Longley back in Boomers fold

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has opened below parity this morning following some renewed strength in the USD overnight. The AUD had a slight spike overnight but has dipped below parity during early morning trade. The currency is ...

The Australian market is flat as gains in defensive stocks offset losses among resources players and two of the major banks. Around midday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 0.9 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 5,207 points, while the broader All ...

Australia's Intrepid Mines urged shareholders to reject a bid to oust the board on Tuesday but offered no new information on how it plans to try to win back an 80 per cent interest in a huge copper and gold prospect in Indonesia. Intrepid set a June ...

Harmers Workplace Lawyers chair Michael Harmer is appealing a ruling of Federal Court of Australia judge Robert Buchanan. Harmer rejects the latter's comments that a new settlement deal between Oracle and ex-executive Rebecca ARichardson in a sexual ...

Wall Street is falling back from record highs overnight as retail markets pose a slight gain. Commsec report Australian Money Source: Supplied The Australian dollar has remained unchanged by the release of the federal budget. At 1928 AEST, shortly ...

SYNTHETIC drugs should be renamed "social tonics" to differentiate them from illicit substances, an Australian adult industry group has said. The Eros Association has controversially rebranded synthetic drugs - which are chemically-laced substances ...

Source: Supplied The Australian market has opened flat as gains for defensive stock offset losses for Westpac and Macquarie banks. IG market strategist Evan Lucas said Westpac and Macquarie were dragging down the market as both went ex-dividend.

Source: Supplied AUSTRALIA'S infatuation with reality singing show The Voice may be over after the Nine Network series recorded its lowest ever ratings on Monday night. Usually The Voice gets up to two million viewers a night but on Monday only ...

Source: PerthNow A UNION is demanding cooks at a gas plant off the West Australian coast be paid $230,000 a year, prompting federal government warnings that excessive wage claims could kill Australia's resources "golden goose''. A bargaining request ...