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The state’s economic watchdog says electricity retailer Synergy would need to hike residential electricity bills by 23 per cent on average, or $353 per year, to ensure taxpayers are not covering th

Western Australia’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the existing building and construction award wage system is too restrictive to be applied to remote resources projects.

he Australian share market has closed flat despite a sell-off triggered by disappointing trade balance numbers.

Those overseas holidays and bargain internet purchases may be about to get more expensive as the Australian dollar slides back towards parity with its US counterpart.

The City of Perth has approved plans for a $6 million, five-storey hotel on Hay Street, behind the Perth Ambassadors Hotel.

The supposed link between interest rates set by Australia's central bank and the rates set by the commercial banks is a myth that needs to be busted, says the ANZ's head of Australian operations Ph

Bad weather and trouble with coal exports have caused a surprise second consecutive monthly trade deficit.

Australia should focus on becoming a high-wage, high-productivity country or risk falling further behind the rest of the world, Business Council of Australia president Tony Shepherd says.

Seven West Media, the owner of the Seven Network and West Australian Newspapers, has withdrawn from the Australian Press Council.

Colin Barnett certainly does not want blame for the Commonwealth’s share (of energy price rises) lumped on to him as well in a pre-election year.

It is worth borrowing from demographers to help categorise the three distinct groups which clash over the resources boom.

WA’s minerals industry faces profound change as BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto opt for ‘bulks’.

The state government has won high praise for its planning reforms but the industry, and Labor, say it needs to do better.

The distribution of Australia’s population has changed markedly over the past 55 years, driven by interstate and international migration.

A £625,000 Hackett asset sale helped fund landmark additions to the University of WA.

Engagement is such a buzz term in human resources circles.

Five corporate surfing teams swapped their suits for swimmers at Margaret River’s Telstra Drug Aware Pro’s first charitable surfing competition last month, and raised $50,000 for SurfAid.

The federal government introduced new rules in July last year around how self-managed super funds invest in art and the art sector is already feeling the effects on sales, according to industry ins

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Cash is the lifeblood of small to medium enterprises but nearly a quarter report that in the past year cash-flow shortages have threatened their survival.

Christine King was 18 when she decided to steer away from a nursing career and forge a path in the rag trade, a move that set her up for a 45-year long retail career.

Many managers proudly declare they have an ‘open-door policy’ that allows any employee to speak with them at any time of the day.

WESTERN Australia’s new housing sector is showing signs of a recovery, with building approvals, home sales and land sales all increasing over recent weeks.

Improving Perth’s housing density was high on the agenda at a Property Council seminar last week on making Perth a city that ‘works’, with finance, infrastructure and community acceptance raised as

Australia Post has failed to sell its General Post Office Building in Forrest Place and has, instead, reverted to trying to find tenants to fill the vacant retail space.

Western Australia is growing its reputation as a hot spot for film production, boasting good stories, vast landscapes that make for ideal settings and an increasing number of home-grown feature fil

WA’s corporate finance sector is getting back to business as a late flurry of deals get the sector warmed up for better year.

Perth’s capital markets players reckon the past few months have been hard to take but they are seeing signs of growth as money returns.

Businesses like Calibre Global, Onsite Rental Group and NLV Group have enjoyed strong growth with the support of their private equity backers.

Private equity funds are scouring Western Australia, looking to invest in local businesses but only a handful of deals have been completed.

Western Australia may as well leave its minerals in the ground while its GST revenue continues to be stolen by Canberra and the eastern states, Premier Colin Barnett says.

Perth-based residential developer Cedar Woods has completed a $25 million capital raising to fund four new developments in Western Australia and Victoria, and the construction of the Williams Landi