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A national tourism business backed by Quadrant Private Equity has acquired Rottnest Express, one week after a food services business also backed by Quadrant announced plans to buy family-owned Sealanes.

RBA, IMF warn of debt, housing riskHeavily indebted Australian households and governments need to build greater financial resilience against a global economy facing fresh

Macmahon Holdings has unveiled the remuneration package for new chief executive Michael Finnegan, adding to a trend in the contracting sector for lower base salaries but greater potential for bonuses.

A small school in Coolgardie has not let its remote location compromise the ability to provide opportunities for students beyond the classroom.

The organisers of Perth’s inaugural Festival of the Web, which will incorporate the International World Wide Web conference, hope to attract 3,000 delegates to the Western Australian capital next April.

Nine Entertainment has come close to a first strike against its remuneration report as shareholders railed against the high pay awarded to executive and non-executive directors despite the broadcaster's disappointing performance.

Nano-technology company Dotz Nano has announced plans to establish a $S20 million ($A18.7 million) research centre in Singapore, on the same day it made fruitful gains on its first day of trading on the ASX.

The Australian share market has closed weaker despite retracing some of its earlier losses as market enthusiasm for the potential policies of US president-elect Donald Trump moderates.

Every member of the Australian Test side beaten so comprehensively by South Africa in Hobart will return to first-class cricket on Thursday, with the exception of pacemen Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Joe Mennie.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has permanently banned a Perth man from providing financial services after finding he had redirected $254,000 worth of clients’ funds into his own accounts.

The Australian Shareholders' Association is calling for Gerry Harvey to be removed as Harvey Norman executive chairman after a heated exchange with the retail veteran about the company's accounts.

Belmont-based GR Engineering Services has been contracted to undertake a scoping study at Primary Gold’s Mount Bundy project in the Northern Territory.

The mining and civil arm of BGC will add 500 employees to its team of 1,220 after acquiring Geraldton-based DIAB Engineering for an undisclosed sum.

Rox Resources has locked horns with Marindi Metals over a failed bid to acquire its stake in the Reward zinc project, a day after Marindi started legal action against Kidman Resources over another deal which Kidman says doesn’t exist.

The Australian share market has opened nearly half a per cent lower.

Oil prices have been largely steady, rebounding from three-month lows, on a report saying that OPEC members were seeking to resolve their differences on a deal to cut production ahead of a meeting later in November.

The Australian dollar is largely unchanged against its US counterpart as the greenback hits an 11-month peak against a basket of currencies.

Gold has fallen for the third straight session, finding a five-and-a-half-month low as the US dollar and Treasury yields strengthen on expectations that President-elect Donald Trump will boost US spending.

US stocks closed little changed on Monday after rising dramatically the week before and a decline in the technology sector offset a steep rise in financial stocks as investors bet on higher interest rates.

China, Australia to push for new trade blocChina has singled out Australia as a key partner in a renewed push for a regional free trade pact at a meeting of Asia-Pacific l

AGL Energy is set to take on Alinta Energy and Wesfarmers' subsidiary Kleenheat in Western Australia’s retail gas market, with the company targeting 100,000 customers within two years.

Diversified surveying and contracting group OTOC said today there had been a reduction in the volume of work available for its infrastructure division at the immigration detention centre on Nauru, with the slowdown expected to hit divisional earnings.

SPECIAL REPORT: Electric vehicles and other technology applications have driven investor interest in graphite and lithium, and cobalt might be next.

Investa Property Group has inked Perth’s largest office leasing deal for 2016, one of three new leases totalling 13,639 square metres.

SPECIAL REPORT: Gold Road Resources could be the next gold junior to make it into the mid tier after its recent moves on the Gruyere project.

Before the unexpected (and perhaps unsustainable) rise in the price of iron ore, a more interesting trend was developing in the mineral that could put a spring under one of Western Australia’s most

Long-running homebuilding brand Collier Homes will continue to operate in Western Australia, after the business was sold to local entrepreneur Dario Amara.

The Australian share market has closed lower, shedding some of last week's Donald Trump-led rally as investors take profits and mull over the US president-elect's policies.

Former Howard and Abbott government minister Ian Macfarlane has been appointed non-executive director of Woodside. 

Australia's liquefied natural gas exports have risen 6.6 per cent in October to 4.3 million tonnes, according to estimates by consultancy EnergyQuest.

Agribusiness Elders' full-year net profit has lifted 35 per cent to $51.6 million with higher retail sales and a strong performance in its strong livestock agency business.

Singapore-based Mitra Energy has completed the $US10 million ($A13.3 million) purchase of the Stag oil field off the Pilbara coast, but is still awaiting regulatory approval to take over as operator.