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  1. Commonwealth Bank 'ripped off' 7,000 workers' super: union

    The Commonwealth Bank is accused of refusing to pay the full employer superannuation entitlement to more than 7,000 part-time workers.

  2. Fairfax enters trading halt ahead of Domain Group announcement

    Media giant Fairfax enters a trading halt pending an announcement about the future of its highly profitable real estate advertising business, Domain.

  3. Clean coal research funds used for pre-election advertising campaign

    The coal industry's multi-million-dollar advertising and lobbying campaign in the run-up to the last federal election was bankrolled by money deducted from state mining royalty payments and meant to fund research into "clean coal".

  4. 'Clean coal' cheaper than renewable energy, lobby group claims

    A coal lobby group claims using "clean coal" would be a cheaper way to lower carbon emissions than renewable energy sources.

  5. Oil and gas companies in Government's sights over tax concessions

    Multinational gas exporters could lose some of their generous tax deductions following a review of the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.

  6. Unpaid royalties prompt protest at LNG project near Port Moresby

    Protesters picket outside an LNG plant near Port Moresby as Papua New Guinea's government withholds long overdue royalties.

  7. Unilever shares slump as Kraft Heinz pulls bid

    Unilever slumps in Europe after US food giant Kraft Heinz pulls its $US143 billion bid to take over the company, while Wall Street is closed for a holiday.

  8. BlueScope warns of 'energy catastrophe' if new gas power not built

    BlueScope Steel's chief executive warns that Australia faces an "energy catastrophe" if new gas power stations are not built to maintain baseload power.

Features

  1. 'Australian dream' ending

    Don't believe anyone who claims they have an easy and painless way to make housing affordable; it just doesn't exist.

  2. Avoiding corporate failures

    Corporate boardrooms need to focus on problem finding, rather than problem solving, to avoid failure.

  3. Gas missing in energy mix

    As politicians continue trading barbs over the merits of renewable energy versus coal-fired power generation, missing from the debate these days has been the role of gas.

  4. Banking inquiry demands

    Australia's big banks are often in the headlines, but rarely is there talk that they may cause a government's downfall. Michael Janda takes a look at the week ahead in finance.

  5. The NT's lost mining towns

    The rise of FIFO in one of the NT's last surviving mining towns has led unionists to call for drastic measures, however some experts say a golden era is clearly over.

  6. Reporting season calendar

    Find out when Australia's major companies are releasing their earnings results this month, and how the companies that have reported performed.

ASX Quotes

Table showing ASX index quotes for today (as of Tue Feb 21 2017 13:09:30 GMT+1100 (AEDT))
Index Opening Closing Change
5840.50 5839.20
5795.10 5793.90
2054.80 2068.10 0.6%
9031.90 9039.90 0.1%
6723.80 6720.30 -0.1%
21698.70 21659.20 -0.2%
818.60 815.60 -0.4%
10370.30 10401.80 0.3%
5075.10 5061.10 -0.3%
9157.90 9158.40
1698.60 1700.60 0.1%
8315.30 8254.90 -0.7%
2369.80 2366.90 -0.1%

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