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About eight years ago I was fortunate enough to catch a ride on a small aircraft from Kununurra, flying over Lake Argyle, the Argyle diamond mine and the Bungle Bungle range.

Ratings services Standard & Poor's said today it had revised its outlook on the 'BBB-' issuer credit ratings on DBNGP Trust, the owner of the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline, and relate

Engineering and project services company Clough today announced the acquisition of CH-IV International, a small, privately owned liquefied natural gas engineering and consulting services provider based in the United States.

The Australian share market has closed lower, falling more than 1 per cent as Russia announces trade sanctions and the US considers airstrikes on Iraq.

The Australian share market has closed lower, falling more than one per cent as Russia announces trade sanctions and the US considers airstrikes on Iraq.

Russia must stop bullying Ukraine or face increased sanctions from Australia and its Western allies, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has warned, a day after Russia announced a 12-month trade ban on agricultural goods from Australia, the European Union, US and several other Western nations.

Brookfield Infrastructure has joined Azure Capital as a major shareholder in emergent Perth water utility Water West.

In a crushing blow to job seekers, the central bank has warned that it does not expect a sustained fall in the unemployment rate for another two years.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has assured a business conference that tax reform has not ended with the repeal of the carbon tax.

Two of Perth's hospitality suppliers, Hisco and NFE, have announced a merger today in a move they hope will make them an industry leader.

The state government's Mining Rehabilitation Fund initiative has met with almost unanimous industry uptake, Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion said today.

Interest rates aren't likely to be moving for the foreseeable future as the Reserve Bank waits to see how the Australian economy copes with its current challenges.

News Corporation's Australian titles have suffered an 18 per cent fall in revenue, but chief executive Robert Thomson believes conditions in the advertising market will improve.

Small businesses will lose more than $2 billion over three years because of welfare changes that will force people to apply for 40 jobs a month, Labor says.

South African engineering firm DRA has partnered with Perth mine planning consultancy Orelogy, one week after buying collapsed Forge Group's North American asset, Taggart Global.

The consumer watchdog has put 250 energy companies on notice to estimate to their customers how much the removal of the carbon tax will affect prices.

The Australian stock market has opened lower as tensions increase over Ukraine and the Middle East conflicts.

The Australian dollar has recovered some of the losses made after the shock rise in the unemployment rate.

US stocks have finished lower as advances by jihadists in Iraq trumped encouraging labour-market data and spurred talk of possible military action by the US.

Broadcaster James Lush has relaunched his business with a new studio, a new brand and a new CEO in the form of Paul Plowman, a former state government communications director and recent Australian CEO of Hill & Knowlton.

US oil prices have rallied from a six-month low following reports that the Obama administration is considering air strikes in Iraq.

Education Minister Peter Collier has embarked on a bold strategy aimed at reallocating his $4.6 billion budget among the state's 700 secondary and primary schools. It is a move fraught with political risk.

Rio Tinto has more than doubled its half-year net profit to $4.76 billion ($US4.4 billion), but the world's second largest miner was below consensus analyst expectations.

New warnings have emerged electricity prices could rise if Western Australia adopts an east-coast style energy market, according to a report commissioned by a private operator.

The Australian stock market has closed virtually flat, shrugging off a 12-year high in the unemployment rate.

Commercial property holder BWP Trust has announced a 22.4 per cent increase in distributable profit to $92.8 million in its full-year results report today.

Two Perth-based resources juniors, Jameson Resources and Merah Resources, have entered trading halts today.

Oil and gas technology company Coretrack has secured ownership of a high-tech drilling rig after a legal battle with intellectual property licensor Strange Investments.

Professional men in Australia are more than twice as likely as women to see their gender as an advantage in the professional workplace, a survey suggests.

Hiring and investment is down in Kalgoorlie-Boulder as confidence falls in the wake of clouds overhanging the gold-mining industry.

Dampier to Bunbury gas pipeline owner DBP Transmission has completed negotiations with a majority of customers that use its pipeline, in a move it says will reduce its long term risk profile.

A surprising jump in Australia's unemployment rate has poured cold water on any expectations of a rate hike in the foreseeable future.