Transport Minister Troy Buswell has awarded a $42 million contract for the duplication of a section of Dampier Highway to the Highway Works Albem joint venture.
West Australian Premier Colin Barnett is disappointed in Troy Buswell for notching up nine speeding offences in three years but says he doesn't deserve to be dumped as transport minister.
The proposed takeover of Seven Media Group by West Australian Newspapers is evidence of the growing strength of the WA business community, Premier Colin Barnett says.
The adversaries in a heated battle over regulation of the franchising industry in Western Australia have used submissions to a parliamentary inquiry to argue their cases.
Bauxite Resources has been granted 13 additional exploration licenses in Western Australia's Darling Range, which the company says will strengthen its joint venture with China's Yankuang Group.
The state government has announced the first public private partnership in Western Australia's water industry, with Helena Water to fund, build and operate the new Mundaring Water Treatment Plant.
The three Aspen Group directors subject to a movement to remove them from the company's board have denied claims that the group had lost its way and had underperformed since jettisoning co-founder Angelo Del Borello in June last year.
Chinese coal miner Blackgold International Holdings is set to list on the Australian Securities Exchange in Perth tomorrow, after its $70.2 million initial public offering closed oversubscribed.
Perth-based internet service provider iiNet says it is on track to reach its full year guidance after recording a one per cent increase in first half profit.
Computer and office equipment financiers ThinkSmart has lodged a 31 per cent rise in full-year profit on the back of lowered business costs and a 14 per cent increase in sales.
Fortescue Metals Group boss Andrew Forrest says he hopes to appeal a decision by the Federal Court that found he made misleading claims about infrastructure deals that never came to fruition.
Former West Australian Labor frontbencher Alannah MacTiernan has defended Transport Minister Troy Buswell who has come under the spotlight again for a string of minor traffic offences.
Neptune Marine says it recorded a break-even result in the December quarter,bouncing back from a $6 million loss in the September quarter, as it prepares to release its half-year results next week.
One of media operator Kerry Stokes's media interests, West Australian Newspapers Holdings, has offered to buy another of his interests, Seven Media Group, for an enterprise value of $4.085 billion.
Mining services provider Maca has reported half year net profit up 121 per cent, and says it expects to exceed full year profit guidance contained in its pre-float prospectus.
Advanced materials group Matrix Composites and Engineering met its own profit guidance today with a 159 per cent increase in interim profit, but the stock still slipped lower after its stellar run over the past year.
WA's steel industry has called for the Barnett government to release more details on how much local work has been created by Chevron's $43 billion Gorgon gas project and Fortescue Metals Group's iron ore operations in the Pilbara.
The federal government was always going to face hurdles in the home straight to its controversial mining tax, but a new set of figures has made the course even trickier.
Planning Minister John Day says he is hoping to stimulate population growth and economic activity in the Wheatbelt with the approval of two significant residential development proposals in Gingin and York.
Fortescue Metals Group has been cleared of failing to maintain a safe environment when a cyclone ripped through its rail construction camp in 2007, killing two workers.
UK finance group Standard Chartered has bought into Perth-based livestock exporter Wellard Group for $83 million, in a move Wellard says will boost its growth ambitions throughout Asia.
Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has booked a seven-fold increase in first half net profit and says it has an exciting future in a strengthening iron ore market.
Cape Lambert Resources says it took advantage of a dip in its share price on Thursday to implement an on-market share buy-back that was flagged in October.
Energy distributor Duet Group's first half profit declined 51 per cent as it continues to focus on improving the operational performance of its assets.
