Premier Colin Barnett can breathe easy now - the Community and Public Sector Union says it will hold off on potential industrial action until after the state election.
A call for Health Minister Kim Hames to be sacked over his response to a string of fatalities among patients discharged from Northam Hospital is understandable, the opposition says.
Federal Finance Minister Penny Wong has indicated the government isn't about to launch into a spending spree to garner votes for the September election.
Green power utility Enerji Limited has announced a new agreement with an unnamed major Australian resources firm to install its waste heat-to-power system at an operating gold mine.
Rail operator Aurizon has signed a deal to haul up to 65 million tonnes of coal a year from the Queensland mines of BM Alliance Coal Operations and BHP Billiton Mitsui Coal.
The slowdown in the property market means that home owners in Perth are holding onto their houses for an average of 8.2 years, nearly two-and-a-half years longer than used to be the norm.
UK-based industrial services group Cape plc is planning to offload some of its Australian assets, including two divisions in Western Australia, after it took a $250 million-plus hit to its profit a
The federal government should use its powers to override state counterparts and stop some approvals for coal and coal seam gas mining, an environmental lobby group says.
Construction and engineering contractor Decmil Group has extended its reach into the oil and gas sector with the announcement of a $25 million contract win with Royal Dutch Shell.
The Liberals' election commitments will increase state debt by $1.2 billion, pushing total borrowings to $24. 8 billion in 2015/16, according to Treasury costings released today.
Maligned Treasurer Troy Buswell has moved to quell talk that he's set to succeed Premier Colin Barnett, reiterating he will never lead the Liberals again.
The Dow pushed to fresh highs on Wednesday one day after notching an all-time record, even as the Federal Reserve said economic growth continued at a dull pace.
Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu has resigned late today at a meeting of Liberal Party MPs and has been succeeded by former parliamentary Liberal leader Dennis Napthine.
ConocoPhillips' Australian head has warned domestic gas reservation policies and anti-industry activism could threaten the development of a viable market in Western Australia.
Fly-in, fly-out workers should be regarded as Australia's "modern day heroes", Premier Colin Barnett says, akin to the men who built the nation-defining Snowy Mountains irrigation scheme.
Copper producer, Aditya Birla Minerals has halted operations at its Birla Mt Gordon site blaming poor production performance, uncertain economic conditions and a weaker copper price for the decisio
Nickel explorer Sirius Resources is suddenly worth more than established miners Western Areas and Perseus Mining after new drilling results triggered another spectacular run-up in its share price.
Cost of living pressures including power prices have been largely ignored in the state election campaign, a group representing the non-government community services sector says.
The Australian economy managed what the Reserve Bank of Australia likes to call "about trend" growth in the December quarter, the national accounts showed today.
Shares in GR Engineering have jumped on the ASX this morning, after the company announced a £75 million ($111 million) contract with Wolf Minerals at the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in England.
