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Cloud accounting platform Xero says nearly half of all invoices issued by Australian small businesses last year were paid late.

East Timor keen on Woodside gas deal, says Wong

BHP handed over $3.8 billion in tax and royalty payments to Western Australia during the financial year and estimates its projects contributed 13 per cent of all revenue in the state.

Satterley Property Group will progress its plan to build a residential community and a school after acquiring a 31.36 hectare piece of land.

A Southern Cross Electrical Engineering subsidiary has secured work on software giant Atlassian’s new $1.4 billion Sydney headquarters, which is set to be the world’s tallest hybrid-timber tower.

The local share market has lost ground, falling 0.4 per cent after the Reserve Bank hiked the cash rate by 50 basis points.

Senior journalist Matt Mckenzie reflects on his visit to New Orleans and how the city organically became a tourist destination.

Hastings Technology Metals is hoping to raise up to $110 million to develop its proposed Yangibana rare earths project in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region.

Visitors know what they’re getting in New Orleans, which might be why tourism has surged.

Silverleaf Investments has bought Bull Creek Shopping Centre from Stockland in a $78 million deal.

Channel 7 and Foxtel have signed a new deal with the AFL that will extend the pair's existing broadcast rights into the 2030s.

The Metro Outer Joint Development Assessment Panel has approved the first stage of EcoGraf's $98 million graphite processing plant in East Rockingham.

The RBA cash rate looks set to move past 3 per cent in months ahead; while the average WA home loan inked in April will now cost $610 more per month after five consecutive rate hikes.

A growing breed of educators wants to equip students with business-like skills.

EXCLUSIVE: The detective at the centre of Cleo Smith's dramatic rescue in Carnarvon last year, has been stood down pending a Corruption and Crime Commission inquiry.

A new state school-based innovation program is part of a plan to focus more teaching on future-facing skills.

Prominent Western Australian business figure Denis Cullity, who was best known for his contribution to the state’s timber industry, has died at 94.

There are many moving parts that need tweaking to make the NDIS function at its best.

The Reserve Bank of Australia board is tipped to lift rates again, with another 0.5 percentage point rise likely on the cards.

WA's tourism commission is leaning heavily into a late-2000s synthpop hit for its latest campaign.

Developer digs in for Lib membership fight

Representatives of a senior creditor for Griffin Coal have confirmed plans to appoint a controller to the Collie miner, but it’s unclear when they’ll act.

Gains in energy and mining have helped the ASX close slightly higher, with coalminers doing especially well.

Sedan and SUV models of the electric vehicle have jumped in popularity during 2022, though overall car sales in the state have dwindled.

A mix-up during a mass text message to Fremantle Dockers members has led to a leak of personal details ahead of the semi-final with Collingwood.

Lynas Rare Earths is forging ahead with plans to expand its Mt Weld mine four-fold, a move tipped to extend its life by more than two decades.

Senior editor Mark Beyer talks about his latest article covering the rise of the Aboriginal business sector in the Goldfields.

The property group has added Hillarys Shopping Centre to its stable, in a $34.2 million deal.

DLA Piper’s Perth office will recruit two new partners, including a special counsel from Gilbert + Tobin, amid what managing partner Amber Matthews has called a competitive market in town.

Danish developer Copenhagen Energy has unveiled plans to build an $8 billion wind farm off the coast of Lancelin, the company’s third proposal for WA.

Cliff Rocke has joined WA Insolvency Solutions as a partner, as the restructuring firm readies for an increased workload in months ahead.

The risk of FMD emerging in Australia remains low but the consequences would be severe if it got in.