Liberal Party MPs who have wavered in their support for wheat export deregulation are defying the party’s free-market principles and the robust policy-making process employed on this issue.
The Bibbulmun Track Foundation will run its 11th team-building event in late October and is looking for a not-for-profit organisation to take part, free of charge.
Fremantle-based KULCHA Multicultural Arts of Western Australia is on a mission to use the arts as a catalyst to make WA more culturally inclusive as skilled migration to the state grows and its cul
Bankwest has joined the ‘free-form’ office revolution, with the launch this week of a technology-driven activity-based office as it settles into its new premises at Raine Square.
THE state government has moved to rezone more than 100 hectares of land near Mandurah for residential development but developers say this just adds to the big queue of lots in the area held up by k
A HUB to service the oil and gas industry may result from the development of 430 hectares of industrial land in South Bullsbrook after the state government announced a planning amendment which incl
Many analysts predict that by 2020 Australia will overtake Qatar as the world’s leading LNG exporter and, with Western Australian LNG exports accounting for 87 per cent of the national total in 201
Australia's economy has adjusted well to the impact of the mining boom - which is likely to continue to for some years, the Reserve Bank of Australia says.
In a further sign of the waning resources boom, construction and mining company Macmahon Holdings has issued a stark profit warning and announced it would replace chief executive Nick Bowen with ch
Asia's economic boom is not just about resources, as its rapidly growing middle class will help lift demand for Australia's food, tourism and farming sectors, Treasurer Wayne Swan says.
Apple's stock has reached $US700 ($A671) for the first time, setting a record for the company the day after it announced that orders for its iPhone 5 topped two million in the first 24 hours.
US stocks have finished mostly lower as the aura of the Federal Reserve's new QE3 stimulus wore off and worries about company profits were heightened after FedEx cut its earnings outlook.
State government steps to help commercial fisheries gain sustainability certificates have been applauded by a supermarket giant and a conservation group.
France-based oil and gas engineering company Technip has won a €210 million ($262 million) works deal at Inpex’s Ichthys LNG project off the Western Australian coast.
Alesco chairman Mark Luby has signalled the door is still open for further talks with paint maker DuluxGroup over its long-running $210 million takeover bid.
Export earnings from resources and energy commodities are expected to fall this financial year as commodity prices ease, a federal government forecaster says.
Ginadalbie Metals shares have jumped by more than 10 per cent after the Perth-based miner officially opened its dedicated port terminal for the Karara iron ore project in Geraldton this mornin
Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey predicts federal tax revenue has fallen by between $20 billion and $25 billion since the budget due to softening commodity prices and a decline in corporate tax.
Federal Resources Minister Martin Ferguson has warned there may be more east coast mine closures as global commodity prices soften and mining royalties rise.