Latest Headlines

Business confidence in Western Australia is plummetting and has fallen to the lowest level since the global financial crisis, a series of new surveys shows.

The polls show Kevin Rudd is the preferred Labor leader, but punters are backing Defence Minister Stephen Smith to win the race to be leader at the next election.

Global Construction Services has been announced as Probuild Constructions' preferred contractor for the QEII medical centre car park project.

The state government has announced Macmahon Contractors as the winner of a $187 million contract to maintain the road network in the Pilbara.

Iron ore miner Grange Resources has announced a half-year net profit of $58.1 million and paid its first dividend of two cents per share.

Whatever the true figures, both sides of politics needs to work a bit harder to increase their membership.

The union movement has a problem with transparency and accountability.

Gina Rinehart may not like it, but she's about to come under the spotlight again.

The profit-reporting season has shone a light on Australia's two-speed economy.

The business community is waiting for the WA government to pass legislation overhauling the arbitration regime.

A bit more analysis and a bit less panic would help us all when it comes to ‘climate change'.

The owners of two Perth cafes had grand plans when they started out ... then the business got in the way. Emily Morgan reports.

A NEW study by mental illness support organisation SANE Australia has found that most Australians with a mental illness receive little support at work, and more than half those surveyed did not bel

THE motivations for some partnerships between the not-for-profit and corporate sector are not always immediately apparent; but in the case of Curtin University and Autism West, there's no mistaking

MORE than a decade ago, (then) 23-year-old Marcus Fulker was working as a subcontractor for his uncle's patio building company in Perth's southern suburbs.

Perth's pressure-cooker office market is driving the development of a number of smaller projects on the edge of the CBD as city tenants seek space to consolidate their operations and take advantage

PERTH'S listed property players are upbeat in their outlook for 2012 even if investor sentiment and an anaemic residential market continue to weigh on their performance.

The surging investment in mining and resources projects in Western Australia has been good news for the state's engineering fraternity, judging by the latest batch of profit reports and updated dat

EVER since Atlas Iron shipped its first tonne of iron ore out of Port Hedland back in 2008, the David Flanagan-headed miner has been the benchmark for Western Australia's other junior iron ore hope

PERHAPS no other sector of the Australian mining industry finds itself quite so precariously balanced on the tightrope stretched taut by global demand over a deep pit of uncertainties than magnetit

WESTERN Australia's iron ore industry is booming, however sectors such as rare earths, specialty metals, uranium and gold have also attracted significant investment from overseas and local players.

CASHMERE Iron might have stirred up a hornet's nest with a deal to fund the development of engineering plans for the expansion of Esperance harbour, but there is little sign that the budding miner'

Western Australia's iron ore industry continues unprecedented growth in size and value, leaving the rest of the mining sector in its wake.

Western Australia appears to be dodging the collapse of Australia's manufacturing sector, but it would be wise to keep an eye on one of the State's most important businesses, the BP oil refinery at

Unlisted Perth company Global Advanced Metals (GAM) has announced a $US400 million acquisition that continues the revival of the two specialist minerals businesses that emerged from the a

The Barnett government is about 900 days late with the release of its ‘lobbyists' register', but it's sure to ruffle a few feathers.

Australian businesses don't need government to protect them.

Results from a couple of shale gas drill tests could have a significant effect on gas prices, and our energy future.

The politics of envy, which reared its ugly head when the resource super profits tax was proposed, has emerged again this week.

There are seven main mistakes employers make when it comes to managing sales.

A lot has changed in South Australia during the past century.

Villa D'Este has a solid following in West Perth and beyond. Emily Morgan reports.