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A 95 per cent increase in calls to Lifeline WA over the past five years has prompted the crisis support service to raise funds for volunteer training.

Talk of the creation of a mega-union made up by amalgamations is disturbing, to say the least.

PERTH-BASED The Hub Marketing Communications has won a national award for its work with the ‘2015 Revealed: emerging Aboriginal artists’ event.

A cluster of Western Australia-listed companies has been highlighted in BNiQ research as exhibiting strong revenue growth, appearing to have bucked the economic slowdown with strong gains in operational income.

The Australian share market has been dragged down by Australia's biggest companies as global investors steer away from risk assets ahead of Tuesday's Reserve Bank of rate decision.

Perth companies Valmec and Northern Minerals have struck agreements to raise up to a combined $8.2 million through the issue of convertible securities.

Wave technology companies Stonehenge Metals and Carnegie Wave Energy have released details of their plans to raise up to a combined $7.5 million.

Businesses are benefiting from the "Turnbull effect" but that won't necessarily stand in the way of an interest rate cut when the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its Melbourne Cup day board meeting.

There’s growing belief commodity prices have bottomed out and things are set to improve.

Balcatta-based Orbital Corporation has sold its stake in engine management systems supplier Synerject to partner Continental Automotive Systems for $US17.8 million ($A24.9 million).

Perth home prices have suffered a steep fall in October, dropping almost 3 per cent as the number of new dwellings on the market surges.

Santos and Quadrant Energy have signed a deal for the sale of the Stag oil project in the Carnarvon Basin to Malaysian company Sona Petroleum for $US50 million ($A70 million).

Monadelphous Group has been awarded a number of new contracts and extensions from clients including Woodside Petroleum, worth a combined $150 million.

Westpac expects a pickup in business lending to help prop up earnings this year amid a slowing housing market.

The state government is at odds with the Commonwealth over plans to shelve the second stage of the $1.7 billion Perth Freight Link, with the federal minister for cities saying today the funding agreement was for both stages of the project, not just stage 1.

SPECIAL REPORT: What’s next for the iron ore sector, as the final two ‘mega’ iron ore projects approach completion in the Pilbara?

SPECIAL REPORT: The potential for mass production of electric cars is among a number of high-technology trends sparking interest in Western Australia’s lithium sector, with a series of companies touting projects to meet a forecast surge in demand.

SPECIAL REPORT: With a mere handful of projects under construction, it’s what is in store for the future that has everyone guessing. Click through to also see our list of WA mining projects.

The Australian share market has opened relatively flat as investors await the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision on interest rates, and key economic data from the United States.

Farmers behind Qube in fight for Asciano

A Perth technology company was the big winner in the latest round of commercialisation grants from the federal government, securing $1 million to accelerate the rollout of a virtual reality product that will be familiar to Star Trek fans.

The Australian dollar is stronger ahead of key Chinese Caixin, private sector, manufacturing data due out on Monday.

Four months after accounting firms Moore Stephens and UHY Haines Norton merged, the combined group has settled on Exchange Tower as its new home.

Resources industry veterans know they are in a cyclical business, but when will things turn positive again?

Gold has fallen to a three-week low, extending two days of losses and heading for its biggest weekly drop since August on the chance the US Federal Reserve may still raise interest rates this year.

Productivity is inextricably linked to place, according to new research from Deloitte, which has urged governments and the business community alike to focus on ‘placemaking’ to help smooth the transition to a knowledge-based economy.

Perth businesspeople are surprisingly prominent on the latest BRW young rich list, with a local apartment developer ranked number three with an estimated fortune of $536 million.

Poor performances from the banking and minerals sectors have pushed the Australian share market down almost half a per cent.

Federal and state electoral boundary redistributions can cause havoc in party ranks.

Perth-based data centre operator Red Cloud has announced plans to build a new $40 million ‘Tier 3’ facility in Hobart, using modular technology.

Rob Bransby will resign as managing director of the state’s largest health insurer next year to take up the top job at Perth Racing.

Aspen Group has moved to fend off Discovery Holiday Parks’ attempt to acquire its unlisted holiday and accommodation parks investment fund, and has also rejected a $62 million offer from the would-