Oil prices have risen to their highest in more than two weeks, supported by the shutdown of the El Feel oilfield in Libya and upbeat comments from Saudi Arabia that an OPEC-led effort to cut stockpiles is working.
Gold has eased, heading towards its biggest weekly decline in two-and-a-half months, as the US dollar climbed from last week's three-year low on the back of higher US Treasury yields.
Luxury home builder A Di Bucci & Son has won top prize at the 2018 Master Builders-Bankwest Housing Excellence Awards, which were held over the weekend at a black-tie event at Crown’s Grand Ballroom.
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Commonwealth Bank has denied liability in a shareholder class action alleging it breached continuous disclosure obligations with its handling of an Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre investigation into its compliance with money-laundering and terrorism-funding laws.
The Australian share market has made solid gains after a strong lineup of company earnings results briefly drove stocks above 6,000 points on Friday before closing just shy of the mark and up 1.6 per cent for the week.
The Western Force has moved swiftly to appoint Brad Paatsch as its commercial strategy boss, weeks after he was let go as the chief operating officer at Optus Stadium.
Japanese company IDOM will take over the day-to-day operations of DVG Automotive Group after chief executive Lou Divirgilio stepped back to focus on his role as chairman.
Black Swan State Theatre Company has today announced chairman Mark Barnaba will stand down in April to be succeeded by current board member and Minderoo Foundation chief executive, Nicola Forrest.
The state government will review the security of payments for local subcontractors, while also establishing an industry advisory group, chaired by experienced barrister John Fiocco, to facilitate the review.
Western Australia has slipped in the latest rankings of an international survey that measures the impact of government policy on exploration and mining investment.
Shares in West Perth-based Raiden Resources (previously SubZero Group) enjoyed strong gains today after they started trading on the ASX, following a two-year restructuring of the company and acquisition of a copper-gold project in Serbia.
Barnaby Joyce will step down as deputy prime minister and from cabinet on Monday, three weeks after it was revealed he had had an affair with a former media adviser.
The corporate watchdog has banned Perth-based financial adviser Philip Leake from providing financial services for the next five years after he was found to have given poor advice to a number of clients.
Perth-based Automotive Holdings Group has flagged a slight reduction in profit for the half year, but the company said it had noticed increased confidence in the Western Australian car market.
A new book by Meerkats co-founder Mike Edmonds, Truth, Growth, Repeat, expounds a business philosophy influenced by four decades of advertising industry experience, good and bad.
Gold has snapped four sessions of losses as the US dollar has surrendered early gains, though the metal remained lower for the week to date and analysts say they expect trading to be rangebound.
The Australian share market has posted a modest rise as big gains for Qantas, Crown Resorts and Nine Entertainment were partly offset by big ex-dividend retreats for AGL Energy and Woodside Petroleum.
A local landscaping company has suspended trading and operations due to financial viability problems a fortnight after one of the state's biggest builders, Cooper & Oxley, went into administration.
Engineering contractor RCR Tomlinson has reported a big boost in profits for the half-year, propelled by a near doubling in revenue as the company increases its stake in the renewable energy sector
