Sharon Olalia

Families living in regional Australia are about to have their hip pocket hit again if the Federal Government goes ahead with a tax on the cleaner and greener alternative fuel LPG.

The Australian Government on Thursday returned Iron Age ornaments looted from graves in Southeast Asia in a ceremony at the Cambodian embassy.

Charter Hall Group (ASX:CHC) has exercised its right of first refusal to acquire a portion of Macquarie Bank Ltd group’s (MBL) holding in Charter Hall Office REIT (ASX:CQO).

A new $2.5 million social housing development has officially opened in Brooklyn Park, Adelaide to provide at least 10 people at risk of homelessness with a roof over their heads.

Austrade is giving out assistance to small and medium sized enterprises which have been impacted by Australia’s recent natural disasters.

News of the return of Bank of Melbourne to Victoria, along with plans to create 800 new jobs over the next five years has been welcomed by the Finance Sector Union.

Newly promoted business executives in Singapore often "derail" because they lack the capabilities needed for their new positions, according to Mr. Sattar Bawany, an authority on leadership transition.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending a $300 million loan for road improvements that will lead to new economic opportunities and improve access to essential services in Madhya Pradesh, one of India's poorest states.

Australia’s export earnings from energy and mineral commodities in 2010 soared to record $165 billion, 25 per cent higher than in 2009, according to ABARES’ Australian mineral statistics–December quarter 2010 report.

Overseas business travel has bounced from the effects of the global financial crisis and is now leading the growth in Western Australia’s inbound tourism numbers in 2010.

Fortune magazine has released their 14th annual World's Most Admired Companies (WMAC) list.

Major Asian markets drove much of the growth in Australia’s record 5.4 million international visitors in 2010, new figures show.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said it will oppose the proposed acquisition of P&N Beverages Australia Pty Ltd by Asahi Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd.

Australia’s Acting Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan and Queensland Premier Anna Bligh have announced the signing of the National Partnership for Natural Disaster Reconstruction and Recovery.

Breaking up from the other banks appears to be driving a positive customer response and positive momentum in National Australia Bank’s (ASX: NAB) business.

Better trade training wages and conditions are needed to lift apprenticeship completion rates as part of an effective response to the future skills needs of the Australian economy and its workers, and to provide good, fulfilling jobs for young Australians.

Gender equity reporting guidelines risk being too heavy-handed says a leading industry association in Australia.

The recovery in the global economy will help the Pacific economies improve in 2011. The strongest gains are expected in the resource-rich countries that are benefiting from both major new resource projects and better world commodity prices, says the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Pacific Economic Monitor.

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has released a report which found during the first stages of the resources boom, unemployment was actually very low across the entire country.

The Australian government has committed $3.3 million towards a world-first education centre in Washington DC honouring Vietnam veterans.

The Minister for Justice Brendan O'Connor has launched a new report that reveals the types of online scams that are defrauding Australians of their hard earned cash.

National Australia Bank’s (ASX: NAB) direct asset management business, nabInvest, has acquired a 35 per cent interest in AREA Property Partners (AREA), a global real estate fund manager based in New York.

National official data on overseas arrivals and departures confirm China is leading the growth in travel to Australia.

Almost three quarters of a million part-time workers were underemployed in September 2010, according to national official figures released today.

Wesfarmers’ (ASX: WES) Coles today cut the price of breakfast cereals, including some of Australia’s favourite brands. This comes after the supermarket giant sparked the discounting war last month by dropping prices for home brand milk to $1 a litre, and supermarkets, including Woolworths, matched it.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard today spoke of how lucky she is to be a woman and paid tribute to the brave efforts of the women throughout history. Her message is in line with the International Women’s Day celebrated on 8 March across the world.

Australia is issuing a new coin to celebrate the centenary of International Women’s Day.

Following the devastating January floods, new houses in areas of Brisbane will have to be built 800mm to 2m higher under interim planning initiatives announced this morning by Brisbane’s Lord Mayor Campbell.

The peak automotive industry body in Victoria has joined other leading Australian business groups in questioning the Federal Government’s intended introduction of a carbon tax from July 2012.