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Apartment developers in the City of Stirling will be restricted to areas close to railway stations or activity centres, after changes to the city’s planning scheme were approved.

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Investors have welcomed news that engineering and contracting firm Monadelphous Group has teamed up with a family-owned company in the US to target work in the shale gas industry.

The competition watchdog has raised concerns regarding Automotive Holdings Group’s $43 million sale of its Covs Parts business to GPC Asia Pacific, which already operates the Repco chain.

The federal government has dropped its offer to spend $4 million on a research centre to be headed by climate change 'contrarian' Bjorn Lomborg.

The Di Latte family has cancelled plans to buy all the shares it doesn’t own in Diploma Group and privatise the business.

Perth-based GR Engineering Services has won a $7 million contract for work at Eldorado Gold Corporation’s Olympias project in Greece.

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BHP Billiton has posted solid production growth in the first quarter of the financial year, lifting iron ore output by 7 per cent.

The Australian share market has opened lower following a weak lead from Wall Street overnight and heavy losses among the local banks.

Bumper quarter gives weight to Oil Search snub

US oil prices have fallen as traders awaited the next day's US government report on commercial inventories, expecting an increase that would add to abundant global supplies.

Strength in the greenback has stripped away some gains made by the Australian dollar following upbeat comments from the Reserve Bank about the local economy.

US stocks have finished lower following mixed earnings, with the Nasdaq especially weak as a result of steep declines in biotech shares and Tesla Motors.

Gold has risen as solid lending data helps the euro rebound against the US dollar ahead of a European Central Bank meeting this week, which is expected to clarify the outlook for monetary policy.

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Paul Vogel has used his last Environmental Protection Authority annual report to highlight concerns about growing traffic congestion and vehicle emissions, as well as support plans that promote greater uptake of cycling and public transport.

The major shareholder in Octagonal Resources is planning to privatise the company after concluding there is no value in its ASX listing, and has proposed a capital reduction that ties in Andrew Forrest-backed A1 Consolidated Gold.

Supermarkets giant Woolworths has placed two supermarket sites in Western Australia on the market, part of a national portfolio of neighbourhood shopping centres collectively valued at $180 million

Max Bergomi has left his executive position at engineering group Clough to take the helm as chief executive of Tempo Australia.

Falls by the big banks, miners and energy producers have pulled the share market into the red.

Regenerative medicine company Avita Medical has raised $10 million from investors to support the commercialisation of its ReCell device, which is being trialled by a US government agency.

Newcrest Mining shares have fallen 5 per cent as the gold miner's quarterly production fell, in part due to two deaths at its mines.

New retail trading laws for WA will affect businesses as varied as Bunnings, Masters, stallholders at short-term markets and even shops on Rottnest Island as the state government moves to widen trading hours and remove anomalies in current regulations.

Interest in apartments from buyers and renters is again on the rise, in contrast to falling fortunes elsewhere in the residential market, according to a pair of prominent property players.

Brisbane-based Suncorp Bank is calling time on its sponsorship deal with Perth Arena, making it the first corporate partner to withdraw support since signing with the facility at its 2012 opening.

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Belmont-based Swift Networks is seeking an ASX listing by entering into a heads of agreement with Stanfield Funds Management, while Stanfield has dropped plans to acquire Singapore-based tech firm Sprooki.

The Reserve Bank of Australia appears in no hurry to ease interest rates, despite rising market expectations of a rate cut before Christmas.

The Australian share market has opened lower as the government's response to the Murray review of the financial system weighed on the big banks.

Aditya: Disclosure sound

The Australian dollar has failed to hold on to gains made in the wake of China's better than-expected growth data.