Australian shares have closed lower on Tuesday, as reports of fresh investigations into financial institutions kept investors on edge, while overall sentiment was cautious ahead of key economic data.
Local tech company K2fly has been awarded a series of consultancy contracts with existing clients Western Power and Arc Infrastructure worth about $1.1 million.
After eight months of community protest over its education spending cuts, the state government has reversed its decision to close Moora Residential College following an $8.7 million federal grant.
POZ Minerals, which operates the Blina diamond project in the Kimberley, has announced it will bid in the state government’s tender to reopen the neighbouring Ellendale mine.
Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe says wages growth has finally "picked up a little" as the central bank left the cash rate unchanged at 1.5 per cent for the 25th month in a row.
Perth mining executive Michael Ruane is seeking a board spill at Empire Resources, less than two months after the gold miner was forced to restructure its board due to a push from a separate group of dissident shareholders.
Ionat Zurr and Oron Catts’ upcoming exhibition Biomess is literally living proof of the creative opportunities available when the state’s cultural institutions relax their usual aversion to risk.
Australian shares are down at the open, with the financial sector weighing heavily on the market ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's cash rate decision.
Oil prices have risen, supported by concerns that falling Iranian output will tighten markets once US sanctions bite from November, but gains were limited by higher supply from OPEC and the United States.
Gold prices eased slightly after the US dollar held near a one-week high on worries over an escalation in trade conflicts between the United States and other countries.
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Australian shares slipped in subdued trading on Monday, as US-China trade tensions kept investors wary and the Aussie dollar came under renewed pressure from local retail data.
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Education technology company Schrole Group has signed a sales agreement with US-based not for profit International School Service (ISS) for the next five years.
Great Southern Mining has received commitments from sophisticated investors for the placement of 34 million shares at an issue price of $0.0375 a share to raise approximately $1.275 million.
GWR Group has struck a deal to sell its Hatches Creek tungsten project in the Northern Territory to West Perth-based Tungsten Mining for $8.7 million cash.
Perth-based company director Peter Hepburn-Brown, who was on the board of three listed mining companies, has passed away following a period of ill-health.
Struggling gold producer Eastern Goldfields has suspended all mining operations, with the company confirming that nearly 40 employees have been made redundant.
Beacon Minerals has raised $18 million via a debenture issue, with the proceeds expected to bring the company’s Jaurdi gold project into production next year.
ASX-listed Vicinity Centres has announced it will invest about $20 million across three Perth shopping centres as part of the second stage of its national solar power project.
Perth house prices have fallen for a fourth straight month, after registering a 0.6 per cent decline in August, according to the latest data from CoreLogic.
Australian shares have opened slightly higher despite the lack of a clear lead from Wall Street, with the health care and consumer staples sectors leading the way.
Oil prices have slipped, pressured by renewed concerns that a global trade war could dent energy demand, although impending US sanctions on Iran and falling Venezuelan output limited the decline.
