US equities have enjoyed their best week in months as buying fever returns to the market on solid earnings and easing anxiety about the Ebola virus outbreak.
Murdoch University announced late on Friday that its vice chancellor, professor Richard Higgott has resigned, five weeks after he was stood down on full pay, in the midst of a Corruption and Crime Commission investigation.
Expanding the coverage of the foreign ownership register, further investment in infrastructure, abolition of excessive regulation and adjustments to the tax system have all been suggested as policy initiatives in the federal government's Agricultural Competitiveness green paper.
The demand for support and education for fly-in, fly-out workers shows no signs of slowing down, with FIFO Families outsourcing components of its operations to cope with its rapid growth.
Three major builders have been shortlisted to construct the $100 million train station for the new Perth Stadium on the Burswood Peninsula, part of the state government's $300 million transport pla
Subiaco-based metals explorer TNG has secured $5 million through a placement to fund the definitive feasibility study on its Mount Peake vanadium-titanium-iron project in the Northern Territory.
Energy Minister Mike Nahan has hailed the removal of the carbon price as the reason behind Western Australians receiving an 8 per cent drop in electricity prices.
Mining contractor Macmahon Holdings has again extended talks with Mongolian government-owned coal miner Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi concerning $30 million it is owed in overdue payments.
A recent Grattan Institute report on the east coast gas market has further fuelled debate in Western Australia over the merits or otherwise of the gas reservation policy.
Editor Mark Beyer and reporter Dan Wilkie join James Lush to discuss: the Wealth Creators, an updated listing of WA's richest company directors; Kerry Stokes, the subject of two biographies; land s
Subiaco-based ZipTel is gearing up to compete with a number of major telecommunications companies as it prepares to launch its internet-based communications app.
The weak iron ore price has cast a shadow over the state government's asset sales agenda and raised concerns the commodity's slump will affect the sale price for the Kwinana Bulk Terminal and the Utah Point port.
Peak Resources says it has received an investment proposal from International Finance Corporation, which wants to join a consortium with Appian Natural Resources Fund in its $US25 million funding deal.
BHP Billiton bosses have made a strong sales pitch regarding the company's proposed demerger, telling shareholders in London they'd benefit from the next step in the big miner's "evolution".
In the first of four extracts from Peter Kennedy's recently released book, Tales from Boom Town, the author looks at the first WA Inc deal and the introduction of fly in, fly out mining in WA.
Gold futures retreated on Thursday as upbeat economic data pushed US equities higher, reanimating investor appetite for risk and damping interest in haven assets.
Founding director of Perth-based global mining software developer Micromine, Graeme Tuder, has joined the ranks of some of Australia's biggest names in exporting after being named an Australian Export Hero.
Rio Tinto chief executive officer Sam Walsh and chief financial officer Chris Lynch have both had their contracts with the mining giant extended to open-ended tenures.
Supply constraints are hampering land sales across Western Australia, which have declined significantly in both the metropolitan area and regional centres, the Housing Industry Association says.
