A beach barbeque, lunch in the vines and a 'gourmet village' at Leeuwin Estate Winery will be some of the events at the Margaret River Gourmet Escape food and wine festival, to be held in the south
The creation of Australia's largest listed pure-play coal company appears a certainty after Gloucester Coal's shareholders approved a merger deal with Chinese state-owned company Yancoal Australia.
Bankwest has agreed to make changes to recent advertising for its Breeze MasterCard after ASIC raised concerns that the advertisements were misleading or likely to mislead.
The state government has appointed a steering committee to evaluate the development of common user maritime infrastructure in the Pilbara, likely to be at either Anketell Point or Lumsden Point.
Mining and civil contractor NRW Holdings has secured $148 million of work with Fortescue Metals Group, less than a fortnight after signing a $129 million contract with BHP Billiton.
Apache Energy won court approval late Friday to release two documents that support its view that it took reasonable steps to maintain a pipeline at the Varanus Island gas plant prior to a June 2008
Pallet supplier Brambles has aborted the planned sale of its data management business because of a lack of reasonable offers, instead announcing a $448 million capital raising.
The Australian share market plunged 1.75 per cent in opening trade to its lowest level since November after Wall Street suffered its worst day of 2012 and fell into bear market territory.
The Australia dollar fell to a fresh six-month low following the release of weaker Chinese manufacturing data but regained some ground later in the day.
Construction and contracting company VDM Group has announced it will take a $2.9 million loss on the sale of its Cape Crushing and Earthmoving Services subsidiary.
Cape Lambert Resources has deferred listing its Marampa iron ore project on the London Alternative Investment Market (AIM) until later this year, citing the volatile nature of world capital markets
Australian stocks have closed lower for a third straight session as weak economic data from offshore prompted investors to abandon resources-linked sectors of the market.
Australia needs to open up its northern regions to agricultural expansion or face a potential food shock from Asia, says the chief executive of Australia's biggest beef producer, Australian Agricul
The Reserve Bank of Australia's attempts to stimulate the housing market are having little effect, according to figures released today, with capital city residential property values continuing
The West Australian Farmers Federation has called on the state government to impose a moratorium on gas fracking amid concerns about unknown environmental impacts.
Nationals senator Barnaby Joyce is urging the federal government to allow a local company to purchase farming land in northern Australia ahead of Chinese interests.
Veteran MP Max Trenorden has asked the Nationals to expel him from the party, saying he has been treated poorly by its members but doesn't want to be forced to quit.
The Australian share market suffered falls in opening trade, driven by weaker materials stocks, aggressive short selling of the top 50 stocks and a soft lead from Wall Street.
Stumbling Facebook shares got a shot of adrenalin Thursday and pushed five per cent higher as US stocks traded lower Thursday on dull jobs and economic growth data.
Fortescue Metals Group boss Neville Power says he is confident China's continued growth will help the company generate enough cashflow to pay down its large debt.
BHP Billiton's proposed $20 billion expansion of its outer harbour project in the Pilbara has received federal environment approval, but the board's decision to proceed won't be made for sever
Australia's housing industry says it has fallen into a recession after building approvals plunged to their lowest level since the global financial crisis, driven largely by a change in the approval
