Premier Colin Barnett continues to beat the drum for the state's fair share of GST, calling for more of his federal counterparts to stick up for the west.
Atlas Iron managing director Ken Brinsden has called on opposition leader Bill Shorten to come up with an alternative to the Mineral Resources Rent Tax if Labor continued to block its repeal.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has warned that Australia must not fall into a trap of thinking that it can only benefit from a guaranteed peaceful rise of China as the world's largest economy and a superpower.
Full details of the federal government's paid parental leave scheme will be released when negotiations with the states have been completed, a Senate estimates hearing has been told.
Western Australian public servants have postponed a planned strike over a new wage deal because talks with the government have become more fruitful since the stopwork threat was made.
Abbott government plans to tackle climate change, sell assets and slash the public service will come under scrutiny when Senate committees examine the federal budget next week.
Consumer confidence has slumped to its lowest level in over two years, with Australians worried about the impact the government's tough budget cuts will have on their family finances.
Regional Development Minister Terry Redman has sought to soften the blow of a reduction in Royalties for Regions funding by promising a more a strategic approach to spending and greater investment in the southern regions.
A new survey by the Australian Institute of Management has provided further confirmation that Western Australia's massive wage growth has come off the boil, with companies reporting a solid decline in average salary growth.
Borrowers can rest assured that interest rates aren't going anywhere any time soon, with the Reserve Bank of Australia again giving no indication of any future change to the cash rate.
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has warned Australia's AAA credit rating could be reviewed unless significant cuts are made to the budget, providing the Abbott government with much-needed ammunition as it tries to win support for its fiscal roadmap.
West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says the federal government's plan to shift more responsibility to the states for education and health funding might be a ploy to get them to push for changes to the GST.
About 800,000 businesses will benefit from a company tax cut from mid 2015 while miners stand to gain from exploration incentives announced in the federal budget.
A parliamentary inquiry will examine the police investigation into a series of car crashes that led to Troy Buswell's downfall as treasurer of Western Australia.
A union official sent sham invoices for thousands of dollars to a construction firm for work that was never done, the first day of a royal commission into union corruption has heard.
Australia has been identified as the world's most expensive major economy, with the cost of living in Sydney and Melbourne now greater than in Tokyo, London and New York City.
The Fremantle Dockers are closer to securing new training facilities in Cockburn with $10 million allocated in yesterday's budget but a pitch for funds by crosstown rivals the West Coast Eagles proved less successful.
Gross domestic product growth will stay below three per cent in the second half of this year and won't get too far above that in 2015, the latest forecasts from the RBA show.
