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Brickworks managing director Lindsay Partridge says Western Australia remains an attractive market despite setbacks during the year, when it undertook a major restructure of its Austral Bricks WA and Auswest Timber businesses.

PODCAST: Business News chief executive Charlie Gunningham discusses the local tech startup scene with the director and co-founder of local venture capital firm Yuuwa Capital Matt Macfarlane and the founder of the Spacecubed and Flux coworking spaces Brodie McCulloch.

BHP Billiton's top Australian executive has stepped up the company's criticism of the WA Nationals' planned iron ore tax hike, two days after an opinion poll found high support for the proposal.

BC Iron chief executive Alwyn Vorster has joined the board of the iron ore company, and will continue to serve in his current role as well as managing director.

New Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has defended the central bank's monetary policy framework, telling a parliamentary committee "we are not 'inflation nutters'".

Indian business couple Pankaj and Radhika Oswal are "very satisfied" with a commercial settlement with the ANZ Banking Group believed to be worth hundreds of millions following their high profile legal dispute.

The stock market has opened 46.3pts higher to 5,385.9.

US stocks have rallied and the US dollar index eased further after the US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged, keeping its low-rate environment intact for now.

The Australian dollar has bounced after the US dollar fell as the Federal Reserve downgraded its rate projections.

NBN fees to force telcos out of businessExcessive fees charged by NBN Co are forcing small and medium telecommunication companies to raise their prices or

A world-first mental health check-in that combines wearable technology with an online survey was launched in Perth today.

Gold producer Resolute Mining looks likely to recommence open-pit mining at its Ravenswood underground operation after a feasibility study released today suggested it would extend mine life to 2029.

The share market has closed higher, along with other Asian markets, after the Bank of Japan kept its benchmark interest rate at minus 0.1 per cent.

Perth-based Emeco Holdings has gone into a trading halt ahead of announcing fresh merger plans, with Queensland-based Orionstone and Victoria-based Andy's Earthmovers earmarked as the other players.

BGC has relinquished its spot as Australia's most prolific home builder, but it is still the biggest builder in Western Australia, as the downturn in housing construction continues to be felt.

Local petroleum executive John Begg is planning to list his recently formed private company, Bombora Natural Energy, after striking a deal to farm-in to UIL Energy's Perth Basin tenement.

Wesfarmers chief executive Richard Goyder has taken a substantial pay cut with a halving in his short-term incentive payments after a year in which his Coles-owning conglomerate took a hefty hit to profits.

The collapse of a ceiling section at Perth's Children's Hospital has been blamed by the construction union on builders John Holland doing a "rush job" on remediation work after asbestos was found in roof panels in July.

Interstate law firms are leading a wave of restructuring in the WA market, with big shifts in the ranking of lawyers in the BNiQ Search Engine.

Fintech is disruption in action, and how we think about finance and undertake transactions will never be the same.

ANALYSIS: A convergence of geopolitical and political events is causing widespread concern across Europe and the US, and WA's gold sector could offer some stability for investors.

Australia has a greater reliance on its economic and financial relationship with the US than at any time since World War II, former Labor leader Kim Beazley told a Business News breakfast, but a Donald Trump presidency could mean a big shift in the superpower's relationship with its allies.

Mineral Resources and Pilbara Minerals continue to lock horns over an offtake agreement for lithium mined at the Pilgangoora project, with the companies exchanging words over the ASX today.

Local recruitment agency Tecside Group has made its second acquisition for the year, announcing the purchase of Melbourne-based labour hire business In-Fusion for an undisclosed sum.

Citation Resources has appointed KordaMentha as voluntary administrators, while the oil and gas company continues to pursue recovery of funds through a civil action against former director Peter Landau.

BHP Billiton is locked in a $1 billion dispute with the Australian Taxation Office over the amount of taxes payable on the sale of Australian commodities to its Singapore marketing business, while its chief executive has seen his annual pay slashed in half follwoing the Samarco dam disaster.

The Australian share market has opened higher.

US oil (WTI) prices have edged up on hopes the planned restart of country's main petrol pipeline after a leak more than a week ago will boost demand, while Brent has slipped amid scepticism over a proposed deal to freeze production.

The Australian dollar is unchanged against the greenback as investors await interest rate decisions from the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan.

Gold has steadied as Federal Reserve policy makers begin a two-day meeting that investors bet will leave interest rates unchanged.

Gloss comes off Teoh's TPG as NBN costs biteThe high cost of delivering data over the national broadband network as customers switch to super-fast broadband, a softer than

The state government has muscled up for the renewal of legal battles over the $1.7 billion Bell Group dispute, appointing a US law firm that promotes itself as being tougher and scarier than its peers to handle the matter.