probably slowed in the second half of 2018.
Australia's current account deficit has narrowed 33 per cent to $7.2 billion in the three months to December as higher commodity prices boosted the value of exports.
Western Australian tourism businesses have won 16 medals at the 2018 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards, the largest medal haul for the state since the awards' inception in 1985.
