THE dollar's coming of age as a global reserve currency has resulted in a $200 billion buying spree by central banks and sovereign wealth funds since the global financial crisis, adding an estimated US6c-US8c to the dollar's value, according to new ...

Australia's poor record of enforcing anti-bribery laws, as seen in the Australian Federal Police's failure to investigate allegations that mining company BHP had bribed officials at home and abroad, could make it harder for other companies to win ...

A spokesman for the Chinese company told The Australian yesterday: "CITIC Pacific is not currently paying $500m per year in royalties to Mineralogy, as claimed by Mr Palmer, and we do not know the basis for this claim." The company, based in Hong Kong, ...

The revelation is likely to prompt the Australian Securities & Investments Commission's inquiry into Newcrest's briefings on market-sensitive material to expand. Until now attention has focused on what the company told analysts immediately ahead of its ...

Radio presenter Dee Dee Dunleavy has triggered outrage on social media by penning a blog post implying Australian women should boycott British celebrity Nigella Lawson's books until she “makes a stand on domestic violence". You don't know what to do ...

The TV sector figures were the major surprise in the research with expectations of a slight rise in the production sector and falls in the games and PDV sectors due to the exodus of major international videogame publishers and rise of the Australian ...

THE young man charged with killing Thomas Kelly in Sydney's notorious Kings Cross party strip has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Kieran Loveridge, 19, entered the plea when his matter came before Central Local Court in Sydney's CBD today. He was ...

ANNA VIDOT: Gary Dawson is the chief executive of the Australian Food and Grocery Council. He says 5,000 people lost their jobs in food and beverage manufacturing in the past year alone, and 330 food and grocery businesses shut their doors.