Business coughs up for ministerial access; Unions wage bitter turf war; BHP rail snub irks juniors; Schubert's swansong from CBA; Jobs data pushes Australian dollar higher
More than 100 academic and general staff at Murdoch University have voted in favour of possible industrial action after the university did not agree to a 20 per cent pay rise.
Former Wesfarmers finance director Gene Tilbrook has today been appointed as one of five new directors to the board of NBN Co Limited, the company established to deliver the $43 billion national broadband network.
The competition watchdog has rejected port access arrangements proposed by grain handlers CBH Group, ABB and Graincorp, saying there needed to be more clarity and transparency for wheat exporters.
Maddington company Coote Industrial expects to report a small net profit for fiscal 2009 after accounting for delays associated with the Greentrains payment.
Perth-based neurology focused research and development company NeuroDiscovery has entered a specialist services deal with a major international pharmaceutical company, valued at $620,000, the company's largest every contract.
Malaga-based Automotive Technology Group plans to raise around $2.7 million through an entitlements issue after a proposed convertible notes capital raising was scrapped last month.
The downturn in the property market has hit bedding franchiser Joyce Corporation which has accepted a $1.25 million lower offer for the sale of its Queensland property compared to an offer terminated in April.
Western Australia's unemployment rate has jumped to a near six-year high while the national jobless rate holds steady at 5.8 per cent as employers chose to cut employee hours rather than slash jobs, new figures show.
An independent report prepared for the national competition watchdog has found that allowing joint marketing of gas from the Gorgon project would likely lead to higher prices for WA gas customers than if each partner was forced to market its share separat
The Perth and West Perth office markets has experienced the largest percentage increase in the vacancy rate in nearly 20 years, with a new report highlighting the impact of the global financial crisis on the local property sector.
BHP diverts from Rio market deal; ANZ ready for battle of merger ambitions; Tax Office widens blitz on executives; CBA plays follow-the-leader on fees; Surprise export rise trims deficit
THERE have been 19 cases of corporate fraud costing almost $17 million in Western Australia since the start of 2008, with commercial business the most common victim and management the most successful perpetrator.
CONSTRUCTION companies including industry heavyweight BGC have attacked the state government tendering process used to award hundreds of millions of dollars worth of work upgrading the state's primary schools.
THIS year's City of Perth council election is looking like an increasingly open race, with current councillor Chris Hardy bowing out of contention after one term.
THE release of a report recommending tougher regulations concerning insider trading and director share trades has prompted an outcry from a group protecting directors' interests.
IT was two years ago this month that business media began reporting on events that were starting the shake the foundations of the world's financial markets.
SIXTY per cent of Australian charities have reported falling revenues during the past six months with two thirds predicting a further loss of income during the next year.
THE Diggers and Dealers mining forum got under way this week in Kalgoorlie-Boulder with a blast of optimism from a renowned international economist, and the prevailing mood of the delegates reflected the buoyancy in the rising commodities sector.
SHELL Australia chairman Russell Caplan has capped an extraordinary week for Western Australia's LNG industry, with a swipe at Premier Colin Barnett's attempt to dictate how the $30 billion Browse LNG project in the Kimberley should be developed.
Economic theorists can't be blamed for the global financial crisis and, for the situation to improve, we may have to start thinking about things in a radically different way.
Despite the massive plunge in share values in recent months, many junior miners are once again optimistic about the future – provided government comes to the party.
INTERNATIONALLY embarrassing.Not the words any government would like to see used to describe the regulatory regime applying to their most important industry.
