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The Australian dollar is down against its US counterpart as the greenback stays steady in the last New York trading session.

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Investors pushed the Australian share market into negative territory as they banked some profits following its strong run over the previous three trading sessions.

Draig Resources has a new management team that includes former Gryphon Minerals managing director Stephen Parsons, who will focus on the company's recently acquired Bellevue gold project west of Laverton.

Junior explorer Dragon Mining has announced plans to delist from the ASX as it progresses its listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, while also revealing a $17.5 million capital raising.

Gold explorer GBM Resources has been forced to terminate merger plans with Canadian company WCB Resources after a loan agreement with a funding party fell through.

The banking regulator has capped interest-only mortgage lending and is prepared to take more action to address growing price and debt risks in the Australian housing market.

CBH Group chief executive Andrew Crane is stepping down from the role after eight years at the helm of Australia's largest grain exporter, with the group to immediately begin a search for his successor.

The state’s premier screen industry event, the WA Screen Awards, has been postponed this year due to the uncertainty of future funding arrangements surrounding its organiser, the Film & Television Institute WA.

From staging performances in his backyard as a young child to working with Perth’s top talent in numerous Black Swan State Theatre Company productions, freelance ‘theatre maker’ and 2017 40under40 winner Adam Mitchell has built a successful career in the arts. 

The competition watchdog is concerned that the proposed takeover of Bibra Lake-based wheat and barley seed breeder InterGrain by Australian Grain Technologies could substantially lessen competition in the barley seeds sector.

Former BHP Billiton executive Julius Matthys has been named interim chief executive of Quintis, after Frank Wilson resigned on Tuesday to plot a takeover of the Indian sandalwood producer.

Australian stocks are trading lower, bucking three straight days of gains and a modestly positive finish on Wall Street.

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The Australian dollar is hardly changed against its US counterpart as stronger-than-expected US economic growth figures supported the greenback.

Oil prices have jumped for a third day, lifting to their highest in three weeks after Kuwait backed an extension of OPEC production cuts to reduce a global glut.

Gold has dipped as the US dollar has strengthened, but losses were capped by continuing economic uncertainty around Britain's departure from the European Union and approaching French elections.

OPINION: WA’s domestic gas policy is now being lauded by other states, as the east coast power crisis continues.

Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Johnston says the McGowan government will keep a close check on usage of the industry’s mine rehabilitation fund to ensure unscrupulous operators don’t shift costs onto honest players, while also confirming the existing state exploration incentive scheme will continue operation.

Susan Rooney will join the St Vincent de Paul Society WA in May as the organisation’s new chief executive, having spent the past 15 years leading the Cancer Council WA.

A third straight day of gains is taking the All Ordinaries index closer to a nine year high of 6,000 points, as investors continue to react to the failure of US President Donald Trump's healthcare reforms.

Nickel miner Western Areas will progress plans to develop a new deposit at its mothballed Cosmos project, after today revealing a $210 million capex to bring the mine into production.

The number of people living in regional Western Australia fell last year for the first time in at least a decade, with mining towns such as Leinster, Meekatharra, Kambalda and Coolgardie driving the decline, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows.

Tech company I Synergy Group has wrapped up its first day of trading on the ASX after completing a $3.56 million initial public offering.

Clive Palmer's Mineralogy has again failed in its long-running court battle with its estranged Chinese joint-venture partner over the Cape Preston port in the Pilbara.

Premier Mark McGowan has officially marked the beginning of the reversal process for the $440 million Roe 8 highway extension project, with a renegotiation process between Main Roads and the project’s proponents set to begin.

A netball-based education and community initiative is helping Aboriginal girls to shoot for the stars.

There may have been little growth in new home sales last month Australia wide, but Western Australia helped keep the national figures in positive territory, with an industry figure foreshadowing a bottoming-out in the state over the year.

Perth businessman David Flanagan has taken on a larger role at aspiring graphite miner Battery Minerals, that of executive chairman, as part of a management restructure ahead of the company’s planned transition to the production phase.

Water is being pumped out of a disused iron ore mine on a Western Australian island after pit walls slumped, sparking fears it could collapse and contaminate the ocean on the other side.

Australian stocks have edged higher in early trade on the back of a mixed finish in Wall Street, where energy stocks rose, and after rallying to a near two-year high in the previous session.

Don’t give up on tax cuts, business urgesAustralia’s top business leaders gathered in Canberra have implored the Turnbull government to keep fighting for its full compa