A senior Reserve Bank official says the prevalence of fixed-rate loans and sizeable savings buffers are likely extending the lag time of interest rate hikes.
Border closures and local lockdown measures aimed at containing the COVID-19 virus had massive impacts on local, interstate and international travel across the globe.
A South Perth private school has submitted plans for a new sports centre and gym revamp, estimated to cost $32 million, as part of its centenary celebrations.
The ASX has finished higher for the day but dropped more than two per cent for the week after suffering its longest streak of weekly losses since the GFC.
New leadership is in store for Perth-based reforestation company Carbon Neutral after its decade-long chief executive Ray Wilson stepped down from the role.
Ports Minister Rita Saffioti has officially opened a new boat building facility in Geraldton, which houses the company that won a $7.6 million contact from Fremantle Ports.
BHP WA iron ore asset president Brandon Craig remained tight-lipped on costs but has outlined the company's plan to increase production in the state, at a Business News event.
CBH has officially opened its new fertiliser plant in Kwinana with CBH chair Simon Stead and Agriculture and Food Minister Jackie Jarvis unveiling the facility this morning.
A review into Australia's woeful productivity performance is expected to contain 71 reform recommendations to lift pay packets and boost national prosperity.
A $185 million proposal to build an apartment complex at the former Ford Motors and Matilda Bay brewery site in North Fremantle has been unanimously rejected by a state development panel.
The Australian dollar gold price reached a new high overnight in a bellwether of investor sentiment following the collapse of three banks and a potential welcome break for producers battling high costs.
The Blue Room Theatre's executive director, Katt Osborne, has called time at the helm of the independent arts organisation after three years in the role.
One of the owners of a Jutland Parade lot, who was entangled in a dispute over an unlevelled verge, is suing a City of Nedlands councillor for defamation.
Regulation of Crown's Perth operations will be overhauled in line with the Royal Commission's suggestions, but the government has declined to act on several of the inquiry's proposed reforms.
