Cottesloe’s town planning scheme has been finalised to allow up to eight-storey buildings along the beachfront, but the government says the new regulations do not allow for high-rise development.
The federal government has accused Premier Colin Barnett of a cash grab over his refusal to quarantine a pension increase from public housing rent assessments.
Perth-based gold explorer Breaker Resources has listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, after completing an $8.5 million initial public offering.
Overall home sales reached their highest level for two years in the March quarter, with first home-buyers key to the recovery, according to the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia.
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says the federal government's decision to create the national broadband network was taken to ensure Australia's telecommunications system was "future-proofed"
Woolworths says higher third quarter sales volumes were offset by lower prices, leaving shoppers as the big winners as the supermarket seeks to woo more customers than arch rival Coles.
Gina Rinehart has lost a bid to have her children's multibillion-dollar family trust claim dealt with through confidential mediation and not in open court.
Leighton Holdings subsidiary Thiess will undertake site preparation work at the Chevron-operated Wheatstone gas project in WA after winning a $450 million contract.
Internet service provider iiNet has welcomed a High Court decision to dismiss an appeal by the world's largest film and television companies, saying it proves it never supported unauthorised
Retail spending rose for the eighth straight month in March as consumers overcame a lack of confidence in the economy and spent more of their money on services such as entertainment.
The Australian share market has closed at a fresh eight-month high, buoyed by resource stocks and investors punting on China undertaking new moves to boost its economy.
Climate change sceptic Ian Plimer has stepped in as chairman of Ivanhoe Australia, replacing Canadian billionaire Robert Friedland who quit the gold and copper miner following a power tussle w
The biggest humpback whale calving area in the southern hemisphere will be protected within a new marine park to be created on the Kimberley coast by the state government.
Land sales figures for the December quarter have highlighted serious issues with state and national government policies, the Housing Industry Association says.
Rifts between Australia's farming community and the Australian Greens over the carbon tax have been "wildly exaggerated", says the party's new leader Christine Milne.
Fortescue Metals Group says axing the federal government's diesel fuel rebate for miners will cost the company up to $US150 million ($A145.30 million) a year.
Telstra Corporation chief executive David Thodey says the telco would look at increasing its stake in Foxtel should James Packer decide to sell out of the pay TV company.
Andrew Forrest has stepped up his battle with the federal government over the mining tax by releasing details of a compromise package he says was negotiated with former prime minister Kevin Rudd.
The Southern Metropolitan Regional Council has applied for a lifeline for its Canning Vale waste facility, the largest in the state, after the Department Of Environment and Conservation moved to sh
