Volvo Group Australia has won a state government contract worth up to $400 million to upgrade the public transport bus fleet, replacing Mercedes at the completion of its contract.
The Reserve Bank has lifted the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.75 per cent after expressing concern about the risk of inflation rising again over the medium term.
Global education services provider Navitas is continuing its international expansion, signing a 10-year agreement to manage an international student transfer program with the University of New Hampshire.
Arafura Resources' plans to raise $90 million via a share placement to progress its Nolans project north of Alice Springs have suffered a blow after East China Exploration and Development Bureau declined an offer to acquire shares in the placement.
Property firm Savills has warned of a significant office vacancy shortage in Perth's CBD after Chevron Australia announced it was leasing more than half of 256 St Georges Terrace.
Premier Colin Barnett says the extension of weekday retail trading hours to 9pm reflects the government's determination to provide incremental reform to Perth's shopping hours.
Shares in Aquila Resources have risen 24 cents today after the company announced an update to the JORC resource estimate for its West Pilbara iron ore project.
Bayswater-based EFCO Industries has been awarded a contract worth nearly $1 million to protect and prolong the working life of the jetty at Wyndham port.
UGL Limited has announced $250 million in rail freight orders, including with Rio Tinto's iron ore business and a second unnamed iron ore customer in Western Australia.
The state government has awarded a five-year contract for the maintenance of Perth metropolitan roads to Sydney-based Downer EDI Works and its joint venture partner, English company Mouchel International.
The owner-manager of the Meadow Springs Boulevarde Shopping Centre has been fined $25,000 over an incident in which a maintenance worker was injured when he fell off a ladder.
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy has warned WA miners face the prospect of a "double-tax whammy" unless the federal government guarantees future rises in state royalties are credited under the Minerals Resource Rent Tax.
Litigation funder IMF is planning to raise $39.1 million via a convertible notes issue to shareholders and hopes to use the funds to increase the number of cases under its management to $2 billion.
Curtin University's Vocation Training and Education Centre in Kalgoorlie-Boulder has been taken over by the state government and will be established as a separate institution within the Department of Training and Workforce Development from January 1.
Shaw River Resources is planning to raise $5 million via a share placement and share purchase plan to fund further exploration of its manganese tenements in the Pilbara and Ghana.
Mineral Resources has dispatched its first shipment of iron ore from the newly commissioned Utah Point berth in Port Hedland which is destined for steel mills in China.
North West Mining and Geology Group has agreed to subscribe to Meridian Minerals share placement announced earlier this month to maintain its 41 per cent stake in the company.
The share price of Malagasy Minerals has fallen by more than 40 per cent today after the company announced poor assay results from drilling at its Ianapera project in southern Madagascar.
Victorian-based Community Housing Limited has been awarded the tender to take over the tenancy and management of indigenous housing in the East Kimberley.
West Perth-based Tap Oil has appointed former Woodside Petroleum executive Troy Hayden as the company's new chief executive officer and managing director.
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Western Australia, Alan Robson has announced he will be retiring at the end of next year after more than six years in the job.
