Premier Colin Barnett has conceded new Labor Opposition Leader Mark McGowan has received a bigger lift in the polls than he anticipated, predicting a tight election next year.
Shares in Perth-based miner Kagara have sunk to a new low of 12 cents, after it suspended operations at its Baal Gammon base metals project in Queensland.
The resources sector has welcomed the state government's plan to underground a series of power lines between Perth and Newman, a move it says will reduce significant costs and delays in moving larg
Galaxy Resources stocks have slipped after the lithium miner completed a $30 million capital raising, $20 million under what it had originally targeted.
Demand for rental accommodation in Perth has stabilised, according to the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia, despite rents rising slightly over the past few weeks.
Apartment developer Finbar Group has announced its 27-storey Fairlanes office and residential project on Adelaide Terrace has achieved practical completion.
Mining billionaire Clive Palmer, who has savaged the federal government's mining tax, reportedly did not have to pay tax in his main private company last year.
Shares in Flinders Mines were sold off when its trading halt was lifted, after court action continued to hold up the iron ore explorer's $554 million takeover by a Russian steel maker.
Mundo Minerals has quit its interests in Brazil with the sale its wholly-owned Brazilian subsidiary Mundo Mineracao Ltda, known as Mundo Brazil, to with a group of Brazilian high net worth individu
New rules making it easier for Australian firms to tender for contracts offered by resource and construction companies will help share the benefits of the mining boom, the federal government says.
Mining giant BHP Billiton is sinking its teeth into the Gulf of Mexico's Mad Dog oil field, committing $US708 million ($A692.73 million) on work for the second phase of the project.
Engineering and construction company Clough has announced that the Clough AMEC joint venture has been awarded a contract worth more than $30 million for the operability, reliability and maintainabi
Hostility surrounding takeover offers by Minemakers and Panoramic Resources has escalated, with the merit of independent expert reports and company valuations being challenged in both cases.
Explorer Copper Range has outlined a move into the African energy sector after signing an agreement that could see it acquire up to an 80 per cent interest in the Bezaha oil project in Madagascar.
Improving the effectiveness of Australia's federation is a widely shared goal but there has been little progress, unless you count an ever-expanding bureaucracy.
Nicola Forrest, wife of mining magnate Andrew Forrest, has been named as Black Swan State Theatre Company's honorary number one subscriber for 2012 and 2013, in recognition of her and her family's
The state government has committed $1.6 million in funding over four years to Wheels for Hope, a program that aims to improve the mobility of children with disabilities and their families.
Social enterprise is not a new concept in Western Australia but it has attracted attention in recent times, with government funding committed to encouraging new social ventures and social entrepren
