Regulation

Western Australia’s peak business body has backed a new report that has called for a drastic reduction in the number of local councils in the metropolitan area, saying it provides clear evidence th

The federal government wants to discourage people taking out high-cost, small-amount "payday loans".

The biggest humpback whale calving area in the southern hemisphere will be protected within a new marine park to be created on the Kimberley coast by the state government.

The most pressing problem vexing chief executives is how to keep young employees, a national organisation for senior-most managers says.

A Western Australian company director has been sentenced to jail for two years with a non-parole period of 12 months, for stealing $230,000 in 2005.

State and territory governments would get a bigger say in environmental approvals to fast-track major projects under a deal to go to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) on Friday.

Mines minister Norman Moore said today he is “extraordinarily frustrated” after the state government withdrew its prosecution against US petroleum company Apache and its joint venture partners over

Labor has accused the state government of secretly privatising Water Corporation services, after raising questions about a contracting deal that was announced by Transfield Services three months ag

The corporate regulator's boss says David Jones' decision to go into a trading halt was justified if the alternative was an uninformed market trading in its shares.

Greens leader Bob Brown says the federal government is taking both his party and the parliament for granted over his support for the mining tax.

The federal government has created a fast-track pathway to make it simpler for employer-sponsored workers to gain permanent visas.

The Barnett government has lifted the lid on its long-awaited waste strategy, pledging to improve recycling and regulation but has held off on increasing the landfill levy.

Premier Colin Barnett has stated that Western Australia should have two energy utilities rather than four, raising the ire of shadow minister Bill Johnston who believes investment in the sector is

Australia's biggest companies are again being told that their explanation of what their executives are being paid and why isn't up to scratch.

The Environmental Protection Agency has given conditional approval to the Cape Riche desalination plant, proposed by Grange Resources.

Australia's financial regulator will force superannuation funds to report their investments every six months under new regulations being developed this year.

The owners of a rigging and construction business have been fined a total of $32,500 for failing to provide workers with a fall injury prevention system on a construction site.

The state’s two major business groups appear to be divided over the merits of a new Public Utilities Office, with CCI welcoming its establishment but the Chamber of Minerals & Energy saying the

Mount Gibson Iron chairman Geoff Hill has secured final control of the iron ore miner's board, after the last of his critics, Craig Readhead, resigned today.

Former ABC Learning Centres boss Eddy Groves and CEO Martin Kemp want to be tried separately on charges relating to the collapse of Australia's biggest childcare chain, a court has heard.

The heated battle for control of explorer Paynes Find Gold has resulted in the election of one out of three candidates who stood at Friday’s specially-requisitioned meeting of shareholders.

Employers face penalties of up to $50,000 if they hire illegal workers under new draft laws the government will introduce to parliament in 2012.

The Chamber of Minerals and Energy has welcomed new state government policy for the rating of land for resources projects, saying the move delivers fairness and certainty for local governments and

The nation's peak business group has called on the federal coalition to work with the minority Labor government to head off "retrograde" Greens policies on industrial relations.

Tax dodgers will be caught, the Australian Taxation Office has warned after nabbing and convicting 356 people in the third quarter of this year.One person went to jail for five years.

Two leading business figures have spoken out against the recently introduced two-strikes executive pay rule, arguing it could be used for mischief and does not improve corporate governance.

The federal government is set to defer by one year the phasing down of a foreign bank tax measure, so it can cover the cost of its deal to secure the passing of mining tax laws.

The controversy over director independence at Mount Gibson Iron has taken another surprise twist, with a majority of the board resolving that one of its existing members should be reclassified as i

The federal government will set up an interim expert panel to assess coal seam gas projects, filling the gap before a full committee is established.

Automotive Holdings Group has become the third Perth-based company to record a large protest vote by shareholders against its remuneration report, potentially leading to a board spill next year.