Australia's richest person, billionaire Gina Rinehart, is also the richest woman in Asia and on the way to becoming the richest woman in the world, according to Forbes' latest rich list.
Prosecutions have been dropped against former Premier Brian Burke, lobbyist Julian Grill and former ministerial staffer Nathan Hondros, due to a lack of public interest.
Wesfarmers' largest business, Coles, has recorded its best ever Christmas sales in 2011 as the supermarket chain continues to lure customers away from rival Woolworths.
BHP Billiton and its partners have committed $US917 million ($A866 million) to a port project that could increase its Western Australian iron ore exports by 100 million tonnes each year.
The Australian dollar rose to a three-month high as the cost of borrowing for European governments falls and after the release of good manufacturing data from Europe and China.
Premier Colin Barnett has touted the wealth of Western Australia's industry barons, after one of the state's mining billionaires, Gina Rinehart, spent almost $200 million increasing her stake in pu
Rio Tinto says it will take a controlling stake in South African mineral sands miner Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) through the acquisition of BHP Billiton's 37 per cent interest for an undisclosed su
Beleaguered uranium miner Energy Resources Australia says its 2012 production remains highly dependent on the amount of rain in the Northern Territory during this year's wet season.
Murchison Metals says it will distribute the majority of the $217 million in net proceeds from the sale of its stake in Crosslands Resources and the Oakajee Port & Rail development to investors
Santos' Wortel operation in Indonesia has produced its first gas, the fourth project in the company's base business to begin output in the past eight months.
Norwegian group Yara International has secured control of Burrup Fertilisers after striking a deal with Apache Energy that will see them become joint owners of the business, while also disclosing t
New home sales in Western Australia posted their second consecutive month of growth in December, but transactions are still significantly lower than where they were 12 months ago, according to new
BHP Billiton may cut up to 155 jobs from its Nickel West business as it curbs activity and restructures roles in reaction to a depressed nickel price and a strong Australian dollar.
Australian shares ended lower for the third straight day as brokers took profits ahead of the reporting season and after one of the best monthly starts to the calendar year in around 40 years.
Tenix and a joint venture partnership between Theiss and Black & Veatch have been shortlisted for the South Hedland and Karratha wastewater works contract.
More than 25 per cent of all construction in Australia is occurring in Western Australia, where almost $90 billion worth of mining, energy and infrastructure projects are currently underway.
More than 10,000 angry St George and Bank SA customers are trying to recoup bank fees after joining the largest collective action in Australian legal history.
PERTH'S first Fringe World festival got under way last week with a program that includes 150 weird and wonderful acts, living up to the Fringe ideal of a program that offers everything the mainstre
SALES by small businesses over the Christmas period were better than expected, but calendar 2011 figures were less impressive amid subdued market conditions.
