ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said firms that hire unlicensed social media promoters could be in breach of the Corporations Act

Average number of weekly job ads increased 6.2% month on month, the largest gain since March and the first increase since July

Foreign Policy calls attempts to bully Australia a "spectacular failure" while Japan's Itochu Research Institute notes Canberra's resilience

Critics dismiss Morrison initiative to back Australian early-stage companies, saying it would extend the use of dirty fossil fuels

Unity Software known for developing engine used as platform for Pokémon Go said it would expand workforce beyond present 275 engineers

Link said it will acquire the interests in the Queen Victoria Building, The Galeries and The Strand Arcade at the heart of Sydney CBD

CEO Robert Thomson attributes rise in company's first-quarter profits to the pay TV company and US unit Dow Jones

Bonds surge to seven times the intended level. Economists say the RBA could drop yield targeting programme on Tuesday, when monetary policy board is due to meet.

The renewed offer from BHP values Toronto-listed Noront at about $280 million, prompting the miner's chief executive Alan Coutts to back the proposal

Taipei is looking for allies to support its application to join the CPTPP – despite opposition from Beijing which has also applied to be a member

After prime minister denounces online forums as a ‘coward’s palace’, government seeks to tighten grip on likes of Facebook and Instagram

CNN says it withdrew its Facebook page after a court ruled publishers can be liable for defamatory public remarks on such posts and the social media giant refused to help curb comments