This week in Business News: Woodside Petroleum makes progress in its floating LNG projects. This week's print edition looks at emerging opportunities for Indigenous businesses. Gold Fields announces the acquisition of 3 gold mines in the Yilgarn region
Coventry Group's net profit plunged 71 per cent over the 2013 financial year as the downturn economic conditions and the scaling back of capital investment hurt the industrial parts and services su
Iggy Tan has secured a new highly-paid executive role with exploration company Kogi Iron, less than two months after he stepped down from the helm of struggling lithium miner Galaxy Resources.
Barra Resources has offloaded its Birthday Gift underground mine near Coolgardie to privately-held Kalgoorlie-based mining firm Blue Tiger Mining, for $2 million in cash plus royalties on gold prod
Resources analysis equipment and chemicals manufacturer XRF Scientific is pushing forward with its acquisition ambitions after recording a 7 per cent lift in profit despite slowing resources indust
Boutique beer-maker Gage Roads Brewing says an extension to its supply agreement with food and beverage giant Woolworths has it well placed to build on a 72 per cent lift in net profit for the 2013
Western Australia "deserves" at least $100 million in federal funding towards Perth's new high-tech sports stadium, according to Premier Colin Barnett.
Human rights group UNICEF is appealing to the state government to reconsider its plan to charge 457 visa holders $4,000 a year to educate their children at public schools.
The partnership between big accounting firm Ernst & Young and not-for-profit organisation St Vincent de Paul has reached a significant milestone, with the 10-year anniversary of the Homework Centre.
Mount Gibson Iron says it is targeting higher sales volumes over the next financial year, but a record revenue result was not able to halt a dip in profit due to challenging conditions in the iron
Property group Mirvac has suffered a 66 per cent drop in net profit following a massive writedown of its development projects, including a $74 million hit to the value of its developments in Wester
Mining giant Rio Tinto and not-for-profit group Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts Australia (DADAA) have launched a partnership aimed at helping regional communities overcome the sti
A SURVEY of the state's corporate and not-for-profit sectors has uncovered some key strategies for achieving better engagement and more productive outcomes between the two groups.
Seven outstanding Western Australian business and community leaders will go on to represent the state in the 2013 EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards after being announced ascategory winners for the
Treasurer Chris Bowen is putting renewed pressure on the coalition to release its costings after an independent analysis found a $30 billion hole in their figures.
Gaming and hotels company Crown has seen its profit fall more than 20 per cent amid weak consumer confidence and losses from the sale of its stake in rival Echo.
Businesses will only have to lodge GST returns with the tax office once a year rather than four times under a new Labor measure to reduce business red tape.
The two men vying for the nation's top job at next month's federal election talked up their infrastructure credentials during their first visits to Western Australia during the campaign.
First and second year apprentices across all industries are set to receive phased pay increases of up to 40 per cent over the next two years, following a Fair Work Commission ruling today.
