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iiNet has entered into an agreement to acquire Internode, Australia’s largest privately owned broadband services company, for $105 million.

West Australian shoppers are expected to defy the economic gloom over Christmas by spending a record $3 billion.

A free smartphone application developed by Consumer Protection will help WA shoppers easily access information about their rights under the new Australian Consumer Law.

Adelaide-based brewer Coopers has been named the world's top family business for 2011 in a poll by a UK magazine.

Twenty Perth companies are set to list on the ASX next year, but for most the 2012 listing comes later than expected.

Acting Prime Minister Wayne Swan has rejected claims of a looming jobs crisis.

West-Perth based Black Range Minerals has appointed former-Peninsula Energy CEO Tony Simpson as its managing director.

Leighton Holdings’ subsidiaries Thiess and John Holland Group have been awarded $300 million in contracts for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone gas project near Onslow.

Forge Group’s wholly-owned subsidiary Cimeco has entered into a $90 million agreement with Chicago Bridge and Iron to provide civil and concrete services for the early stages of the Australian Paci

Australian-based spatial content company nearmap.com has completed a capture of 5,000 square kilometres of high resolution photo maps over Australia’s economic engine room in WA’s north-west.

Australian stocks declined one per cent in thin trade after a muted reaction to the latest move to solve Europe's debt crisis took the shine off hopes for a Christmas rally.

Perth-based application developer Filter Squad’s Discovr apps have cracked the 1.5 million downloads mark, coinciding with the release of Discovr movies today.

Australian shares broke their two-day losing streak to end sharply higher after strong gains on offshore markets sparked hopes for a long-awaited Christmas rally.

The outlook for economic growth has fallen back below trend, although the pace of current activity is still strong, a survey shows.

A bid to mine coal in Western Australia's sensitive southwest tourism and wine-producing region has been rejected by the state government after the proponent appealed the original Environ

Ausdrill Limited is on track to deliver a $48-$50 million half-year profit after tax, an increase of between 32 and 37 per cent on the previous corresponding period.

Quest Minerals has completed a $1.5 million capital raising, with Singaporean investor Maxillion taking a 19.9 per cent interest in the company.

Colin Barnett left a nagging doubt about the ultimate cost of the project. And that, in the end, could prove to be the real barbecue stopper.

Industry funds must face up to questions over governance, transparency and accountability.

It is not the season to be jolly as credit markets continue to crunch banks and governments in a low-growth world.

Western Australia is considered a boom state but the weakness in the residential property market and other industry sectors is a major concern of our business sector.

Iran and the US are fighting a tense ‘war’ where no shots have been fired. But tensions are building in a scenario that resonates with the start of World War II.

The team at revamped In Contro on the South Perth foreshore are hoping to make the best of the ‘rock-star’ location and a piccolo-style menu. Carolyn Herbert reports.

Two Western Australian not-for-profit organisations have formed a partnership to fight infectious lung diseases, with $100,000 already being awarded to WA scientists for projects that address disea

It is not often you come across an organisation that specialises in caring for people affected by the murder of a loved one.

The not-for-profit sector is set for a year of reform in 2012, with changes planned for the definition of charity and the relevant tax rules.

When I was growing up, they called it Christmas. Now, in order to offend no one, they call it nothing. Sad.

When Erica Ormsby and her sister and fellow foodie Andrea Mason first talked about launching their own fine foods label it was always as the first step in realising their dream of running their own

Do you ever get to the end of the year and wonder what happened?

The multi-million dollar bill for the Barnett government’s commitment to a slew of transformational projects in and around the city has dominated media coverage of these once-in-a-generation ventur

Veteran developer Luke Saraceni is looking beyond his legal and financial battles, lining up new projects for what he sees as the next ‘historic’ property boom.

BC Iron has beaten guidance and shipped about 1.1 million tonnes of iron ore in the first half.