Internet plans over the national broadband network are getting cheaper, a new report says, despite recent criticism from retailers that their NBN costs are too high.
A local business offering the potential to reduce maintenance downtime in the mining and related industries has secured a national distributor for its fast-release nut design.
TPG Telecom has lifted its full-year guidance after first-half underlying profit rose, but the internet provider's two subsidiaries, iiNet and Internode, are being forced to compensate 11,000 customers following an investigation by the consumer watchdog.
Federal government agency National Energy Resources Australia has approved a $200,000 grant to Carnegie Clean Energy, to cover nearly half the cost of installing solar power at Eni Australia's Blacktip wellhead platform in the Timor Sea.
The business sector has cautiously welcomed the federal government's announcement of a new visa scheme aimed at attracting high-paid and highly skilled workers to Australia, with the changes effectively reversing some of the stricter rules announced last year when the 457 visa sub-class was abolished.
Western Australia-based employee management platform Definitiv has secured a seven-figure investment from a Singapore-based consultancy firm, which now has minority stake in the Perth technology business.
Shares in local tech firm Nuheara soared today after the company announced it had become an approved supplier to the federal government's hearing services program, which was allocated a $539 million budget this year.
The wife of CV Check founder Steven Carolan has sold a 16.2 per cent stake in the business in an effort to improve liquidity and allow new investors into the company.
Security services provider Threat Protect Australia has continued with its acquisition growth strategy, purchasing a South Australian security monitoring business for about $8 million.
The private consortium planning a $400 million waste-to-energy plant in Rockingham has signed a 20-year supply agreement with the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council and been selected as the preferred tenderer by the City of Cockburn for a similar supply deal.
Two local tech companies have raised more than $5 million, with medical firm Proteomics International Laboratories securing $3.4 million via the exercise of options.
Local tech company Sky and Space Global has tapped investors for $10 million and has launched a $5 million share purchase plan, with funds to be spent on the design and construction of its first batch of nanosatellites.
40under40: Buying the rights to a failed product doesn't sound like a great business plan, but for Ed Serrano it was the catalyst for starting his own manufacturing enterprise.
Cutting-edge gene research could be lost to China unless local investors stump up to keep it in Australia, according to Grant Morahan from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research.
Rio Tinto has announced it will expand its autonomous haul truck fleet to a fifth site in the Pilbara, with the iron ore miner set to add 15 driverless trucks at the West Angelas mine in May.
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.
Global IT services company DXC Technology has bolstered its presence in Western Australia, buying local firm M-Power Solutions and consolidating its 300-plus staff in new premises in the CBD.
Renewables, railways, and a pick-up in the resources sector are providing work for local environmental services businesses, which have become increasingly optimistic after taking a hit amid the slowdown in mining construction projects.
3D printing company Aurora Labs has announced it will raise up to $8 million, with the funds to be used to support development of its large format technology.
