Gold firmed overnight, recovering from a near four-week low, as US stock markets retreated, but a strong US dollar and robust economic data from the US and China eased fears of a global slowdown, capping bullion's advance.
Millions of Australian workers will get an extra $1000 back and commuters will see a decade of road and rail upgrades in the nation's first surplus budget in 12 years.
Australian shares have moved higher for a sixth straight day, as markets around the world rallied on the back of positive data from the world's two largest economies.
Dyno Nobel has been fined $250,000 and ordered to pay costs of $30,000 in the Perth Magistrates Court, following the death of one of its employees at the Telfer gold mine in May 2015.
Plugging the funding gap for disadvantaged kids is a key issue for Variety WA chief executive Tony Hume, who has had to make some significant decisions on the future direction of the charity during his six months in the role.
Agtech startup Laconik has received a federal government grant, the only Western Australian-based business out of 15 across the country to receive a portion of a $5.3 million round of funding.
BHP Group said today it expected its Pilbara iron ore production to be reduced by between 6 million tonnes and 8mt this year because of the impact of flooding on its rail network and Port Hedland operations..
Vikas Rambal’s Perdaman Industries has continued its march on retail property, adding a third shopping centre to its portfolio through the $20 million acquisition of The Village at Margs.
Conflict and controversy surrounding ambitious or large-scale developments can be best avoided by involving the community at all stages of the planning process, according to new analysis of some of Perth’s most historically contentious projects.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept the official cash rate at a record low of 1.5 per cent as widely expected, but most economists believe a rate cut is around the corner.
Fortescue Metals Group and joint venture partners Formosa Plastics Group and Baosteel Resources have approved the $US2.6 billion ($3.7 billion) development of the Iron Bridge magnetite project in the Pilbara, with the iron ore miner assuring the market it will not repeat the mistakes of earlier magnetite projects.
Oil climbed about two per cent overnight to new 2019 highs, with Brent crude touching $US69 a barrel after positive signs for the global economy and tighter supplies drove both benchmarks' largest first-quarter gains in nearly a decade.
Gold inched lower overnight as stronger-than-expected US manufacturing data offset support from sluggish retail sales numbers while palladium surged three per cent.
Australian shares have jumped after China reported stronger-than-expected economic data - but the local bourse didn't gain as much as other Asian indices, with investors cautious a day ahead of the federal government's budget.
The state government has announced it will spend $34.7 million over four years on the Office of Digital Government to transform digital processes in the Western Australian public sector.
Louis Vuitton will leave its upmarket King Street location and move into the Raine Square redevelopment in the CBD after signing a new long-term lease with Charter Hall.
Western Australia recorded its highest-ever number of international holidaymakers in 2018, but total spending from international visitors declined slightly over the year, as fewer people took working holidays or visited friends and relatives in the state, according to Tourism Research Australia.
Fortescue Metals Group has awarded a major component overhaul and replacement services (MCORS) contract to three contractors with Port Hedland workshops, with Fortescue saying the contract would result in 17 full-time, local jobs.
Wellard has sold its Wongan Hills feed mill, and Baldivis Pre-Export Quarantine lease in Western Australia, as well as its Condah Pre-Export Quarantine facility in Victoria, to Ausvision Rural Services.
Rio Tinto has revealed its full-year Pilbara iron ore shipments are expected to be at the lower end of its 338 million to 350 million tonnes guidance, after Tropical Cyclone Veronica damaged its Cape Lambert port.
Woolworths will close about 30 underperforming Big W stores and two distribution centres over the next three years after increasing numbers of shoppers took their business online.
