Mark Beyer

Mining camp operator Sodexo has pledged to create 400 new jobs for indigenous Australians after becoming the latest company to join the federal government’s employment parity initiative.

SPECIAL REPORT: The number of hostile takeover bids confronting Australian companies may be relatively low, but disruption from sources such as activist groups and shareholder class actions is a growing challenge for directors.

SPECIAL REPORT: Tox Free Solutions has completed nearly 20 takeovers on its way to becoming a national player in the waste management sector.

SPECIAL REPORT: A flurry of deals over the past fortnight, including four acquisitions by international companies expanding in Western Australia and the year's largest capital raising, has added life to a flat corporate finance market. 

Wesfarmers has announced the resignation of Target managing director Stuart Machin, just days after it confirmed an investigation into accusations that supplier rebates may have artificially inflat

In this Business News podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Gorgon dramas, FMG, Newman Hotel, retail construction, foreign acquisitions and our special report corporate finance.

Suppliers to Rio Tinto face more financial pain after the global mining giant said it would double its standard payment terms to 90 days – twice as long as the average Australian business takes to pay its bills.

The annual reports of WA’s four public universities reveal wide variations in their income streams and financial performance.

Global waste management group Suez has paid $87 million for local company Perthwaste, which has experienced rapid growth in recent years with backing from WA business leader Harold Clough.

Global engineering company Wood Group has expanded its presence in Australia through the acquisition of Perth-based SVT Engineering Consultants.

Fortescue Metals Group plans to move to a full owner-operator model at its Christmas Creek mining operations after Downer EDI's contract expires at the end of September.

In this Business News podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the Kailis family and agribusiness, the $A, state cabinet, WA stocks performance and oil & gas.

Energy giant Santos has finalised a new executive team and corporate structure that centralises management in Adelaide, though it has a strong Western Australian flavour as five members of the executive committee have worked in Perth.

The Kailis family has folded its Kailis Bros seafood business into a larger, newly-capitalised venture called KB Foods that will be 90 per cent owned by Hong Kong-listed conglomerate Legend Holdings. Click through to see the multiple WA businesses owned by members of the Kailis family in WA. 

A privately owned Henderson company is set to commercialise a revolutionary hull cleaning technology that addresses major environmental and cost pressures facing the global shipping industry.

SPECIAL REPORT: In order to fully understand where political power lies in Western Australia, it’s necessary to recognise the role of low-profile powerbrokers such as Carolyn Smith and Nick Goiran.

SPECIAL REPORT: The number of women serving on company boards is slowly one the rise, but it’s still rare to see a female take the chair, judging by Business News’s analysis of Western Australian company directors.

SPECIAL REPORT: There has been a major shift in business influence in WA amid waning international investment and, with two elections on the way, there is a prospect of even bigger changes in political influence. Click through to see our listing of WA's most infliential leaders in politics and business.

In this Business News podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss LNG, gold, Freo Ports, and who is most influential in WA.

Population growth rates have fallen in Western Australia and across the country as a whole, with WA experiencing a sharp drop in overseas migration and a net loss of people through interstate migration.

The Supreme Court has appointed a receiver to take charge of the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation in the lead-up to a general meeting set for next month to settle a long-running dispute with a breakaway organisation backed by Fortescue Metals Group.

Programmed Maintenance Services will provide infrastructure maintenance services to seven state government agencies under a contract potentially worth up to $1.5 billion.

Energy giant Woodside Petroleum has put on hold its multi-billion dollar Browse liquefied natural gas project in view of the challenging market environment.

Chevron’s $55 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) project has finally shipped its first cargo, two weeks after production commenced at the first of three gas processing trains.

In this Business News podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Sodexo, Labor leadership, CBH, Sam Walsh, TAB and tourism.

Investment banking giant Credit Suisse has dealt a blow to the state government’s hopes of a big windfall from the privatisation of Western Australia’s TAB, revising its value estimate down by at least 65 per cent to under $250 million.

Minter Ellison is set to expand its service offering in Western Australia after recruiting the human resources and industrial relations practice from a competing law firm.

French company Sodexo is set to become one of the biggest service providers in the Pilbara after signing a $2.5 billion contract to manage all of Rio Tinto’s mine camps and other facilities for 10 years.

The Pacific National rail business and the Patrick container terminal business are set to come under new ownership after Asciano agreed to a $9.05 billion takeover deal that is designed to sidestep regulatory concerns.

Past winners of the Business News Rising Stars growth companies awards have continued to make news, particularly those with private backing.

CBH Group is planning to launch a full review of its cooperative structure after formally rejecting a proposal from Australian Grains Champion to corporatise and list the business on the ASX.

The challenge to WA Labor leader Mark McGowan looks all but over, after the shadow cabinet expressed unanimous support and called on Stephen Smith to withdraw immediately.