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Consumers should check cyber security settings on their mobile devices before shopping online, an expert warns.

WA will host a record 84 Eventscorp-sponsored events next year, including Australia's richest golf tournament and an international action sports festival.

WA's largest locally owned banking institution Police & Nurses Credit Society has announced that it will follow the Reserve Bank, cutting the full interest rate on its variable home loan produc

THE property development arm of national construction giant Leighton has established a Western Australian beachhead with a deal to develop the strategic Perth Entertainment Centre site as part of t

Perth-based mining company Atlantic has completed a $25 million capital raising to finance process improvements and alterations at its Windimurra vanadium project, which has been adversel

Eric Ripper's reception at the federal Labor conference last weekend shows how great his party's challenge is at home.

Workers in other countries would jump at the opportunities offered by our mining, and oil and gas giants.

Business and political leaders need to consider what happens after there's nothing left to dig up.

The latest controversy over native title funding does not augur well for a positive review of federal state financial relations.

The third part on Deloitte's series on labour market challenges outlines the case for making those currently in the workforce more productive.

The Barnett government is paying lip service to calls for a comprehensive lobbyists' register.

Ian Hutchinson reckons any foodie worth their salt should be down at his beachfront restaurant and microbrewery at North Fremantle. Carolyn Herbert reports.

FOR most businesses, dollar figures are a clear and unambiguous indication of performance – markets and investors respond quickly to bad/good news or results.

'I need more sales. I need more sales,' you say. Welcome to the club. Everyone needs more sales.

Founded in Perth in 1986, software developer Micromine has grown from a three-person operation to more than 235 staff globally, with offices in 18 of the world's major mineral producing capitals.

Don Newman, a young lecturer-mathematician, had been struggling with a very difficult mathematical problem.

PERTH-BASED private equity investor Centauri has teamed up with Peter Bartlett's FMR Investments for an innovative $150 million building development in Port Hedland.

A DECADE after proposing a resort development in Margaret River and one year on from losing a bid to develop a new Rottnest Island resort in Longreach Bay, Karma Royal Group has finally locked in b

ANAECO chief Patrick Kedemos believes the waste industry is set to undergo a profound, technological shift in the next 20 years comparable to the rapid advances in telecommunications since the adve

WHILE the Barnett government deliberates over its waste policy, Phoenix Energy and local company New Energy are pushing ahead with plans to invest close to $1 billion in waste-to-energy plants in t

The waste sector is hopeful the state government will release a waste policy next year ending a policy vacuum in this essential service sector.

The Australian dollar rose following the release of data showing the national economy grew strongly in the September quarter.

International tourism to WA was up 8.2 per cent since September 2010, according to a report released today.

Lend Lease, which has emerged as a major player in the Perth property scene in the past couple of years, has acquired a 100 per cent interest in the Northgate Shopping Centre in Geraldton through t

Australian bond prices fell in overnight trade, reversing a bounce which followed the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to cut interest rates.

The Australian economy has posted its second consecutive quarter of robust growth as the booming mining sector fuels a solid rise in business investment, official figures show.

Australian shares are higher as hopes for a new debt deal in Europe and better than expected economic growth data for the September quarter boosted investor appetite for risk.

Japanese energy major Inpex has signed an agreement with five major Japanese companies guaranteeing sales of 4 million tonnes per annum of LNG from its Ichthys project off the Western Australian co

Queensland coal explorer Carabella has raised $24 million from institutional shareholders to continue developing its coking coal project in the Bowen Basin.

Endeavour Mining began trading on the ASX this morning after the merger between Endeavour and Adamus Resources became effective yesterday.

The Australian dollar fell following the central bank's decision to cut the cash rate on concerns about global market turmoil.

Northern Minerals has signed a joint venture agreement with Toro Energy to earn up to an 80 per cent interest in all minerals other than uranium produced at Toro's Browns Range tenements in the Nor