Murdoch University has sacked an academic who the Corruption and Crime Commission found pressured four female overseas students for sexual favours in exchange for higher marks while he was working at Curtin University.
The Energy and Minerals Institute has been launched at the University of Western Australia, boasting an impressive board of trustees including Rio Tinto executive Sam Walsh and Shell Australia chair Ann Pickard.
Seven WA companies, including iiNET, ASG Group and Grange Resources have joined the top 300 listed companies in Australia, after Standard and Poors issued its September quarterly rebalance.
A major shareholder in Fortescue Metals is taking legal action against the miner and chief executive Andrew Forrest, over the possible issue of extra debt securities.
The Corruption and Crime Commission has found a former Curtin University academic pressured three female overseas students for sexual favours in exchange for higher marks.
Chameleon Mining is hoping to emerge from receivership, expressing confidence it can settle its debts with Singapore-based International Litigation Partners following a Supreme Court ruling.
WA house prices fell one per cent in July according to the latest RP Data-Riskmark Hedonic Home value index, continuing WA's weak performance compared to other states.
Ian Burston has resigned as the chair of Condor Nickel and Carrick Gold, just two weeks after luring the founder of Sydney-based funds manager Equitilink, Laurence Freedman, to the companies.
TFS Corporation has recorded solid growth for the 2010 financial year after successfully reducing its reliance on managed investment schemes by moving to institutional investment.
Australia's largest health insurer Medibank will fast track the expansion of its Health Solutions business in Western Australia, purchasing WA-based Carepoint Industrial Health Services.
Strong demand from the oil and gas industry in Western Australia’s north-west is expected to drive the profits of two ASX-listed providers of service vessels to the sector in 2011.
The royalty agreement reached by the state government with mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton has reduced BHP's underlying profit by US$126 million.
The Australian Electoral Commission says the seats of Brisbane and Corangamite in Victoria, which are both held by Labor, are still too close to call, as the Liberal's Ken Wyatt strengthens his hold on Hasluck.
The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies has released a detailed list of issues it believes should be addressed by which ever party wins Saturday's federal election, starting with scrapping the Minerals Resource Rent Tax.
The state's peak business organisation has expressed disappointment that neither the federal Coalition nor federal Labor have outlined a vision for the nation's future during the election campaign.
FIVE engineering companies with significant interests in Western Australia, including Monadelphous, Leighton and Macmahon, have recorded operating profits for the 2010 financial year.
Woodside Petroleum has deferred a final decision on expansion of its Pluto gas project, but the company's chief executive Don Voelte has still talked up its development record, saying it was five years ahead of industry rival Chevron.
Paceway Mitsubishi in Osborne Park has been fined $30,000 in the Perth Magistrates Court after a car detailer was seriously injured when he was hit by a car driven by an unlicensed apprentice.
The Australian Building and Construction Commissioner has filed a claim in the Federal Magistrates Court against WA union boss Joe McDonald over industrial action at 140 William Street.
