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Aspen Group will secure majority ownership of Aspen Parks Property Fund, following the Takeover Panel’s rejection of Discovery Holiday Parks’ applications for a declaration of unacceptable circumstances.

Macmahon Holdings has extended its standstill agreement with Mongolian company Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi to allow for more time to negotiate an outstanding $US30 million in payments it’s owed.

The state government has announced a further investment in the local agriculture industry, with nearly $10 million to go to a new sheep business centre in Katanning.

Karl Simich and Mark Bennett are justifiably annoyed at having the companies they run added to an investment blacklist; but behind their frustration there is an enormously serious issue for every member of a superannuation fund – and that, in theory, is every working and recently retired Australian.

The share market has achieved its largest daily rise in almost two months on signs of continued low interest rates in the United States.

Mutiny Gold has signed a memorandum of understanding with GR Engineering Services for the construction of a processing facility at its Deflector copper-gold project in the Mid West.

Local miner Western Areas is extending its exploration program in South Australia, inking farm-in and joint venture agreements with Gunson Resources and Monax Mining.

Premier Colin Barnett has strongly criticised Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, accusing the major iron ore producers of flooding the market and hurting the state.

Shares in Perth-based minerals explorer Talga Resources surged after announcing it would cost $29 million to bring its Swedish graphite mine into production.

The sponsorship role of Healthway will be scrutinised by the state government as Colin Barnett says he’s highly embarrassed by what appears to be its censorship of the arts.

How would you go at your job if you had to pay someone else's mortgage off before you received any income? Would that be an incentive to turn up to work?

About 1,500 jobs will be slashed from Western Australia's public sector in a bid to tackle the state's slowing economy.

ALDI Australia has awarded Georgiou Group a construction contract for its Western Australian distribution centre at Jandakot Airport.

The unemployment rate rose in September, but economists are taking the figures with a grain of salt after the Australian Bureau of Statistics admitted there were problems with its recent data.

Treasurer Joe Hockey says the government will spend whatever it needs to defend Australia.

The Australian share market has opened higher following overnight gains on Wall St where the US Federal Reserve hinted it would not raise interest rates.

National Australia Bank has flagged a slide in its full-year earnings of up to 14 per cent after taking a more than $1 billion hit to its books.

Reported sales this week rebounded 5% back to a similar level before the recent long weekend.

Mining giant Rio Tinto has completed the sale of its Mozambique coal assets to International Coal Ventures Private Limited.

Gold prices have risen, after minutes from the Federal Reserve's September meeting showed the central bank expressing concern about a stronger US dollar and weak economic growth overseas.

Wall Street stocks finished with large gains on Wednesday after traders viewed new Federal Reserve meeting minutes as a sign the US central bank will remain dovish on monetary policy.

The Australian dollar has hit a two-week high after the US Federal Reserve indicated that it is no rush to raise its interest rate.

ANZ's latest financial planner is a quiz-show champion with zero personality and no feelings.

Ratings agency Standard and Poor's has cut its iron ore price forecasts amid continued weakness in the steel-making commodity.

Exploration firm Energia Minerals says it has received shareholder approval to place $6 million towards its flagship Gorno zinc project in Italy, with pre-development activities planned to begin within six weeks.

Perth-based marine farming company Cell Aquaculture has cancelled a deal with Noble Rate to buy its Roxy Casino in Cambodia after it failed to source skilled workers and keep up with ongoing reporting procedures.

The Australian share market has closed lower as almost all sectors fell on a weaker than expected global economic outlook.

Julia Gillard’s autobiography has poured salt into a few old wounds.

The head of the CEDA WA is hoping to bridge the gap between the profit and not-for-profit sectors.

The death of 174 sheep, believed to be from Western Australia, on an export cargo plane due to a ventilation failure is being investigated by Singapore Airlines.

Optus chairman Paul O'Sullivan has called for Telstra to be broken up.

The huge rise in employment in August and the spike in the jobless rate a month earlier didn't actually happen - the Australian Bureau of Statistics intends to revise most of it away.