West Australian schools have received $8 million out of a total of $97.7 million in Commonwealth funding announced by federal School Education Minister Peter Garrett today.
Troy Resources shareholders have celebrated the official opening of its Casposo gold and silver mine in Argentina, after the Perth-based miner announced a 4 cents per share interim dividend.
Extract Resources has released an updated resource estimate for its Husab project in Namibia, which shows it is the fourth largest uranium deposit in the world.
Leighton Holdings subsidiary Thiess has won a $222 million contract to continue mining operations at Peabody Energy's Wilpinjong coal mine in New South Wales.
Construction and engineering contractor VDM Group has announced Michael Fry and Richard Mickle have been appointed to its board as non-executive directors.
The state's peak employer body says Western Australian businesses will either shed jobs or cut back hours to cope with today's 3.4 per cent national minimum wage increase.
International law firm Allens Arthur Robinson has signalled its intention to take advantage of Western Australia's continued economic growth, appointing two new partners to its Perth office.
Perth-based companies NRW Holdings and Bathurst Resources have been elevated to the S&P Australian Stock Exchange top 200 index as part of ratings agency Standard and Poor's quarterly re-weighting of key indices.
Transport Minister Troy Buswell has announced a joint venture featuring contracting group Downer EDI has won its third significant road maintenance deal, this time a $152 million contract in the Kimberley.
Science and Innovation Minister John Day has announced Alan Bansemer as the successor to Charles Morgan as chair of the Technology and Industry Advisory Council.
John Sheridan has made a quick exit from AusGroup, with the engineering contractor announcing today he would be replaced by former boss Stuart Kenny as chief executive after just three years.
The Perth office of technical services consultancy AECOM, located in the General Post Office building in the CBD, has been ranked as one of the nation's most energy efficient workplaces.
Tony Poli's Aquila Resources has resumed trading on the Australian Securities Exchange after releasing a study that put a $1.25 billion price tag on its Eagle Downs coking coal project in Queensland.
Deloitte Australia has appointed six new partners to its Perth office, taking its total expansion by July 1 to 11 new partners, an increase of almost 37 per cent on the previous year.
The Master Builders Association says it cannot support the introduction of a carbon tax from July 1 unless cost impacts and uncertainties relating to building are properly addressed and compensated for.
Receivers and managers at Taylor Woodings have appointed Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels and CB Richard Ellis as joint agents for the sale of the Compass Hotel Group's 12 metropolitan hotels.
Mali-focused gold explorer Papillon Resources has added resources industry stalwart Ian Middlemas to its board of directors as company chairman, while at the same time announcing a $4.75 million capital raising.
Natural gas infrastructure developer APA Group says it will spend up to $140 million over the next two years building a gas storage facility near Dongara, one of two new state government initiatives designed to boost the state's energy security.
West Perth-based gas explorer Modena Resources has announced a new $25 million finance facility to fund exploration of its natural gas assets in south Texas.
A former employee of a City of Stirling contractor has been charged with three counts of corruption and one of giving false testimony by the Corruption and Crime Commission.
West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says the government decided to lift royalty rates fully aware it could lose in GST revenue, while Treasurer Wayne Swan has conceded he knew of Mr Barnett's plan as early as last year.
Western Australia's workplace safety regulator is launching an inspection program to see if the construction industry is complying with requirements for consultation on safety management.
Gold miner Cortona Resources has announced the appointment of mining engineer Mark Milazzo as non-executive director and Lorne Harvey as chief financial officer.
