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The federal government has announced new administrative rules for expat workers which it claims will ensure they are not subject to double taxation, following last year's crackdown on expat tax concessions.

The world's most populous nation, China has become Australia's main export market, displacing Japan which had been in the top spot since 1966-67.

The state government will transfer the popular Buy West Eat Best brand, which has helped consumers easily identify local produce, to industry including WA food growers, manufacturers and retailers.

Shares in global education services provider, Navitas have climbed after announcing its student enrolments for the first semester this year are at record highs, a 16 per cent increase on the previous corresponding period.

Macmahon Holdings has appointed former Rio Tinto executive David Smith to its board as non-executive director, effective immediately.

Beadell Resources says it has received commitments to raise $57 million, which will be used to complete the acquisition of a Brazilian company that hold the rights to a gold project and an iron ore royalty.

China's property market is a giant bubble and Australian analysts have failed to understand its implications.

The current market provides an ideal opportunity for one of the big banks to break away from the pack.

Australia's relationship with China is a two-edged sword, as the Stern Hu saga has shown.

Do the wealthy have a moral obligation to help those less fortunate?

The Liberals have lost a traditional ally in the suburbs of Australia.

Australian companies are playing a significant role in Africa.

CHALLENGES abound for any company interested in pursuing opportunities in Africa, and must be clearly recognised, understood and addressed before taking the plunge, according to local business leaders with business dealings on the continent.

THROW a dart virtually anywhere at a map of the African continent and the chances are an Australian company will be operating in close proximity.

A FAMILY-OWNED, custom-built caravan manufacturer primarily servicing the resources sector recently secured its first export deal with one of the world's largest mining outfits.

A BELMONT-BASED builder is staking its claim to a niche in the competitive Western Australian homebuilding market, by doing things a little bit differently.

COASTAL developments in the south-western metropolitan corridor will establish the region as Western Australia's premium aquatic playground, according to a local MP.

WHEN both Deb Macksy and Kim Gilbert lost relatives to cancer in 2007, the business owners felt compelled to ensure the survival of struggling SolarisCare Foundation, which had helped their families cope with the disease.

Exclusively imported Italian beans are one part of the reason The Little Pantry is making waves in Shenton Park. Emily Morgan reports.

MINING magnate Clive Palmer might be from Queensland, but he doesn't mind weighing into Western Australia's political scene, as he did in Albany at the weekend with promises to spend up big in support of The Nationals WA campaigning at state level.

Despite Western Australia bucking the national trend, posting an eight per cent increase in residential dwelling approvals, seasonally adjusted, the nation's building industry bodies have warned a housing recovery can't be guaranteed.

Two separate property research organisations have released data on the value of houses in Perth, with one stating house prices dipped in the past few months while the other is forecasting the median price to pass the $500,000 mark in the March quarter.

Cape Lambert Resources has cleared a key hurdle in the sale of its Lady Annie copper operation to China Sci-Tech with the Foreign Investment Review Board today approving the transaction.

The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet have awarded Perth-based ASG Group an IT contract valued at $41 million over nine years.

Publicly listed agricultural property investment company, The Ark Fund, has announced a $55 million capital raising and an implementation agreement to effect its merger with private managed investment scheme player Rewards Group.

Property developer Aspen Group says it is reviewing a Perth CBD commercial development site, but stopped short on confirming whether the property has links to embattled WA tycoon Rick Stowe.

Business confidence is at a record high in Western Australia, according to a WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) survey.

Shares in Ironbark Zinc surged higher after major shareholder Nyrstar lifted its interest to more than 30 per cent by subscribing to $15 million worth of securities.

CBH Group has announced a rebranding of its core business units, to more accurately reflect its key objectives, as a result of the group's 77th Annual General Meeting held today in Perth.

People lunching in Fremantle today will be treated to a rare sight as a massive crane ship transporting four post-Panamax cranes from Shanghai will deliver a new $12.5 million crane to DP World's container terminal on North Quay.

Austereo has continued its reign atop Perth's radio station landscape with Mix 94.5 and stablemate 92.9 taking out first and second positions for overall listeners across each weekday, according to the latest ratings survey.

The global financial crisis (GFC) did not stop the flow of credit to consumers looking to buy houses, despite the rising cost of funding those loans and tighter lending standards, the Reserve Bank of Australia says.