Unions and businesses have welcomed a review of Western Australia’s industrial relations system, the only remaining state-based scheme operating in parallel with federal laws in the country.
Mining contractor Barminco has announced the recruitment of Thiess executive general manager Paul Muller as its new chief executive, succeeding Peter Stokes who resigned last month.
OPINION: Labor will need to compromise if its budget plans are to pass the parliament, and a push for upper house reform may not be out of the question.
Local agribusiness Wellard has promoted non-executive director Fred Troncone to an executive position on the board, as its founder and chief executive committed to remaining with the company until at least the end of the year.
With the development of new projects in Perth’s east end under way as part of the Historic Heart project led by Adrian Fini, it is perhaps fitting that the Proximity one-on-one performance arts festival will take place at Cathedral Square for 2017.
In this Business News podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Perth house prices, CBD developments, charity funding and Lotterywest, Perth Stadium and the gold sector.
Oil and gas software developer Stochastic Simulation has gone into liquidation, about five months after it went into receivership, with secured creditors likely to receive about 4 cents in the dollar in a best-case scenario.
Sheffield Resources is set to receive a mining lease for its Thunderbird mineral sands project near Derby, after the Federal Court threw out a native title appeal by a local Aboriginal group.
Talks between Seven West Media and regional broadcaster Prime over combining their assets into a single media company have ended with the two unable to come to an agreement.
Warning for WA as economy reboundsThe WA economy has turned for the better, according to Reserve Bank boss Philip Lowe, but he has cautioned that the State cannot ride
Oil prices have settled nearly flat on the eve of a meeting of major oil-producing countries in Vienna to discuss whether they will extend production limits that have helped reduce the global crude glut.
Gold has fallen about one per cent to its lowest in nearly four weeks, shrugging off further weakness in the US dollar, after the Federal Reserve signalled it was on track to raise US interest rates again in December.
Mining executive Darren Townsend has left the top job at Peak Resources to become the chief development officer at Neometals, though he will continue at Peak as a non-executive director.
Health technology company Avita Medical has signed a $US24.3 million ($A30.5 million) expansion to its contract with a US government research agency, for further funding of its ReCell device trials.
Gold junior Red 5 has flagged a further $30 million impairment charge against its Siana gold project in the Philippines, on top of a $70 million write-down on the asset in March.
Adelaide-based tech company MGM Wireless has won a contract to provide its low-cost messaging app to all public schools in Western Australia for an undisclosed sum.
The recent revamp of Westfield Whitford City’s hospitality precinct crafted the perfect business opportunity for Beerland Brewing to open its second venue today.
Geraldton-based contractor Frigtech Services, which has grown to have six branches across Western Australia, has expanded to the east coast by purchasing a NSW business after a two-year evaluation.
Perth's top 20 ASX companies hit a big milestone this month, albeit only for one day – for the first time ever, they all had at least one female director. Click through to read about some of the talented women who made this happen.
Benjamin Avila hopes that winning a seat on the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale council will enable him to assist businesses avoid the fate that befell his.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has sold its trans-Tasman life insurance businesses, CommInsure Life and Sovereign Assurance, for $A3.8 billion ($4.15 billion) to global insurer AIA Group.
Seven Group Holdings has raised $375 million to help it buy the remainder of equipment hire company Coates Hire, and plans to tap investors for a further $25 million.
The Australian market has opened slightly lower, ignoring a positive lead from Wall Street overnight as markets reacted to the prospect of a US rate hike later this year.
Seven Group to raise $400mKerry Stokes’ Seven Group Holdings has made a snap decision to raise up to $400 million from investors in light of enthusiasm for its deal to
The Australian dollar is still above 80 US cents despite slipping a little against greenback after the US central bank released its statement following its two-day policy meeting.
Oil prices have lifted two per cent despite a rise in US crude inventories, with the market heading for its largest third-quarter gain in 13 years after the Iraqi oil minister said OPEC and its partners were considering extending or deepening output cuts.
Gold prices have fallen one per cent after the US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged but signalled it still expected to raise interest rates by year-end.
BHP Billiton manager Kirsten Rose is heading to one of the world’s top universities this month for a leadership course after being selected for a Chief Executive Women scholarship.
