Trade Minister Craig Emerson is to sign a free trade agreement with Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow.
He also is due to travel to France, the Republic of Korea, China, Japan, Germany and Russia to talk trade.
Australian-made Holdens are to make a return to the streets and racetracks of North America with the production of a new Chevrolet SS performance sedan.
A drop in the Australian currency below parity with the US dollar and a recent cut in domestic interest rates will help manufacturers, the Australian Industry Group says.
Australia's trade deficit widened in March after flooding and industrial action held back coal exports, economists say.
The balance on goods and services was a deficit of $1,587 million in March, seasonally adjusted, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said.
The value of Australia's resources and energy exports jumped by 15 per cent to a record $190 billion in 2011, the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics says.
Perth-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine’s aim to enter the burgeoning European offshore wind farm crew transfer market has received a major fillip, with the firm receiving orders for eight new vessels.
The state’s peak retail body says Western Australian retailers are expecting bumper Christmas sales results following the Reserve Bank’s decision to cut interest rates yesterday.
Shipbuilder Austal will close its Tasmanian operations in a few months leaving most of the 121 employees out of work as the company amends operations in light of changed market demand for smaller vessels.
Shares in global education services provider, Navitas have climbed after announcing its student enrolments for the first semester this year are at record highs, a 16 per cent increase on the previous corresponding period.
CBH Group has announced a rebranding of its core business units, to more accurately reflect its key objectives, as a result of the group's 77th Annual General Meeting held today in Perth.
People lunching in Fremantle today will be treated to a rare sight as a massive crane ship transporting four post-Panamax cranes from Shanghai will deliver a new $12.5 million crane to DP World's container terminal on North Quay.
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