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Means testing the private health insurance rebate will prompt many people to drop their private health cover and put more pressure on the public health system,  Premier Colin Barnett says.

The prime minister would do well to flush Kevin Rudd’s leadership ‘challenge’ into the open.

Why does it take a Texan to talk sense about the opportunities in the Kimberley?

Energy costs to business will cause headaches for the federal government as the carbon tax approaches.

Many people who criticise big business may not realise how much they enjoy the benefits delivered by those very same businesses.

Never one to leave his audience wondering, Mark Latham has some harsh words for Gillard-led Labor.

I am sick of people telling me I work too hard.

KULCHA Multicultural Arts of WA has been awarded more than $300,000 from Lotterywest to develop new projects and organisational capacity building.

THERE is a collective murmur of excitement from the little visitors to Scitech, the state’s science and technology learning hub for children and adolescents.

Why do so many people say they like the people they work with but not their manager?

ESSLEMONT Building and Civil is among seven different Western Australian companies to be awarded state government tenders this month.

FOR some businesses, timing really is everything.

THE challenging residential property market has been stuck at or below the long-term average turnover for the past four years, according to the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia.

FTI Consulting and Professional Public Relations are the top financial PR firms in Perth, WA Business News’ annual corporate finance survey has found.

Consumer confidence has risen following two interest rate cuts in late 2011, but remains well below its level a year ago, according to a private survey.

THE relentless growth of Woolworths and Coles in the liquor sector hasn’t stopped smaller players from finding a position in the market. 

Wesfarmers has long dominated the estimated $40 billion home improvement and hardware segment with its successful brand Bunnings, so it’s no surprise rival retail giant Woolworths has packed its to

Nickel miner Mincor has capped a busy six months by nudging back into the black, reporting a $350,000 profit for the six months to December 31.

If a bit of competition is healthy, then what sort of shape is Australia’s consumable retail industry in?

EMPLOYMENT and training company Skill Hire is poised to step up its expansion, particularly through acquisitions, after securing the backing of private equity investor Banksia Capital.

St George Bank has lifted its home loan interest rates by more than the big four banks, as the number of lenders lifting rates grows.

Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has reported a solid rise in half-year profit today but also disclosed an expected jump in costs and delays to its ambitious expansion strategy in the Pilbara.

South African miner Exxaro Resources has taken a majority share of Perth-based iron ore explorer African Iron after last-minute acceptances of its $300 million offer.

Australian stocks opened stronger this morning, buoyed by good results from The Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the nation's largest lender.

Oz Minerals has suffered a dramatic fall in full-year net profit to $274.5 million, but says demand for copper remains strong.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia's (CBA) first-half cash profit has grown by seven per cent to $3.57 billion and the company has no plans for major job cuts.

US stocks were weighed down by unravelling debt talks in Europe and didn't get any help from a disappointing result on retail sales. The three major stock indexes were lower all day.

Western Australia’s population is forecast to grow to 3,061,000 by 2026, according to the latest population projections released by the state government.

The Australian dollar is half a US cent lower as traders look for reasons to buy the currency after its recent rally ran out of steam.

BHP Billiton has become a property player in the Pilbara with plans to develop more than 2.5 hectares of land in the centre of South Hedland, including a five-storey residential complex.

Labor has accused coalition MPs of double standards by talking up the impact of the carbon and mining profits tax on the economy while personally investing in mining companies.

Neptune Marine says it has completed its restructuring of operations, selling off its US-based diving business to a US private equity firm.