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The corporate regulator says it wants to shorten the time it takes to issue infringement notices.

The Australian share market has closed lower in the wake of weak retail trade data, reports that China's government may not stimulate economic growth as much as hoped for, and continued worries abo

Federal independent MP Rob Oakeshott has challenged Western Australian mining magnates to send a plane to his electorate.

It is a familiar story: resource-rich Western Australia powers ahead while the rest of the economy struggles.Official construction data released today reinforces that trend.

More editorial job losses at Fairfax are feared after the troubled media company announced 66 local jobs will be outsourced to New Zealand.

Weaker than expected retail trade numbers are unlikely to persuade Australia's central bank to cut interest rates in June.

Resources Minister Martin Ferguson says the mining industry will be able to use new migration agreements to deal with rising labour needs that can't always be met by the domestic pool of workers.

The Australian share market has opened lower as investors digest reports that China's government may not repeat its massive 2008 stimulus package to boost economic growth.

Coles plans to increase the size of its supermarkets as it continues its battle with Woolworths.

Programmed Maintenance Services, a company that has tripled its profit by providing staff and services to booming mining industry, says it has no trouble finding Australian workers for resources pr

US stocks have risen more than one per cent, helped by hopes that China will launch a stimulus program and signs that Greece's elections might push through a euro-friendly government.

The Australian dollar marked time today, despite data showing house sales on the mend and as investor sentiment towards the European debt crisis improved.

Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has recognised Julia Gillard's fighting spirit, warning colleagues the prime minister won't "lie down and die" even though polls show Labor can't win the next

Aurora Oil & Gas has reaffirmed to its shareholders its commitment to pushing ahead with a $107 million takeover bid for Eureka Energy.

There has been a 375 per cent increase in the number of complaints made to Western Australia's energy ombudsman since 2008, a budget estimates hearing has been told.

The Australian share market has closed higher, boosted by opinion polls suggesting a victory for pro-austerity conservatives in next month's Greek election.

Billionaire businessman Clive Palmer has bought into a brawl at explorer Central Petroleum, demanding sacked founding boss John Heugh be reinstated.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard is expected to announce the Australian host city for the 2014 G20 leaders' summit when she attends this year's summit in Mexico.

The first coal mine to be built in Queensland's Galilee Basin, the GVK-Hancock Coal project, has been given the green light.

Federal Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten says he expects "quite a lot" of the workers stood down for 28 days without pay after the collapse of Hastie Group will eventually be able to retur

Australia stocks have opened weaker, with declines among the big miners leading the broader market lower.

A Labor senator has upped the pressure on the federal government over foreign workers to demand big mining projects buy Australia goods and services.

The federal government is going to great lengths to explain to households its compensation package for the upcoming carbon tax, but a new survey suggests it should be giving small business a guidin

Woodside Petroleum's works on a proposed $30 billion Kimberley gas hub, where more than 100 riot police were shipped in recently to keep protesters away, may turn out to be illegal.

The head of Australia's third-largest copper producer, OZ Minerals, has predicted that prices for the commodity will return to record highs as a lack of new discoveries leads to a supply shortage t

The Australian share market bounced back to close almost one per cent higher, boosted by firmer resource and energy stocks.

Toro Energy has rejected claims it did not consult widely enough about its planned uranium mine in Western Australia, but concedes it has sponsored a scientist who argues low level radiat

Immigration Minister Chris Bowen has cast doubt on Prime Minister Julia Gillard's claim she learned only last Wednesday of a plan to allow mining magnate Gina Rinehart to bring in 1700 foreign work

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is believed to have lifted her stake in Fairfax Media, and questioned the abilities of the company's chairman Roger Corbett in the process.

Woodside Petroleum says its recently-commissioned $15 billion Pluto project is operating at almost two thirds capacity, creating opportunities for spot sales to Japan.