Home building approvals have suffered their biggest slide in three and a half years in November, with Western Australia's residential construction sector expected to take a hit over 2016.
Higher consumption and exports have helped the national economy grow 0.9 per cent in the September quarter, ahead of forecasts, while Western Australian state final demand shrunk around 1.3 per cent.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia will hand back a massive $80 million to customers after discovering it failed to apply fee waivers and other benefits to which they were entitled.
More than 200,000 ANZ customers will share in $13 million in compensation after the banking giant failed to pay them enough interest on their savings accounts.
Australia's trade deficit improved to $2.3 billion for the month of September, in seasonally adjusted terms, despite Western Australia's export performance being softer than the same time last year.
Western Australian farmers are the most likely in the nation to hire new employees in the year ahead, according to the annual Commonwealth Bank of Australia Agri Insights survey.
Aggregate spending was up 0.6 per cent in WA in June, bringing the total increase in the past 12 months to 7.7 per cent, according to data released by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia today.
Western Australia has experienced its first year of negative interstate migration since 2002, according to the latest population data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Retail and office landlords are building on the City of Perth's initiative to focus on Forrest Place, which is emerging as the next precinct of the CBD to undergo a significant transformation.
The board of gold miner Ramelius Resources has given its approval to begin mining at the company's Vivien project near Leinster, while also announcing a $10 million facility secured with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
Merchandise exports from Western Australia in the 12 months to March were down almost 10 per cent on the previous corresponding period, according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Western Australian farmers are twice as likely as other states to hire new staff this year, according to a report released by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
Two recent key appointments to the National Rugby League have dramatically increased the chances of Perth becoming home to a fifth elite football team.
WA outperformed most states in December's retail spending results, and with an interest rate cut and falling petrol prices, there are hopes of a retail revival.
The satisfaction level of Australian business banking customers has reached its highest level but, rather than the big four, it's the smaller banks that are making them happy, according to a survey by Roy Morgan Research.
Former Bankwest managing director Jon Sutton has been appointed Bank of Queensland's new chief executive, following the departure of Stuart Grimshaw in September last year.
Until a few weeks ago, Australia's 20,000 investment advisers and their associates in stock broking firms and banks probably thought they had jobs for life; but that was before the Commonwealth Bank advisers' scandal and the latest threat – internet-powered advice.
Belmont-based contractor GR Engineering Services has won a $10.3 million contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction management work at Finders Resources' Wetar Copper project expansion in Indonesia.
Housing finance for owner occupation fell 2 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms last month, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' August figures.
Perth-based contractor and surveyor OTOC has obtained approval for an $8.1 million debt facility from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, on top of an $8.2 million facility it was awarded from the CBA last year.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has agreed to release $2.2 million into the hands of about 45,000 of its customers who had money left on expired CBA travel money cards.
The state government has announced plans for the private sector to design, build, finance and maintain eight new public schools, using a contracting model that has previously been employed in four other states.
Perth civil engineering contractor Macmahon Holdings has secured a $317.5 million three-year funding facility, upsized from $280 million after the book-build closed oversubscribed.
Perth's first 7-Eleven convenience store is set to be located in the inner city, with a development application lodged for fit-out and signage at the McNess Royal Arcade in the Hay Street Mall.
Carnegie Wave Energy chief executive officer Michael Ottaviano and Northern Star Resources boss Bill Beament were among the winners of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year western region awards.
Commonwealth Financial Planning's announcement that it would only employ degree-qualified financial planners in the future has been strongly supported by academics.
Bank bashing is a national sport in Australia, often played for good reason; but the latest round of kicking banks, which started this week with the release of a report by former Commonwealth Bank boss David Murray, could not have come at a worse time.
Perth's hotel development boom is continuing to gather steam, with plans submitted for a $30 million, 15-storey hotel to be built at 100 James Street in Northbridge.
