Fair Work Commission Vice President Graeme Watson has broken with tradition by issuing his own separate decision on the future of paid domestic violence leave ahead of a single majority decision being made.

Anonymous rogue websites continue to create legal headaches for Seven West Media with a new page registered over the weekend repeating allegations about chief executive Tim Worner and former Seven employees. 

Shares posted small losses on the final day of earnings season, as steep falls in the gold sector offset a rally in WorleyParsons.

A home building company that once sponsored the St Kilda Football team has gone into administration with the loss of 90 jobs.

Shares slide on the final day of reporting season amid caution ahead of Trump's big speech tomorrow, while WorleyParsons shares surge after a Dubai investor takes a stake.

A yawning growth gap has opened between our inner cities and the rest.

You don't have to actually work for Rupert Murdoch to make a fortune. Just ask News Corp's retiring chief financial officer, Bedi Singh. He will make $US10m over the next three years from drawing his base salary and bonuses despite walking out the door for the last time this Wednesday.

Apparel retailer the Specialty Fashion Group says it is uncertain whether a takeover offer it received from Middle Eastern investment company Al Alfia will go ahead.

Retail queen Jan Cameron has failed in her bid to join the board of troubled baby formula marketer Bellamy's Australia, but has succeeded in turfing out existing directors and getting her associates appointed.

Harvey Norman's $2.6 billion property portfolio continues to underpin the group's profitability, generating a $75.74 million value uplift and another $71 million in income.

An appeal against a multimillion dollar tax bill owed by multinational oil giant Chevron is taking place, and will have global implications for the way tax paid by large companies is assessed.

China's top economic planner is said to be investigating the recent surge in steel and iron ore futures.

The US economy grew in the fourth quarter at a 1.9 per cent pace, slower than expected as business investment eased.

Jan Cameron was there in the front row. The Black Princess herself, who for some time denied she was linked to the mysterious Black Prince entity that was trying to roll the Bellamy's board before it was revealed, in fact, she was.

Another dismal result, another low for the stock ... the Spotless chief has his work cut out.

Households with a fibre-to-the-node connection - the slowest of the NBN Co's fixed technologies - will get an upgrade when augmented reality, virtual reality and ultra high definition internet television become mainstream, the company's chief executive told a Senate committee on Tuesday night.

Ahmed Fahour stands to earn a bonus worth up to $6 million this year, on top of his $2 million base salary.

The strong result means Australia is likely to technically avoid a recession.

Everyone should think about why they work, and whether their job is meeting their needs.

In Australia, micro-economic reform has degenerated into a form of rent-seeking that's saying the way to a prosperous economy is to keep business – the people who create the jobs – as happy as possible.

Caution reigned on the sharemarket, with the ASX ending lower for a fifth straight session.

Fund managers say the lack of detail in Donald Trump speech to Congress leaves markets vulnerable to a correction.

Australia has avoided a second consecutive quarter of negative economic growth, rising by 1.1 per cent in the December quarter and beating market expectations.

Corporate Australia may have lost the debate on tax reform, says Australian Institute of Company Directors chairwoman Elizabeth Proust.

Markets are increasingly open to the United States lifting interest rates this month after two Federal Reserve officials argued there was a strong case for rates to be higher.