Australian shares have opened higher as investors, pleased with the Commonwealth Bank's bigger-than-expected full-year cash profit, helped fuel a big rise in banking and mining stocks.
Eastern Goldfields pays up to stop talk protestMichael Fotios’ Eastern Goldfields has made a series of last minute payments to contractors owed money by the company to
The University of Notre Dame Australia has appointed former senator Chris Ellison as chancellor, to replace Peter Prendiville when he steps down at the end of the year.
Northern Star Resources boss Bill Beament has called on the state government to commit $100 million towards the development of a mining education hub in Kalgoorlie through Curtin University’s WA School of Mines (WASM).
The High Court will sit in judgement over a government senator and two former Greens members regarding their eligibility to sit in parliament due to citizenship issues.
Northbridge-based Matsa Resources has locked in a $4 million loan facility agreement to fund ongoing exploration work at its Lake Carey gold project near Laverton.
Travel time estimates on Perth’s freeways will be displayed on electronic signs in real-time from today, as the state government puts the wheels in motion for about $140 million of freeway upgrades.
The historic Piccadilly Cinema is one of six sites that will benefit from an incentive scheme introduced by the City of Perth to revitalise underused heritage-listed buildings in the CBD.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia executives, including CEO Ian Narev, will be hit in the pocket over the bank's more than 53,000 alleged breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws.
Battery makers may buy into minesA desire to secure supply of raw battery materials, such as lithium, will encourage electric vehicle and lithium-ion battery manufactur
Fremantle-based seafood producer Mareterram has examined more than 30 potential acquisition opportunities in the past couple of years as it seeks to grow into a larger diversified business focused on protein.
Oil prices have dipped as a rebound in production from Libya's largest oil field prompts selling, and investors worry about higher output from OPEC and the United States.
Gold prices are little changed, failing to gain support from a weaker US dollar as investors digest sharp losses in the previous session and worried about further US rate rises.
Building a bread empire was not part of the plan when Sarah Thomas and her husband, Trevor, took over a Beaufort Street bakery in 2003; their goal was to reinvigorate the struggling business.
The Australian share market has closed higher after the embattled Commonwealth Bank regained some lost ground, prices for iron ore and oil lifted, and better-than-expected jobs data out of the US boosted Wall Street over the weekend.
The state government has made a formal submission to the Commonwealth Grants Commission seeking a fairer share of the GST distribution, following lack of progress in talks on the issue last week in Perth.
Perth businessman Craig Coleman has been chosen to lead the board of biotech company Universal Biosensors Inc, as part of a board and management shake-up.
Billionaire mining magnate Andrew Forrest has issued a blunt warning to the Australian Rugby Union - if you want to cut the Western Force, you are going to have to defeat him first.
