In-depth features on the industries and issues shaping Western Australian business.
Sector Briefing
06 Oct 2026
Business News covers Land Forces 2026, the nation's largest defence conference bringing together industry, military and government.
Our 12-page Major Projects feature highlights the Pilbara's growing status as Australia's economic engine room.
Business issues hardly got a mention, but Alan Carpenter and Colin Barnett offer very different choices for the voters.
Last year was a tough period for investors who backed WA stocks, as our annual shareholder return survey finds.
The dot.com era might have left its scars but real businesses have emerged from the internet. We talk to some local pioneers.
Companies servicing the oil & gas sector are looking forward to growth.
Struggling tour operators based at the Bell Tower may be given a lifeline if plans to fast-track the Perth foreshore development go ahead.
Several successful local companies servicing the booming resources sector have been snapped up by big national and global players.
Perth's two AFL sides are faring well financially, but a good look at their recently submitted accounts reveals that West Coast has the off-field muscle.
Long talked about in the rural sector, biofuels has suddenly emerged as serious new industry in WA.
The plantation timber industry is leading an investment boom in the great southern.
Sharon Kemp says the mood in Kalgoorlie is remarkably buoyant.
In a follow-up to a WA Business News report last November on business's lack of representation on the City of Perth council, a roundtable discussion revealed business apathy is at the heart of issues involving the city's relationship with the commercial sector.
