A dramatic escalation in wages in the offshore oil and gas sector is contributing to increased uncertainty across other parts of the nation's resource industries according to the Australian Mines and Metals Association.
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank says there's "nothing new" in a statement of claim against it lodged in the Federal Court by Sydney law firm DC Legal on behalf of investors in the Great Southern managed investment schemes.
Bunnings, has announced plans to increase its investment in New South Wales by more than $600 million in 18 metro and regional sites over the next three years.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted proceedings against WA egg sellers for allegedly marketing eggs as 'free range' when they weren't.
Malagasy Minerals has decided not to proceed with the proposed merger with unlisted Madagascar-based company, Madagascar Resources, as proposed on May 26.
West African gold explorer Gryphon Minerals has raised $45.2 million to expedite exploration at its Banfora gold project in Burkina Faso and to begin exploring the Tijirit gold project in Mauritania.
WA Health and Brookfield Multiplex say construction at the $2 billion Fiona Stanley Hospital in Murdoch is on time and on budget, as the project enters its second year.
Mt Pleasant-based GBM Resources has entered into a binding agreement with Swift Venture over the company's phosphate assets located southeast of Mount Isa in North Queensland.
Mutiny Gold has completed a $2.4 million capital raising, enabling the company to make a payment for the acquisition of the Gullewa Gold Project from Canadian listed ATW Gold.
The Condor Tower development on St Georges Terrace, managed by engineering consultancy Pritchard Francis, has won the overall award at the 2010 WA Engineering Excellence Awards.
The market capitalisation of Western Australian listed companies which comprise the Deloitte WA Index increased by 2.5 per cent to close at $152 billion for the month of August.
