Analyst attack savages Asciano; Gillard widens childcare probe; More hurdles for Kimberley LNG plant; Jobs more important than credit rating - union; General Motors, AIG troubles spook sharemarkets
The North West Iron Ore Alliance has appointed former chief executive of the Association of Mining & Exploration Companies (AMEC), Dr Justin Walawski, as its chief executive.
Alcoa has shelved the proposed expansion of the Wagerup alumina refinery in Western Australia, estimated to cost approximately $3 billion, amid weakening demand and volatility in financial markets.
Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has defended Treasury's growth forecast, saying it does not conflict with more pessimistic predictions by the World Bank and the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Property prices in most capital cities including Perth have plummeted in the September quarter, with house and unit prices flattened or posting negative rates of return in the past 12 months.
Investors rush to pour $3bn into NAB; 'Green car' drive in Rudd's industry rescue; Community bars bureaucrats to protest Beagle Bay gas plan; Liberty chairman quits uranium hopeful over self-interest issues; World buoyed by surprise stimulus package
Commerce Minister Troy Buswell will recommend Western Australia opts out of joining a national industrial relations system that would refer its industrial relations powers to the Commonwealth.
The federal Workplace Ombudsman has put 200 of Western Australia's premier wineries and vineyard contractors on notice that they will be subject to a series of random audits.
The federal government's $6.2 billion investment in the car industry has been applauded by car makers around the country and the unions representing more than 60,000 employees tied to the car industry.
Mine employment caves in; WA gas demand to double; Uranium's still hot despite Rio's slowdown plans; Pressure on US to bail out car giants; Obama demands new rescue plan
The federal government has announced details of a new financial literacy program designed to help young people make decisions about insurance and superannuation in their future.
Burke charged with corruption; State projects get the axe as cash dries up; Receivers refuse to guarantee ABC child-care centres will stay open; ASIC won't intervene in Incremental bid; Rudd goes local with $1bn spend
iiNet managing director Michael Malone has warned a Senate Committee that the federal government's national broadband network is doomed to be a huge monumental failure and a waste of $5 billion of taxpayers money.
Western Australia's jobless rate for October has been described as "sensational" as the figures tumbled towards record lows while the national rate held steady.
Nedlands-based Tox Free Solutions has successfully completed a $13 million capital raising and revealed it will acquire a Victorian waste management company for $1.5 million.
Global crisis blows $40bn hole in budget; Warning of 9pc jobless rate; Banks' patience running out; Guarantee in need of tweaking; Chinalco regains hold on Rio blocking stake
THE state government plans to release a draft revision of a controversial policy which caps shopping centre growth, which has been described as out of touch with residential expansion in new growth areas, early next year.
SOME of the largest publicly-listed retailers in Western Australia have been feeling the pinch during the recent economic turbulence, but preparations made early to deal with the downturn and positive signs about the future of retail in the state are keep
IF we're to be subjected to that "D" word, then let's at least focus on the correct one, which means ignoring the depression sparked by Wall Street's 1929 crash.
THE growth of retail space in suburban Perth shows little negative signs of the global financial meltdown, as shopping centre operators and traders hold their collective breath that public spending in the approach to Christmas will be at, or near, last ye
WE do indeed live in a land of confusion.
As the dust begins to settle, through the smoke and destruction of the great credit crunch of 2007/08, we can begin to observe the debris that unfettered and under-regulated consumer capitalism has wrought on th
ONE of the recurring criticisms of Western Australia is that the state is little more than a quarry for the rest of the world and that our small, one-dimensional economy drives bright, young talent to cities like Melbourne, London and Sydney.
Western Australia's leading internet authorities are warning that the federal government's proposal to introduce internet service provider filtering will do more harm than good.
New WESTERN Australian Fisheries Minister Norman Moore has had to deal with a heated lobster fishing industry after new plans to restrict the commercial and recreational catch of western rock lobster
PERTH is attracting more large-scale commercial bulky goods complexes, despite the sector experiencing a lull on the back of the credit crisis and global economic downturn, according to real estate agents.
