TRG Properties executive Tanya Trevisan has been elected president of the Property Council of Australia's WA division, replacing Tony Perrin who left the role after just two months following his departure from Frasers Property Australia.
In this Business News podcast, Dan Wilkie and Mark Beyer discuss house prices, training and apprentices, iron ore prices, apartment projects and student housing.
The share market has fallen as investors fretted over political tensions related to Syria and North Korea, and mining stocks were pummelled after a steep drop in the iron ore price.
The Japanese owners of the Bluewaters Power Station near Collie face the prospect of substantial payments to the energy market operator, after an incident that has put one of its generating units out of service for up to six months.
Not-for-profit organisation People Who Care is calling on the community and local businesses to pledge funds or donate items for kits to help those fleeing domestic violence.
Company director John Poynton has moved into the gas sector as the new chairman of Cooper Basin-focused Strike Energy, which has also recruited a new managing director from Shell.
The two-speed economy that hampered Western Australia during the peak years of the mining boom continues to linger in sectors where labour markets lack flexibility.
Construction and contract mining giant CIMIC Group's quarterly profit has jumped 23 per cent and the company says it has solid pipeline of potential projects and opportunities to expand its mining and mineral processing activities.
A day after the Takeovers Panel put restrictions on the voting power of a group of shareholders in Indiana Resources, the same group has withdrawn plans to seek a board restructure vote at an upcoming general meeting.
A local subsidiary of South African company Murray & Roberts is set to be awarded an underground mining services contract for Dacian Gold's Mt Morgans project near Laverton.
The share market has opened weaker after a sharp fall in iron ore prices and a global risk-off mood among investors, due to ongoing political concerns.
US stocks opened slightly lower on Wednesday amid lingering geopolitical risks as investors braced for the first rush of corporate earnings, starting Thursday.
PM cool on home buyers using superMalcolm Turnbull has all but ruled out allowing the use of superannuation to buy a house ahead of a crucial pre-budge
Perth's largest apartment developer, Finbar Group, has applied to build a $350 million, triple-tower development at Canning Bridge, with the three-stage project to comprise up to 452 apartments.
Contractor Indigenous Construction Resource Group has suffered two setbacks, with its half-owned joint venture ICRG North expected to go into liquidation owing creditors about $4 million.
Gresham Investment House-owned mining contractor Barminco has secured a $100 million credit facility and closed a $US350 million bond issue to refinance its bond debt.
The Takeovers Panel is at the centre of two disputes, with Indiana Resources having a partial win today while a Melbourne company with Perth-based shareholders fights a board spill of its own.
OPINION: Many angry words have been spoken and written about Western Australia's shrinking GST allocation, but very little has been said or written about the cause of the shrinkage – iron royalties.
Western Areas has reignited plans to upgrade its Cosmic Boy concentrator in the light of interest in nickel in the electric vehicle battery market, with GR Engineering Services to carry out the work.
Peak Resources has progressed its majority owned Ngualla rare earth project in Tanzania with the release of a bankable feasibility study today, which revealed a development capex of $US356 million ($A475 million).
Telstra shares fell today after internet provider TPG Telecom said it would build Australia's fourth mobile network for about $1.9 billion, after securing much-needed mobile spectrum in a government auction.
