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The Emirates Group will be the first airline to bring the Airbus A380 to Perth on a regular schedule.

Telstra has paid a $102,000 penalty for misrepresenting the price of its iPhone 6 plan.

Consumers are becoming more pessimistic heading into Christmas, with weak September quarter economic growth figures not helping their mood.

Crown Resorts has announced the resignation of director Ashok Jacob, who has had a long association with the Packer family.

Developers will be able to get a slice of prime coastal land near the South Fremantle Power Station early next year, after the state government today approved the master plan for the redevelopment

Poseidon Nickel has announced plans to restart its recently bought Lake Johnston project at a cost of $8.3 million.

The high-speed communications network linking federal government departments and agencies could be sold.

The Australian sharemarket has started on the backfoot again after continued weakness in oil prices pushed global stocks lower overnight.

The Reserve Bank believes the Australian dollar is still too high, especially considering recent significant falls in commodity prices.

Woodside Petroleum will spend $US2.75 billion ($A2.98 billion) to buy LNG and oil projects in Australia and Canada.

US stocks have followed European markets lower after another big drop in world oil prices.

The Australian dollar has again threatened to fall below 82 US cents, under pressure from low oil prices and a siege in central Sydney.

Global oil prices have slid to new multi-year lows after a top OPEC official suggested that speculation largely was driving the market lower, indicating the cartel would keep output unchanged.

Gold prices have fallen, as the US dollar firms ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting later in the week.

Nickel miner Panoramic Resources has joined the list of Western Australian companies returning cash to investors through share buy-backs.

The deficit forecast for the federal budget has blown out to $40.4 billion, with a surplus projected for 2019-20 in the mid-year economic and fiscal outlook.

US-based logistics giant Iron Mountain is bemused with Australian data management business Recall Holdings’ dismissal of its $2.2 billion takeover offer.

Mineral sands developer Mineral Commodities has become the subject of action in the High Court of South Africa, after a dispute over a garnet deposit at its Tormin operations.

The share market has fallen for a fifth consecutive session amid lower trading volumes due to a siege in Sydney’s CBD.

Small iron ore miners operating in a $70/t environment are struggling, but in a different way so are the majors battling to satisfy investor expectations.

Trading on Australia's key financial markets has been hit by the hostage crisis in Martin Place.

The corporate watchdog has cancelled the registrations of more than 400 self managed super fund auditors who failed to pass a competency test.

South Fremantle Senior High School is set to be expanded to cater for around 1,250 students, while Hamilton Senior High School will close, under a $30 million plan announced by the state government today.

Skilled Group has recruited senior Asciano executive Angus McKay as its new managing director.

Newcrest Mining expects to save up to $US2.5 billion by splitting the development plan for a mine in Papua New Guinea into two stages.

Director of sandalwood producer TFS Corporation Patrick O’Connor has resigned from the board today, just weeks after stepping down as chairman as the company continues a refreshing of the board.

The board of global drinks giant The Coca-Cola Company has approved a proposed $US500 million ($A540.98 million) investment in Australian subsidiary Coca-Cola Amatil's Indonesian business.

Mining services provider Viento Group has entered a trading halt after a legal dispute with a minority shareholder in its 65 per cent owned subsidiary, Power Infrastructure Services.

Craft brewers are maintaining WA’s reputation as the premier beer-making state in Australia, but the challenges they face are as diverse as the breweries themselves.

The man credited with pushing the Perth International Arts Festival onto the global stage has died, prompting tributes from the state’s leading arts organisations.

Two major retail redevelopment projects in Cannington will move closer to construction later this week, with regulatory approval expected for a $235 million expansion of Westfield Carousel and a $2

Hotel operators are sprucing up their digs to attract business as the influx of luxury hotels in Perth ramps up competition.