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Environmental activists are planning to launch a lawsuit against Greg Hunt’s decision to greenlight Australia’s largest coal mining project for the second time.

Tetra Tech claimed that the acquisition of Coffey would boost its geographic presence and reinforce its position as the leading global consulting firm.

The Department of Planning and Environment released the guidelines on Thursday, urging mining companies to provide more detailed submissions on their impact on the environment.

Many big banks in Europe and the U.K. are struggling to make money from investment banking.

The unemployment rate in Australia remained steady in September, in spite of the diminishing number of jobs in the month.

The latest report from the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman shows that consumers have lodged 124.4K complaints about their mobile and Internet services last year.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade signed a contract with Fields Group that will benefit indigenous businesses.

Jollibee's past acquisitions included local rivals Chowking and pizza chain Greenwich.

Multiplex giant Andrew Roberts has soldAU$65 million after selling the Australian Tax Office building in Albury.

The move has reduced the privilege of departmental stores, who had been the exclusive retailers of designer perfumes to maintain their aura of exclusivity.

The idea of nuclear power has been gaining traction within Australia.

Pepsi claims the new sweetener had been endorsed by three quarters of customers.

A survey by Communications Alliance reveals that most telecommunication companies aren't compliant with Australia's new data retention laws yet.

The study said LinkedIn is the most popular social platform for recruitment.

Qantas already holds the record of flying the world's longest flight with its Dallas-Sydney daily service.

ANZ CEO Andrew Geczy said the shift in the Chinese economy from investment-based to consumer-based growth will boost Australia’s trade with the country.

The piling debt had the company's share price slumping and triggered a global share market rout in September.

The NAB Monthly Business Survey has indicated a positive business climate in Australia.

ACCC proposes the denial of the ihail taxi booking app authorisation.

With Macquarie Research suggesting a 7.5 percent drop in housing prices, Australia could soon see itself in the waves of recession.

As an economic thinker Lowe is held in high esteem and many call him an “exceptional” economist.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has rejected claims that he made sarcastic comments about Apple's initiative to manufacture electric cars.

Two million people, mostly men, in China are facing a "growing epidemic of premature death" due to the consistently growing cigarette smoking habits of young people in the country.

The deal will help Macquarie to scale up its total motor vehicle finance portfolio to AU$17 billion.

Glencore has decided to reduce 500,000 tonnes of Zinc production per year through various sites in Australia, Kazakhstan and South America.

It offered to sell a majority stake to Airbus in the project to add cash flow to shore up the balance sheet.

Whilst Singapore is leading the way in delivering ground breaking technological advancement, Australia is set to review its legislation in 2016 to cater for such technology.

The Australian health industry is watching the Trans-Pacific Partnership closely after the agreement was signed following five years of secret negotiations.

Police raid Volkswagen sites after the company admitted its involvement in pollution-cheating scandal.