Buru Energy and APPEA have commended the Shire of Broome for its decision to vote down an anti-gas declaration that sought to declare the region frack-free.
Healthway chair Rosanna Capolingua has resigned from her role on the agency's board, following a Public Sector Commission report that unveiled an extensive misuse of tickets and hospitality by its board and senior staff.
Western Australia's grain production could be valued at $10 billion annually by 2025, under a new strategy launched today by the Grain Industry Association of Western Australia.
Treasurer Mike Nahan has reiterated the state government's commitment to return to surplus by 2016-17, but has pledged not to do it by hitting families or businesses, at today's Business News Success and Leadership breakfast.
A depreciating currency and encouraging demand over the medium term spells good news for the state's mining juniors, if they can ride out short-term fluctuations.
Standout junior explorers are finding investors for their mining projects, while others are cutting back on exploration and development to counteract a tough corporate finance market and increased government fees.
Western Australia is ideally located to capitalise on the booming export of education to China, but it needs to be at the forefront of government policy in the coming years, according to the principal of the state's largest independent school.
Western Australian businesses borrowed more last year than at any time since the GFC, with commercial finance up 14.9 per cent to $44.8 billion on the previous year's figure, according to recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Mobile phone and internet covering across regional Western Australia is set to get a boost with 22 sites prioritised for the construction of 85 mobile phone towers, through the state government's $45 million regional telecommunications project.
The state government is seeking expressions of interest to develop the heritage-listed East Perth power station site into a precinct that includes a mix of living, working and leisure opportunities.
Planned federal government reforms to the ‘significant investor visa' program risk making the scheme unpalatable to potential migrants, according to 888 Fund managing director John Garland.
Engineering and construction contractor Decmil Group has posted a 4.9 per cent fall in first-half profit to $24.3 million as a result of lower construction margins in the tough market.
Treasurer Joe Hockey has warned that while Australia's economic fundamentals are strong, it would be irresponsible to assume that performance will last forever.
Gekko Systems co-founder Elizabeth Lewis-Gray has been appointed chair of a new 'mining growth centre', which is part of a $189 million federal government initiative designed to encourage commercially-focused research and development activity.
Western Australia has one of the highest engagement rates of people aged 15-19 in employment or study, according to the Productivity Commission's report on government services.
WA outperformed most states in December's retail spending results, and with an interest rate cut and falling petrol prices, there are hopes of a retail revival.
Western Australia has shifted its focus to early childhood education in what might be the start of a national trend, with the federal government dumping its paid parental leave scheme in favour of childcare policy reform.
The state's new peak body for renewable energy and energy efficiency, which emerged after the collapse of the Sustainable Energy Association of Australia last year, is set to establish its leadersh
Facing a slowdown in mining-related construction work, indigenous contractors are diversifying into new fields, establishing joint ventures and highlighting their Aboriginal credentials. Click through to also see our BNiQ list of 25 major indigenous contractors in WA.
