Family-owned German shipbuilder Lürssen will be setting up shop in the Australian Marine Complex through a partnership with Civmec and government-owned ASC.
South Australian charter airline Rossair Charter Services is making a push into Western Australia, as it refines operations following the recent acquisition of Perth-based Ad Astral Aviation.
Martin Purvis is leaving his post as managing director and chief executive of Troy Resources to take on the same responsibilities at mineral sands miner MZI Resources, following Trevor Matthews’ resignation in November.
Journalists at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age have voted to strike for a week, after Fairfax Media announced it would cut about 25 per cent of the jobs at its major Australian newspapers.
Shares in Vocus Communications fell almost 30 per cent following the telecom operator's second profit warning in six months, as management grapple with a raft of problems following its rapid expansion.
The Australian share market has been dragged lower at the open by the heavyweight financial and mining sectors, with telco stocks also down after Vocus Group downgraded its full-year guidance.
Women account for just 8.7 per cent of board positions at the top 100 Western Australian companies listed on the ASX, a report by the Committee for Perth has found.
PM steals Gonski away from LaborThe Turnbull government will pour almost $19 billion extra into school funding over the next decade and embrace David Gonski’s needs-bas
Perth entrepreneur Steve Tobin is gearing up for an expansion of oil and gas and minerals exploration in Australia, after selling a majority stake in Terrex Seismic to a private equity group to fund the acquisition of what he believes is a breakthrough technology.
The head of Western Australia's public sector union has defended what is being viewed as a muted response to the biggest slashing of the public service in decades and job losses that might be in the thousands.
The federal government has confirmed it will build Sydney's second airport after the operator of the city's main Kingsford Smith airport said it will not take up an option to develop the project.
ANALYSIS: With abundant supplies of energy and the raw materials growing Asian economies need, WA is set to ride out the economic headwinds facing the eastern states.
OPINION: Much has been made in recent times about the need to grow and diversify the Western Australian economy, now that the construction phase of the mining boom is over.
The state government has frozen Tafe fees for all courses over the next four years in the hopes of giving more people an opportunity to have an affordable education.
Shares in Pilbara Minerals were up 20 per cent on news the company has inked a major offtake and $US20 million investment agreement it says will pave the way for final funding of development of its Pilgangoora lithium project.
Chinese direct investment in Western Australia was more than 10 times higher last year than it had been in calendar 2015, according to the latest data compiled by KPMG and the University of Sydney.
Perth junior Salt Lake Potash has tapped investors for $17.6 million to fund development of a pilot plant at its Goldfields salt lakes project near Laverton.
ANZ Banking Group shares have tumbled as much as 3 per cent after the lender fell short of most analysts' expectations with a first-half profit of $3.4 billion.
The Australian share market has slipped in early trade, after softer-than-expected results from ANZ dragged indices lower, despite some gains on Wall Street overnight.
ANZ blows up bureaucracyANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott will take an axe to the bank’s hierarchies and bureaucracy and shift the workforce into ‘‘ag
Oil has slipped more than one per cent as rising crude output on Libya and the United States counters OPEC-led production cuts aimed at clearing a supply glut.
