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Mirabela Nickel has confirmed that it is considering launching a capital raising after its shares were halted from trade, following a 30 per cent plunge in value to a near all-time low.

Optus added 80,000 customers in the three months to the end of March, taking its total to nearly 9.5 million.

Gina Rinehart's children can now claim their share of the family's multimillion-dollar trust, after Australia's richest person unexpectedly brought forward the vesting date of the disputed fund.

The state government has moved to acquire the necessary land required to build the Pilbara’s next deepwater port, Anketell, 30 kilometres east of Karratha.

The ultramarathon tragedy that left two women runners with life-threatening burns may have affected the reputation of Tourism Western Australia, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.

A poor Newspoll result has brought some lingering issues to the surface for the state government.

Getting the income tax ratio right is an ongoing challenge for government.

Europe may still be in the doldrums but growth in the US and China is good news for the world economy.

The weight attached to the annual budget, at both a national and state level, goes well beyond their real importance.

More action is needed to provide meaningful work opportunities for indigenous Australians.

The success of a $200 million class action case against the property group Centro Retail Australia is a win for all Australian investors, lawyers for the shareholders say.

Some senior Liberals are a little too quick to fall in line behind business leaders advocating closer ties with China.

NEW federal government planning and performance measures for national cultural agencies aim to deliver improved financial management, better care of collections and more consistent reporting across

COUNTRY Arts WA’s Manifesto 2029, which was presented to a bipartisan grouping of the state’s major political party representatives last week, is a step-by-step guide to strengthening the arts in r

GOT goals? Millions of words have been written about goals. I’ve written thousands of them.

THE smartest, most successful online marketers and businesses invest as much time and money in improving conversion rates as they do building traffic.

PERTH is poised to smash a 20-year record, with the most new office space across the city coming online this year thanks in part to the pending completion of the troubled Raine Square development a

Belmont is undergoing a pickup in commercial and residential building activity along Great Eastern Highway, with new developments proceeding in tandem with the widening of the highway

Property developers are unhappy with how the National Broadband Network is being rolled out in Western Australia, complaining they are not receiving enough guidance and support from NBN Co.

Aluminium giant Alcoa will have five more years to expand its Wagerup refinery, the state government announced today.

The rollout of the NBN has begun in WA, but how it ends up will be determined by politics.

Australia remains vulnerable to macroeconomic headwinds and too reliant on the central bank to stimulate the economy, says former Liberal leader John Hewson.

A Leighton Holdings subsidiary has been named preferred contractor for the Fortescue Metals Group-owned Solomon iron ore project in WA's Pilbara region.

Australian shares opened lower after falls on Wall Street and the absence of an expected company tax reduction in the federal budget.

Opposition Treasury spokesperson Joe Hockey says the business community is confused by mixed signals in the federal budget.

Treasurer Wayne Swan says small business has been looked after in the federal budget despite the surprise decision to axe the promised cut to the company tax rate.

The latest federal budget could not have been worse for Western Australia, with the state losing more than $1 billion in government funding compared with 2011/12, the state government says.

Turmoil in the eurozone and a clutch of disappointing earnings reports have sent US markets tumbling.

The federal government intends to spread the benefits of the mining boom, but from what continues to be a shrinking pot.

Australian companies have been abandoned by the federal government, the Tax Institute says.