Elizabeth Gaines' selection last week as the incoming chief executive of Fortescue Metals Group has shot her to the top of a very short list of genuinely powerful women in business in Western Australia. Click through to read more and see our listing of 12 leading WA women in business.
Australia's inflation rate lifted at a lower-than-expected rate in the September quarter, after a collapse in fruit and vegetable prices offset an upward surge in electricity costs.
Western Australia's unemployment rate fell 0.2 percentage points last month, putting it among the top performing states for annual employment growth, according to new data.
Perth's top 20 ASX companies hit a big milestone this month, albeit only for one day – for the first time ever, they all had at least one female director. Click through to read about some of the talented women who made this happen.
Safe-harbour reforms that deliver greater protection for directors of financially stressed companies have passed through both houses of federal parliament.
The Australian Institute of Company Directors is inviting Western Australia's directors and executives of small not-for-profit organisations to apply for a place in its new NFP Scholarship program.
Prominent local businesswoman Samantha Tough has been named chair of ASX-listed 3D printing firm Aurora Labs, adding to her long list of board positions.
Parts of corporate Australia have attacked the federal government's axing of 457 immigration work visas, claiming it is a politically driven move and unfairly targets less than 1 per cent of the workforce.
A lower company tax rate, the abolition of stamp duty and a review of the federation should be top priorities to drive national prosperity in coming decades, the Australian Institute of Company Directors has said, as it seeks to reignite public debate on major economic reform.
Today's appointment by Independence Group of its first female board member has taken it off the list of ASX200 companies lacking female representation on their boards, although four other Western Australian businesses remain among those still to adopt gender diversity at board level.
Former Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA president Tracey Horton has been appointed to the national board of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Women are being appointed to ASX200 boards at a faster rate than ever, but a number of major Western Australian companies remain without any female representation on their boards.
SPECIAL REPORT: The number of women serving on company boards is slowly one the rise, but it's still rare to see a female take the chair, judging by Business News's analysis of Western Australian company directors.
Clayton Utz partner and Perth office corporate practice group leader Mark Paganin has been appopinted to the company's national board effective January 1.
Perth-based contractor AusGroup has recruited former Southern Cross Electrical Engineering boss Simon High as chief executive of its engineering services arm.
Frank Cooper has been selected as the new president of the West Australian Division of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), effective February 1, 2016.
Former iiNet boss Michael Smith has replaced Russell Withers as chairman of convenience store chain 7-Eleven, while chief executive Warren Wilmot has resigned following revelations the company's franchisees had been underpaying their workers.
Top Western Australian publicly listed companies with fewer women on boards than the national average may get the boost they need following the launch of a new club.
Directors have indicated their support for reform to the GST, including an increase in its rate, and raised concerns that public policy debate in Australia was of poor quality, in a survey conducted by the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Only four out of Western Australia's top 20 companies currently meet a gender target set by the Australian Institute of Company Directors, which wants women to fill 30 per cent of board positions on S&P/ASX 200 companies within three years.
Western Australia's clean energy sector is undergoing a shakeup after the state's premier lobbying organisation announced it was closing and would be replaced by a WA chapter of the Clean Energy Council.
Chairman of education provider Navitas, Harvey Collins, has joined the ranks of some of the top business leaders in WA by winning the Australian Institute of Company Directors gold medal award for WA.
Kirsten Rose has been appointed WA state manager at Australian Institute of Company Directors, after the previous state manager Suzanne Ardagh moved on to run the AICD's international division out
Former New South Wales opposition leader John Brogden has been appointed managing director of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, after serving as chief executive of the Financial Services Council.
The Australian Institute of Company Directors WA state manager, Suzanne Ardagh, has moved on to a new role running the association's international division, focusing on South-East Asia and China, o
