Floral wholesaler Profresh has grown from a one-person business into a team of almost 15, generating $3 million in revenue in just its second year of commercial operations
Mines Minister Bill Johnston has been criticised for holding a scientific inquiry to decide the future of fracking in the state, with the industry saying it's unnecessary and creates damaging uncertainty.
Gold junior Orinoco has tapped investors for a near-$5 million capital raising and a $3 million investment by AngloGold Ashanti, as it progresses development of its Cascavel operation in Brazil.
Western Australia’s economy shrunk by 0.3 per cent in the June quarter, excluding international trade, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, while GDP grew 0.8 per cent nationally.
The University of Western Australia has fallen just short of its ambition to be a top 100-ranked institution in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, but gained ground alongside Curtin University, which also landed a higher position.
Local explorer Australian Mines has entered into an agreement to buy out its joint venture partner at the Sconi cobalt-nickel-scandium project in Queensland for $10 million in cash and scrip.
A report into an innovative project to provide sustainable housing for the city’s homeless has found significant social and economic benefits across its first 12 months of operation.
Gold prices have climbed to a one-year high on Tuesday as the US dollar eased and safe-haven buying demand remained robust due to continued concerns over North Korea's nuclear tests.
Key policy pay shake-up is ‘ludicrous and not fair’Top bureaucrats want the McGowan Government to break its election promise to hold them accountable to shared goals, a
Crude oil prices rose and gasoline fell by about three per cent on Tuesday as the gradual restart of refineries in the US Gulf that were shut by Hurricane Harvey raised demand for crude and eased fears of a fuel supply crunch.
The state government has strengthened its ban on fracking in Perth and the South West, while moving to appoint Environmental Protection Authority chairman Tom Hatton to run a scientific inquiry into the drilling technique.
The Australian share market has overcome a poor start to close slightly higher, helped by a late rally in bank stocks and support for the miners on the back of recent improvements in commodity prices.
The state government is considering amendments to the Mining Act in the wake of the High Court’s recent ruling that kept sand mining off Andrew Forrest's family pastoral station in the Pilbara but cast into question the legitimacy of other granted mining leases since 2006.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept the official cash rate on hold at 1.5 per cent and repeated its concern that an appreciating Australian dollar could slow economic growth.
NRW Holdings’ recently acquired east coast business, Golding Contractors, has been hired to provide its services to a coal mine in Queensland under a $25 million contract.
Henderson-based shipbuilder Austal has landed its first commercial deal in Taiwan after being hired to build two vessels, with the contract valued at $44 million.
Billionaire backer Andrew Forrest has vowed to continue the Western Force's fight with the Australian Rugby Union after losing an appeal to remain in the Super Rugby competition.
IMF Bentham has confirmed it will fund a Federal Court open class action against the Commonwealth Bank relating to allegations the lender breached anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism funding laws.
The Australian market has opened lower, following the negative lead of international bourses with investors unnerved by North Korea's nuclear missile test.
Bid to revive Diploma GroupThe family behind the failed Diploma Group and its provisional liquidators are seeking to have the company excluded from a potential wind-up
Brent crude prices have fallen while US crude oil prices have edged higher and petrol prices have slumped to pre-Hurricane Harvey levels, as oil refineries and pipelines in the US Gulf Coast slowly resumed activity, easing supply concerns.
The Australian dollar has slipped against its US counterpart, which also fell, but less so, as gold and defensive currencies fared better than equities and bonds amid quiet markets.
Gold prices have shot up to their highest levels in close to a year as investors bought safe-haven assets on worries that North Korea might launch more missiles after Sunday's nuclear test.
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