Gold has eased back toward last week's one-month low as US retail sales data lifted the US dollar index, and as caution ahead of this week's Federal Reserve announcement on interest rates keeps buyers on the sidelines.
A new report from Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre touts diversification of export products and trade relationships as a key part of ensuring the state's continued economic success.
Malcolm Turnbull has been sworn in as the nation's 29th prime minister today, after renewing the coalition agreement, pledging a second look at the ‘effects test' and handing the water portfolio to the National Party.
Land developer Terranovis says its latest syndicate, for a 3.4-hectare development site in Anketell, is drawing keen interest from investors, with $3 million of the $4 million required raised in tw
Local exploration firms Impact Minerals, Lucapa Diamond Company, and General Mining Corporation have taken in a combined $8.4 million from successful capital raisings.
Five Western Australian venues have been recognised at the 2015 Australian Hotels Association National Awards for Excellence, held on the Gold Coast last night.
Former Amcom Telecommunications chairman Anthony Grist has invested in listed tech company Decimal Software, which is seeking extra cashflow while awaiting the receipt of a research and development tax refund.
The Reserve Bank of Australia appears content to keep its interest rate at a record low for the time being as Australia's non-mining industries begin to show signs of improvement.
A development application for the first stage of Lendlease's $1 billion Waterbank project in East Perth has been submitted, paving the way for construction to begin mid-next year.
The Australian share market has opened slightly lower, the morning after Malcolm Turnbull ousted Prime Minister Tony Abbott to become federal Liberal leader.
The Australian dollar has hit a two-week high, getting a boost after Malcolm Turnbull became the new leader of the Liberal party and prime minister designate.
US stocks have finished lower as traders looked ahead to a Federal Reserve meeting later this week that could result in the first interest rate hike in over nine years.
Gold has turned slightly higher, clawing above the prior session's one-month low on uncertainty ahead of a Federal Reserve policy meeting that will be scrutinised for clarity on when the US central bank will raise interest rates.
World crude prices have extended their losses, pressured by persistent concerns about the global supply glut as OPEC lowered its demand growth forecast for next year.
Newly elected Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister designate Malcolm Turnbull has said he will lead a "thoroughly liberal government", committed to individual freedom and the market, and vowed to carefully explain and consult heavily on policy.
Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy co-director Steven Tingay has been seconded to the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics to serve as the founding director of its new radio astronomy observ
THOSE driving the development of a new $428 million museum in Western Australia are hoping to engage with more than 1 million annual visitors to the new facility within its first few years.
Australia is a step closer to its first Aboriginal-owned and operated iron ore mine, after a deal sealed today between Fortescue Metals Group and Australian Aboriginal Mining Corporation.
Perth entrepreneur Andrew Hopkins has struck a lucrative deal in the most unlikely of sectors, agreeing to sell his Gemini panel beating business to listed company AMA Group for $100 million.
The corporate watchdog has stopped Perth-based Macro Realty Developments from promoting a Pilbara property investment that ran afoul of Australian company regulations.
Poseidon Nickel says it is considering a potential restart of operations at its mothballed Silver Swan mine, after plans to sell the asset to Tony Sage's Caeneus Minerals for $2.7 million fell through.
