An annual ratings guide out today shows the University of Notre Dame and Edith Cowan University as the top-performing higher education institutions in Western Australia.
Spare Parts Puppet Theatre’s broad community appeal is clear as it heads towards its 40th year in the business, with former artists and audience members regularly returning to its shows.
Australian shares have mirrored narrow overnight trading on Wall Street to remain steady at the open, lifted by the heavyweight materials sector and energy shares.
US stocks have opened little changed, as higher oil prices lifted energy stocks and banks rose in anticipation of an interest rate hike, but losses in Facebook and chipmakers weighed on the market.
Oil prices jumped on global supply concerns following US sanctions on Iran's oil exports, with benchmark Brent surging to a four-year high, before retraced gains after US President Donald Trump called again on OPEC to boost crude output.
Gold has edged higher as the dollar drifted ahead of a US Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting, but bullion's upside remained capped by strong US economic data that continues to underpin the greenback.
Australia's big banks and financial institutions are taking years to realise they have broken the law and too long to fix problems that have left 5 million consumers out of pocket by $500 million.
The Australian share market has closed flat, with the financial sector weighing on the market and offsetting strong gains from commodity-related stocks.
Black Rock Mining has signed a strategic agreement with a Chinese machinery company to supply plant equipment and source up to $US40 million ($55 million) for the graphite explorer’s Mahenge project in Tanzania.
Gold producer Blackham Resources has announced a $23 million funding deal with New York-based fund manager The Lind Partners to repay lender Orion and finalise an expansion study for the Wiluna project.
Private investment group Sirona Capital has been split in two, with founding director Kelvin Flynn establishing a new business named Harvis with a focus on real estate, agriculture and infrastructure financing.
A private Chinese company is planning to invest $100 million in two major iron ore projects that have been dormant for the best part of a decade - the Oakajee port in WA's Mid West and Sundance Resources' Mbalam Nabeba mine in Cameroon.
SPECIAL REPORT: When Ryan Zaknich started his Perth walking tours business Two Feet & a Heartbeat 11 years ago, one of his featured routes incorporated stops at each of the city’s small bars - all three of them.
SPECIAL REPORT: Perth’s hotel capacity has increased by about 30 per cent since 2012 and Business News has identified a further 3,150 rooms that are either under construction or committed, as the city’s hotel sector is transformed.
SPECIAL REPORT: The state government is spearheading programs to build interest in WA as a preferred leisure destination within Australia and overseas.
Australian shares opened flat after a tumble on Wall Street overnight, but local energy shares were on a good run with oil prices surging amid a global supply standoff.
Australian shares opened flat after a tumble on Wall Street overnight, but local energy shares were on a good run with oil prices surging amid a global supply standoff.
Global Benchmark Brent crude has jumped more than three per cent to a four-year high above $US80 a barrel after Saudi Arabia and Russia ruled out any immediate increase in production despite calls by US President Donald Trump for action to raise global supply.
The S&P 500 and the Dow have closed lower after new US-China trade tariffs kicked in, dampening last week's hopes for talks between the two countries, and as investors awaited an expected interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve.
Gold barely changed after the dollar dropped following remarks by the head of the European Central Bank, but then pared losses, although activity was muted ahead of a US central bank meeting this week.
Vango Mining, which is focused on the exploration and development of the Plutonic Dome Gold Project located in the Midwest Region of Western Australia is pleased to announce an off-market takeover
Perth tech company iCetana, which has raised $11 million over the past 18 months to support its global expansion, has terminated the employment of its chief executive after identifying an alleged fraud.
Strong gains in the mining sector have lifted the Australian share market to finish the week higher as a major ratings agency upgraded its outlook on the country's credit standing and trade war worries recede.
