Owners of older office buildings in central Perth are struggling to find tenants, with the latest Office Market Report showing a widening gap between premium buildings and the rest of the market.
The commonwealth auditor-general says the Australian Electoral Commission was warned at least four years ago about problems with its vote counting system.
Struggling miner Reed Resources has agreed to sell its Comet Vale gold project to a private bidder for $2 million, about a third of the price offered by Crest Minerals in its terminated bid for the project last year.
Perth has overtaken Sydney to record the most expensive residential land value per square metre of all major capital cities, fuelling concerns that land supply is not keeping up with market demand.
A national database to record mining industry deaths and injuries has yet to have any data entered into it, despite governments starting work on it 12 years ago.
World oil prices have risen modestly after a closely watched US oil report suggested severe winter weather across large parts of the country was pushing up demand for heating oil.
Treasurer Troy Buswell has admitted the Barnett government showed a lack of "political ticker" by reversing a number of unpopular savings measures just days after the release of last year's state budget.
The state government is calling for extra private investment at the port of Dampier, following a major new development at the port by QUBE Holdings and a call for private development of new facilities at Fremantle.
Former Ezeatm chief executive Todd Zani has been ordered to stop working with a company established five months ago that operates in the same business as his old employer.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has rejected accusations the government is "leaning on" the industrial umpire in an effort to cut the penalty rates of workers.
Aboriginal contractor the Indigenous Construction Resource Group has made the largest pledge by an indigenous company to the Australian Employment Covenant - promising to deliver 150 jobs for indig
West Leederville is becoming a development hot spot, with Finbar Group entering a joint venture for a $90 million apartment project located near three new commercial buildings.
Giving Aboriginal people the chance to labour on mines can’t be considered real compensation for the permanent destruction of traditional lands, but the more progressive companies have recognised the potential to establish genuine partnerships with native title groups
Iron ore miners in the Pilbara are on track to reach production and shipping targets, despite bad weather hampering operations and affecting some December quarter results.
Redstone Resources has raised $1.65 million to fund exploration of its 100 per cent owned Tollu copper project in the West Musgrave region of Western Australia.
The founder and co-CEO of the $11 billion company Whole Foods, John Mackey, has collaborated with marketing professor Raj Sisodia to propose the idea that ‘conscious capitalism’ can be a force both
US oil prices have pushed higher after falling for two sessions as much of the country's upper Midwest and northeast faced more extra-cold weather from a looming winter storm.
