Tom Zaunmayr

West Australians have bucked dour nationwide end-of-financial-year sales figures, splashing nearly $4 billion as the rest of the nation tightens its belt.

Firms pushing dodgy consumer contracts have been put on notice with tough new penalties which will see them on the hook for at least $50 million for misleading or unfair behaviour.

West Australian truffleries are toasting a bumper season as strong exports, booming local interest and favourable weather turns the tide after lean 2022 season.

Former foreign minister Julie Bishop has warned governments are too cumbersome to regulate artificial intelligence and will need to lean on the tech sector to build guardrails around the ‘exciting but challenging’ disruptor.

A Perth-based Earth observation company is hopeful a WA Government grant could prove the catalyst for WA to become a regional leader in satellite data-driven technology.

Two subsidiaries of Facebook owner Meta have been fined $20 million for collecting user data through a privacy-focused app without proper disclosure information would be used for market research.

Cash-strapped Australians are hunting multiple supermarket aisles in search of bargains amid a post-COVID cost-of-living crisis which has seen significant belt tightening by mortgage holders and re

Industrial services firm Mader Group has smashed through its market guidance with a record $172.9 million June quarter revenue across its global operations to end the financial year.

Fortescue Future Industries’ finance chief Felicity Gooding has resigned after more than 10 years climbing the ranks of the Forrest business empire.

An almost $2 billion write-down from cost blow outs on a North American project has soured the last quarter for South32.

Major works have begun to shunt Midland’s ageing rail terminus up the track to a new train station in a move the state government hopes will fulfil a longstanding ambition for transit-oriented residential and commercial development.