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The Australian share markets has opened higher, with banks leading the way and helping to partially offset recent losses .

RBA gets bullish on economyThe Reserve Bank of Australia has delivered a markedly more positive outlook for the global and domestic economies, saying this is likely to put

The Australian dollar is sharply lower against its US counterpart after the US dollar gained for a fifth straight session, rising to a more-than-one-week high.

Oil prices have fallen, pressured by sluggish demand and evidence of a burgeoning revival in US shale production that could complicate efforts by OPEC and other producers to reduce a supply glut.

Gold has slipped from a three-month peak, pressured by earlier strength in the US dollar as the euro fell on weak German industry data and nervousness ahead of the French elections.

The S&P 500 ended barely higher on Tuesday while the Nasdaq managed to scratch out a new record as gains in big tech names countered energy declines.

The West Australian Opera has today announced Nicola and Andrew Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation has joined its 50th anniversary celebrations as a major partner, contributing $75,000. 

Emeco Holdings today sent out a mammoth 811 pages of documentation for its revised restructuring scheme, and buried inside is a breakdown of fees showing that, while its lawyers will get paid more, the company’s financial advisers will take a haircut after the first restructuring scheme fell over.

The share market and Australian dollar got a boost from the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to hold rates steady, as it pointed to an expected pick-up in mining exports.

Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi has admitted she didn't carefully fill in annual returns disclosing gifts and travel contributions, including BHP Billiton paying for her luxury accommodation and business class flights to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The joint venture partners behind the Mt Marion lithium mine near Kalgoorlie have heralded an inaugural shipment of ore to China, with Mineral Resources becoming the state’s third lithium producer.

A marina in Perth's north is a sure thing after the WA Liberals pledged $105 million to its development, weeks after Labor committed $40 million to a similar project.

OPINION: Kalgoorlie has had a few wild rides over the years thanks to its reliance on two metals that can lurch from one extreme to another in a matter for days. Right now, it appears, the stars are aligning for gold and nickel.

North Perth-based tech company Scancam has raised $1.2 million from investors as it seeks to expand sales of its anti-fuel theft technology into new markets.

Prominent Western Australian business and government leaders, including Nev Power and Dale Alcock, will hit the streets this week to sell The Big Issue magazine as part of the not-for-profit organisation’s annual awareness campaign.

New car sales in Western Australia have started the year on a sour note, with sales down more than 10 per cent in the first month of 2017.

The Reserve Bank has held its benchmark interest rate at 1.5 per cent, saying increases in mining exports and a pick-up in consumption will support a return to reasonable economic growth after a dip in the September quarter.

Strong sales growth in Australia has lifted outdoor clothing specialist Kathmandu's expectations for its first-half profit result.

Local engineering and construction group Valmec has won a $5.4 million contract for work on DBP Development Group’s Tubridgi gas storage facility near Onslow, which will be the largest in Western Australia when completed.

AngloGold Ashanti has made a $6 million investment in Perth-based Orinoco Gold and plans to spend $US9.5 million ($A12.4 million) to farm-in on the company’s gold tenements in Brazil.

Macquarie Group remains on course for a full-year profit in line with last year's record $2.1 billion despite a reduced third-quarter contribution from its capital markets-facing businesses.

Australian shares have opened lower, with mining and energy shares weighing, following declines on Wall Street overnight.

ATO blitz on foreign investors raises infrastructure fearsMajor companies and their advisers are shocked by a Tax Office crackdown on a trust structure that they say will double

The Australian dollar has been one of the best performers overnight and is virtually unchanged against its fellow strong currency, the US dollar.

Oil prices have fallen more than one per cent as a stronger dollar, ample US supplies and excess speculative length outweighs OPEC output cuts and rising tensions between the United States and Iran.

Gold has jumped one per cent to its highest in nearly three months as worries about the political landscape in the United States and Europe, and a subdued dollar, reinforced investor interest.

US stocks slipped on Monday, led by the energy sector as oil prices dropped, while investors awaited the next run of major earnings reports and sought further clarity on President Donald Trump's economic policies.

The planned first stage of Labor's Metronet package with railway lines to Ellenbrook, Yanchep and Byford, and an additional line linking Cockburn and Thornlie, will have a price tag of $3 billion, according to costings announced today.

Africa-focused Tiger Resources has named Agrimin chairman Brad Sampson as its new chief executive, replacing Michael Griffiths who spent four years in the role.

Congested roads are becoming a way of life for many residents of Bunbury as visitors from the north clog the city’s arterial roads on weekend trips to and from the South West.

SPECIAL REPORT: Two Perth mayors have more at stake than most if the controversial Roe 8 contract is ripped up, having both devoted decades fighting on opposite sides of the debate.

OPINION: There’s a lot of talk these days about ‘passing the pub test’ when it comes to the use of public money. Quite rightly, we need to make sure that public expenditure meets with the approval of the community.