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Key portfolios including mines and petroleum, energy, training, environment, commerce and small business have new ministers after re-elected premier Colin Barnett announced the appointment of five

Australia's economy has improved since the commodity price falls last year and is expected to improve further.

Australian stocks have opened 0.75 per cent weaker, with the big miners leading the broader market lower.

 Retailer David Jones' first half profit has fallen 14 per cent to $73.5 million due to fewer sales and spending to improve its business.

 US stocks closed mixed on Tuesday, holding on as the Cyprus financial crisis threatened to ignite more turmoil across the European financial system.

Labor needs to get back to basics in WA, reinvigorating its image and getting boots on the ground.

THE Commonwealth has moved again to muddy the waters on environmental approval, this time seeking to widen its influence on the approvals process for coal mining and coal-seam gas extraction.

The rising markets may be a false dawn, with two top economists, whose warnings were ignored before the GFC, ringing alarm bells again.

Lifting national productivity is a goal that is universally supported, but it seems our leaders in Canberra either haven’t really thought through what it means in practice, or just don’t care.

The comfortable margin at last week’s state election would have surprised some Liberal insiders.

WESFARMERS and the University of Western Australia are joining forces in a new multi-million dollar project to boost the study of Australian history at both tertiary and secondary levels.

NINE out of 10 not-for-profit organisations are concerned they will be worse off if the federal government replaced the sector's income tax exemptions with grants.

THREE Perth-based engineers are going back to basics to deliver infrastructure solutions for farming communities in Africa.

WHEN you’re asking an existing or prospective customer a question, the object is to get them to think and respond emotionally.

MUCH of a leader’s power lies in their capacity to inspire others to action. To be able to do that, as noted by Napoleon Bonaparte, a leader must be a ‘dealer in hope’.

Construction of QUBE’s new office tower in the CBD will set a high-water mark for the group, but being the best (not the biggest) remains the focus for this developer.

OFFICE school supply companies are experiencing huge growth despite the collapse last year of Wooldridges, with national stationery supplier OfficeMax Australia due to open a new distribution centr

WHEN it comes to keeping a business in the family, most companies invest a great deal of time and effort in their transition strategies.

FOR Raw Hire directors Sean and Lisa Clarke, sharing profit with employees is simply a way of sharing the rewards of the vehicle hire company’s significant growth.

The leaders of some of WA’s top private businesses say overregulation is stifling the development of an entrepreneurial culture in Australia.

Perth’s booming high-end chocolate market has lured WA and eastern states-based players hoping for a piece of the action, which is traditionally topped up at Easter.

AN investment group backed by private equity player KKR, and forestry veterans Tony Jack and Bob Bunning, is set to become the second largest owner of Indian sandalwood plantations in the Ord River

Galaxy Resources has opted not to restart its Mt Cattlin spodumene project near Ravensthorpe – resulting in 37 staff being made redundant.

Waste management technology company AnaeCo has kicked off a project definition study for a 200,000 tonne per year waste treatment plant in South Australia.

Perth company PositionMEonline has announced its second acquisition this year, following its backdoor listing on the ASX through Reeltime Media in November 2012.

Mining giant BHP Billiton has been fined more than $100,000 for failing to ensure the safety of one of its workers who was killed on the job.

The Australian dollar is higher after the currency recovered from yesterday's fall, while taking a string of public comments from the Reserve Bank of Australia in its stride.

Perth-based oil and gas minnow Kairiki Energy has announced a $12.1 million capital raising to pay back company debts and provide additional working capital.

Western Areas founder Julian Hanna has been appointed MOD Resources’ new managing director.

GE Oil & Gas has won a $620 million services deal at QGC’s liquefied natural gas processing plant near Gladstone in Queensland, with maintenance activities to take place at the global giant’s J

Apollo Minerals has announced it will spin out its iron ore-related assets to fast-track their development, with the plan attracting a $10 million investment from India’s Jindal Steel & Power.

Australian stocks have closed lower for a second straight day after giving up early gains during afternoon trading.