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Finbar Group’s new plan for its Civic Heart site in South Perth will have 74 fewer apartments and an end value 45 per cent lower than its original proposal, while it will be delivered a year after the first project was scheduled to be complete, the developer has revealed.

Private sector wages growth of just 0.1 per cent in Western Australia in the three months to December, matched with recent unemployment figures, suggests the state’s spluttering post-boom recovery has some way to run.

ANALYSIS: Colin Barnett has taken a political risk in expressing his view that the Fair Work Commission’s historic decision to cut Sunday penalty rates for pharmacy, fast food, hospitality and retail workers should also apply to Western Australian award workers.

Subiaco-based lithium explorer MetalsTech has enjoyed steady gains on its first day of trading on the ASX, after completing a $4.3 million initial public offering.

Perth-based Monadelphous Group has received a number of contracts with multiple clients including Fortescue Metals Group, BHP Billiton and Chevron, with the work worth a combined $120 million.

Offpeak Games is a virtual reality (VR) games developer. It has released two VR games, Valiant, a medieval mounted combat multiplayer game, and Arcane, a fantasy wave shooter game.

The Australian share market has opened lower, dragged down by major miners on the back of weakness in commodities.

Aust Post stripped of pay powerThe Turnbull government has stripped the Australia Post board of the power t

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is hoping to put an end to decades of fracking in Western Australia, if the party wins seats in the upcoming state election.

The Australian dollar is higher against its US counterpart and has once again jumped above the 77 US cent mark.

Oil prices have risen but gains have been pared after US government data shows a seventh straight build in crude stocks, suggesting high inventories could undermine OPEC's move to cut output.

Gold prices have lifted 1 per cent to a three-and-a-half-month high after minutes from the latest Federal Reserve policy meeting further dampen expectations for an interest rate rise in March, lowering US bond yields and pressuring the US dollar.

The new Curtin Medical School welcomed its first cohort of 60 students today at an opening ceremony held this morning.

Land developer Peet says it doesn’t expect conditions to improve in Western Australia in 2017, as it continues to push its long-running strategy to focus its operations outside of its home state.

Shares in Atlas Iron fell 9.3 per cent today despite the company returning to after-tax profit in the six months to December on the back of higher volumes and a lift in the iron ore price.

Scientists at Edith Cowan University’s Electron Science Research Institute have received a $1.6 million federal grant to enable further development of a new type of solar glass that offers significant potential for agriculture.

The share market has lost ground on another busy day of company earnings reports, as a fall in commodity prices weighed on the big miners, and Rio Tinto traded without its latest dividend. 

Business representatives have welcomed a move to ease Sunday and public holiday penalty rates for hospitality and retail workers, saying it would be particularly beneficial for reducing unemployment in Western Australia.

WA Labor has promised the state’s sixth-largest town, Albany, would become fully powered by renewable energy – if elected – under a $19.5 million funding commitment with Carnegie Clean Energy.

A growing market for government consulting, and the rising impact of regulation on business, have prompted mid-tier accounting firm BDO to recruit a former local chief of Australia’s corporate watchdog, Jane Gouvernet.

The corporate regulator has asked the Federal Court to appoint representatives of KPMG as liquidators of several subsidiaries of Pilbara-based property developer Macro Group.

Alcoa's Australian partner, Alumina, has slumped to a full-year loss due to restructuring-related write-offs and lower prices and volumes.

OPINION: Sales activity contracted over the week with Reiwa members reporting a decrease in weekly sales to 676. 

The competition watchdog has raised concerns over South32’s proposed $US200 million acquisition of Peabody Energy Corporation’s Metropolitan Colliery in NSW, on the grounds that it may lessen competition in the region.

Qantas boss Alan Joyce has defended the airline's financial performance, saying it is outperforming its peers across Asia amid fierce competition on international routes due to lower oil prices.

Australia Post chief executive Ahmed Fahour has made passionate defence of his time in charge of the postal service and says his decision to quit was not sparked by recent criticism of his $5.6 million pay packet.

ANALYSIS: Labor leader Mark McGowan had the edge over Premier Colin Barnett in their 30-minute confrontation on Channel 7 last night.

Mineral sands miner Iluka Resources has slid to a full-year loss of $224 million on the back of hefty write-downs related to a restructuring of the company's business amid the downturn.

Investors taking profits amid corporate earnings season and lower commodity prices are weighing on Australian shares.

Henry calls for tax reform growth planNational Australia Bank chairman and former Treasury secretary Ken Henry says the 10 per cent go

The Australian dollar has jumped against its US counterpart and is back above 77 US cents.

Oil prices have fallen 1.5 per cent on expectations of another surge in US inventories, retreating from multi-week highs hit in the previous session after OPEC signalled optimism over its deal with other producers to curb output.