The Australian share market has fallen for the fourth time in five days, with losses from construction giant CIMIC Group and mining titan BHP dragging the market.
The state government will spend $10 million to push the development of a renewable hydrogen industry for exporting, remote power, fuel cell vehicles and use in gas networks.
Subdued retail conditions in WA have resulted in more than $2.5 billion of shopping centre expansions to be deferred or have no timetable for development.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Western Australia has bucked the national trend and fallen 0.5 percentage points to 5.8 per cent on the back of a 13,800 increase in the total number of people holding a job.
Urban regeneration specialist Activate Perth is gaining traction in Perth's CBD, filling five vacant spaces in recent weeks under its innovative rent-free, rolling lease model.
Lendlease has chalked up the biggest urban construction deal in its history, after it signed a $20 billion deal with Google to develop 15 million square feet of residential, retail, hospitality and community space in the US.
Woodside Petroleum has reported a 32 per cent drop in second-quarter revenue, the first decline in six quarters, as it was hit by an extension of planned maintenance at its Pluto liquefied natural gas facility and weaker prices.
South32 expects to reach nameplate capacity at its Worsley alumina operation this financial year, and revealed its coking coal production rose sharply from the year prior.
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Oil futures fell more than one per cent overnight, extending a more than three per cent drop in prices in the previous session, after US government data showed large builds in refined product stockpiles.
Gold prices rose more than one per cent overnight as weaker-than-expected US data increased prospects for an interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve, dragging the US dollar lower.
The latest REIWA data has confirmed more bad news for those looking to sell their house, but the prices of units experienced a surge in the June quarter.
The WA government is considering prosecuting a Chinese company over unauthorised land clearing at a pastoral station in the state's north, as shocked traditional owners say important flora including boab trees have been ripped up.
The port of Port Hedland recorded a fall in iron ore exports for the 2019 fiscal year, with its major customer BHP today disclosing a decline in its annual production
Investors who bought taxi plates as prices fell after Uber entered the market could receive more compensation than long-term drivers, as payments under the state government's taxi buy-back scheme begin flowing this month.
The world's biggest hotel chain is bringing one of its newest brands to Western Australia, with a Moxy Hotel to be built at 195 Hay Street in East Perth.
Interstate and intrastate visitors to WA have increased, but international tourists numbers declined slightly, according to the latest data from Tourism Research Australia.
Environmental Water Solutions has been awarded a $292,961 federal grant courtesy of the Accelerating Commercialisation fund, the only Western Australia-based company to benefit from the latest roun
BHP has reported a 1.0 per cent drop in fourth-quarter iron ore production, hurt by a tropical cyclone in Western Australia that disrupted production and exports.
