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The state government has completed its analysis of potential sale options of the TAB wagering business, with a two-phase consultation process with the racing industry now set to take place to determine a final outcome.

The state government is planning to build a large roundabout and reconfigure High Street east of Fremantle in an area that continues to face heavy congestion after the scrapping of the Roe 8 project last year.

Retail spending has had a quiet start to the year, struggling to make any significant gains, and economists don't believe it will change any time soon.

Trump tariff to fire inflation

The Australian dollar is slightly higher, as the US sharemarket bounces back from recent losses made of the US government's announcement that it will impose trade tariffs.

Gold prices dropped on Monday as a stronger US dollar outweighed the impact of uncertainty created by Italy's unclear election result and fears of a possible global trade war.

Former WA deputy premier Mal Bryce, who won accolades for championing the information and communication technology (ICT) sector and small business through political and commercial careers spanning more than 40 years, has passed away at the age of 75.

The state government has appointed three commissioners to take charge of the City of Perth, led by the retiring chair of the Western Australian Planning Commission Eric Lumsden, while also establishing a panel with powers of a Royal Commission to conduct an inquiry.

MRA boss vows end to secrecy

The Australian dollar has rebounded to take some of the ground lost against its US counterpart since the new Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell signalled there could be more US interest rate ri

Oil has slumped more than one per cent, touching two-week lows under pressure from a retreating stock market and worries about surging US crude output.

Gold prices have fallen about one per cent and hit two-month lows during the session, pressured as the dollar shot to a six-week high and investors braced for expected US interest rate hikes after

The City of Perth has revealed that chief executive Martin Mileham sought advice from WorkSafe in July last year regarding the council's work environment, and that its executive team sent a letter to the Department of Local Government expressing concerns about elected councillors last month.

The Australian dollar has continued its decline against its US counterpart which has continued to strengthen following Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell's hawkish comments to Congress.

Oil prices are lower but have pared losses, after data showing a build in US crude inventories was tempered somewhat by a drop in per cent crude production in December.

Gold prices have steadied after the previous session's more than one per cent fall following comments by the Federal Reserve's new chairman that fuelled views the US central bank would raise rates

$1b boost for State Budget

Local Government Minister David Templeman will suspend The City of Perth council on Friday and is now in the process of determining the method of suspension, with two options on the table.

The Australian dollar is nearly half a per cent lower against its US counterpart after new Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell's congressional testimony sends the greenback higher.

Gold prices have fallen more than one per cent after the new US central bank chairman pledged to stick with gradual interest rate increases.

ATO warns on ‘systemic abuse’

Oil has seen its first decline in five days, pressured by a firmer US dollar and expectations that upcoming weekly data will show an increase in US crude inventories.

Concerns over the issue of native title were most keenly felt in the nation’s west and north in the late 1990s.

The City of Perth will seek to appoint a new acting chief executive at a special meeting tonight after Robert Mianich went on personal leave yesterday, just days after being appointed to the role.

The Australian dollar is lower against its US counterpart which has been unable to sustain a rise in the US session.

Oil prices have risen, hitting three-week highs, supported by strong US demand and comments from Saudi Arabia that it would continue to curb production in line with OPEC-led efforts.

Gold prices have risen as a softer US dollar helped the metal rebound from its biggest weekly loss this year, but moves were muted before the debut congressional testimony by US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell later this week.

The Woodside Petroleum-led Greater Sunrise gas project is a step closer to going ahead, with the federal government to ink an agreement with Timor Leste about revenue sharing, more than 40 years after it was originally discovered.

The state government has launched a new tourism marketing campaign for Perth focused on affordable hotel deals for east coast tourists.

The Australian dollar is higher against its US counterpart despite the US dollar lifting amid expectations of a more aggressive US Federal Reserve.

Oil prices have risen to their highest in more than two weeks, supported by the shutdown of the El Feel oilfield in Libya and upbeat comments from Saudi Arabia that an OPEC-led effort to cut stockpiles is working.

Gold has eased, heading towards its biggest weekly decline in two-and-a-half months, as the US dollar climbed from last week's three-year low on the back of higher US Treasury yields.