The state government has given the go-ahead for a new $135 million hospital in Albany, which will service more than 50,000 local residents in the Great Southern region.
Building approvals in Western Australia have slumped 30 per cent in November to levels not last seen in nearly eight years, as a lack of credit and economic uncertainty stopped investors from buying property, economists say.
Australian mining unions are still pushing ahead for substantial pay rises, particularly for Western Australian power workers, at a time when mining giants are planning massive staff cuts.
The directors of WA listed company Fusion Resources have accepted Paladin Energy's takeover offer, with the uranium miner boosting its interest in the minnow to over 28 per cent.
Alcoa freezes pay, cuts contractors; WA gas prices to surge on Citic deal; Babcock down for the final count; Fletcher loses Midas touch as car venture fails; Gillard tells unions - jobs not pay rises
Iron ore hopeful Brockman Resources has appointed UBS Investment Bank as its corporate advisor to help capitalise on the current global market conditions and assess business opportunities.
The market capitalisation of Western Australian listed companies remained steady at $75 billion in December but was down by over $100 billion on the same period last year, according to the latest Deloitte WA Index.
Miner CBH Resources has slammed the board of its takeover target Perilya over the recommendation to shareholders to approve a $45 million share placement to a Chinese company.
Defiant Cockburn mayor Stephen Lee has heeded a state government request for his resignation, but has vowed to contest the mayoral elections in March this year.
The state government has given the go-ahead to a $230 million major expansion of the Joondalup Health Campus, which will double the size of the existing facility.
Shares in engineering and construction firm Clough have skyrocketed 60 per cent in trade today on hopes its previously terminated contract for work on the Reindeer gas field will be resurrected.
Perth-based copper miner Aditya Birla expects to save up to $5 million a month after it revealed a raft of cost saving measures in the wake of falling commodity prices.
Some 5000 jobs at Alcoa's Western Australian operations will be safe from a planned 13 per cent cut to Alcoa's global work force as part of sweeping measures to reduce costs as the global economic crisis curbs demand.
ASIC probes 'missing millions'; Banks pocketing rate cuts - business; Funds fear they may be sold short; Leighton slashes earnings forecast; Cloud on car sales
Perceptions of a softer housing market and better mortgage management have boosted the number of Western Australians intending to take out a home loan within the next year, a survey has found.
More than half of Australian businesses anticipate declining sales and profits in the March quarter amid fears of a steep rise in unemployment leading executives to prepare for a tumultuous year ahead.
Business braces for the worst; Lenders repossessing homes at soaring rate; Bosses eye early job cuts; ATO pursues new business dispute plan; NAB denies planning withdrawal from Britain
West Perth-based explorer Northern Iron has signed an initial five-year offtake deal with a subsidiary of the Tata Steel Group over its Sydvaranger iron project in Norway.
Takeover target Perilya has urged shareholders to vote in favour of a $45 million major acquisition by a Chinese company, in what has been described as "not fair but reasonable" by an independent expert.
Subiaco-based Golden State Resources has entered into a $3 million share facility agreement to raise additional funds for its Golden Eagle oil and gas project in Utah.
Low oil prices have forced Incremental Petroleum to defer non-essential exploration at its Edirne gas project in Turkey as it prepares for first gas sales for later this year.
Automotive Technology Group has broken into China's massive automobile market after it signed an exclusive distribution deal with a Chinese company for its Sprintex Supercharger products.
Business braces for wages battle; China manufacturers shrink again as global slowdown bites; Cape Lambert ready to pounce on assets; Resources exports will face tough year; Jobs plan to tackle next wave of crisis
The founder of collapsed property group Westpoint, Norm Carey, has been given back his licence to operate as a real estate agent, following a successful appeal in the State Administrative Tribunal.
