The Liberal Party WA’s marginal seat contingent played a big role in the shock May federal election victory, while local ministers, most notably Christian Porter, are key to the government’s agenda.
Gold explorer Nusantara Resources has secured finance to advance a development strategy for its Awak Mas gold project, with an $11 million capital raising backed by one of Indonesia’s leading energy companies.
Talga Resources has raised $3.25 million from an institutional placement, following the announcement of a $6 million raising from an oversubscribed share purchase plan earlier this week.
The Manjimup-bred burgundy apple Bravo is closer to being sold internationally, after businesses in Europe and South Africa signed an MOU to progress plans for its commercialisation.
Chevron and Newcrest have signed a supply deal for 16 petajoules of domestic gas until 2023, while a new analysis of the state’s gas market says the Scarborough and Browse developments are necessary to ensure sufficient supply.
Resolute Mining will undertake a strategic review of its Bibiani gold mine, engaging Cutfield Freeman and Treadstone Resource Partners as advisers in the process.
A quarterly rebalancing of S&P/ASX indices has resulted in South32 being relegated from the top 20 index, and Galaxy Resources being dropped from the top 200 index.
Sydney-based EG Funds Management has returned to Perth’s commercial property market, splashing more than $90 million in the past month on office properties in the CBD and Leederville.
Oil prices rose more than 1.0 per cent overnight after US President Donald Trump said his country was "very close" to nailing down a trade deal with China.
Gold retreated from a more than one-month peak in a volatile session overnight after US President Donald Trump said his country was close to a trade deal with China, denting the safe-haven metal's appeal.
The corporate regulator is seeking to wind-up an alleged unregistered managed investment scheme run by Mt Hawthorn resident Chris Marco, who received about $240 million from 132 investors.
Sydney-based contractor Interflow has secured a $6 million contract from Water Corporation to refurbish 14 kilometres of wastewater pipes in Western Australia.
The state government awarded 4.77 per cent of its contracts to Aboriginal businesses in the 2018-19 financial year, substantially exceeding its own target, although the contribution of government agencies was highly variable.
The Australian share market closed lower ahead of Sunday's deadline for the US and China to reach an interim deal on trade before higher US tariffs kick in.
P&N Bank and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank are among 27 lenders, including just two of the big four banks, now eligible to offer mortgages under the federal government’s first home loan deposit scheme, aimed at low and middle income earners.
Shares in Decmil closed down 9 per cent today after the Perth-based contractor said it was facing a delay in payment of about $14 million owing from its work on the Sunraysia solar project in New South Wales.
Azumah Resources has told its shareholders it will need to conduct a capital raising early next year to fund its share of the Wa gold project, if suitor Ibaera Capital is not able to achieve full ownership.
Western Australia-based ag-tech startup Origo.farm has received $375,000 in commercialisation funding as part of the federal government’s Accelerating Commercialisation grant program.
Fresh data on Perth’s residential property market points to a long-awaited recovery in 2020, with sales activity tracking higher in the second half of 2019 and supply starting to tighten across in-demand suburbs.
Rio Tinto is considering its options after the Takeovers Panel ruled the mining giant can't use its funding of a clean up of a controversial NT uranium mine to acquire a partially owned subsidiary.
Financially strapped live exporter Wellard is cutting its fleet size from four to three with the sale of the world's largest purpose-built livestock carrier for $US53 million ($A77 million).
Westpac has been handed a second strike on executive pay but dodged a potential board spill despite shareholders roasting the bank over its child exploitation scandal.
The Australian share market has moved lower, with the heavyweight financial sector behind much of the slide, despite a positive lead from Wall Street after the US central bank kept interest rates unchanged.
Oil prices dropped almost 1.0 per cent overnight following a surprise build in US crude inventories and as investors waited to see if a fresh round of tariffs by the US government on Chinese goods would come into force on Sunday.
Gold rose overnight as a deadline for an additional round of US tariffs on Chinese imports loomed with no phase-one deal in sight while palladium again soared to a record on supply woes.
Recycling and waste management company M8 Sustainable had a soft start to its first day of trading on the ASX today, with its shares dipping to 17 cents after last month's $19.5 million initial public offering at 20 cents per share.
West Perth-based Capital Partners Private Wealth Advisors has been announced professional practice of the year by the Financial Planning Association of Australia.
