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The rejection by planning authorities of a 44-storey apartment proposal on Mill Point Road in South Perth is unlikely to be the last word in the battle over the contentious project.

Quality Builders has won the $4.7 million contract to upgrade the Karratha and Broome regional courthouses. The work includes the relocation of the Kununurra temporary courthouse complex.

Anglicare Western Australia chief executive Ian Carter has welcomed the opening of a bright and modern counselling and support centre.

A credit rating downgrade could cost more than $1 billion in extra interest bills, but higher taxes to balance the budget is not the solution, according to KPMG Economics.

Digital media company migme has been forced to extend its suspension on the ASX to complete a planned capital raising, which it said would be essential for the business to remain viable.

The Australian share market has closed moderately higher, and is up for the fifth straight session, as concerns over Brexit ease, but investors are cautious.

Chief executive salaries in WA are continuing to ratchet down, and companies are seeking more flexibility, a study of nearly 30 new appointments this year has found.

Gold miner Troy Resources has warned of a big hit to its production guidance for 2016 after facing a number of delays at its Karouni operation in Guyana.

A former Choice Industrial Training employee has been fined nearly $2,300 after being found guilty of falsely assessing candidates for high-risk work licences.

The political and regulatory climates appear to have synergised, making increased private investment in the startup sector more likely.

Dick Smith's management focused on increasing revenue at the expense of sustainable growth, administrators for the failed electronics retailer says.

Premier Colin Barnett has cut the ribbon to mark the official opening of the new $217 million underground Perth Busport, with services to begin this weekend.

Cedar Woods Properties has won its second big job for South Australian government agency Renewal SA, having been appointed to redevelop 40 hectares of land at Port Adelaide.

The Australian share market has opened higher.

Oil prices have surged five per cent, as investors' covering of short positions and a technical rebound helps lift the market from two-month lows, before dropping back.

Gold has seen its biggest one-day fall in three weeks as global equities rallied on easing political uncertainty in Britain and hopes for more economic stimulus, which in turn curbed demand for assets perceived as safe havens.

The Australian dollar is higher as improved risk appetite sweeps global markets.

Xenaphon, Property Group urge CGT reformSenator Nick Xenophon, the Property Council of Australia and the Grattan Institute

Governments, including local councils, and schools appear to be the biggest clients of building, construction and maintenance firm CPD Group which collapsed in May.

Perth-based Seafarms Group has commenced a $1.2 million upgrade of its prawn quarantine facility in Exmouth, which forms part of its Sea Dragon prawn aquaculture project.

The Australian share market has closed slightly higher, led by financial heavyweights and mining giant BHP Billiton following a record close on Wall Street.

Millennium Minerals has boasted better-than-expected gold production at its Nullagine project, with costs in-line with previous targets.

Changes to superannuation policy played a role in the significantly reduced majority for the Turnbull government at the July 2 election, but if you look a little deeper you find something far more interesting – the government can’t afford its retirement policies, and some retired people can’t afford to live.

Indian business couple Pankaj and Radhika Oswal paid two advisers $US26 million ($A34.5 million) in hush money to hide what was really going on at their Australian fertiliser business, a court has heard.

Two very different Perth companies, tech start-up Pointerra and precast concrete manufacturer WestStar Industrial, have begun trading on the ASX today after completing their respective reverse takeovers.

Australia’s enormous LNG investment boom is starting to pay trade dividends, with exports up 18.5 per cent in the month of June to 3.6 million tonnes, largely to Japan and South Korea.

Optus will refund $2.4 million to around 175,000 of its mobile phone insurance customers for failing to properly advise them about the product they'd bought.

Safety and security companies featured heavily in Techboard’s top trending startups this past fortnight, with five out of the top ten companies representing the category.

Building will start next year on a $600 million redevelopment of Karrinyup Shopping Centre, with construction giant Brookfield Multiplex adding the big ticket job to its portfolio of works.

Perth-based apartment developer Finbar Group has flagged a near-70 per cent fall in net profit for FY16, on the back of investment property impairments.

The Australian share market has opened half a per cent higher.

The Australian dollar is weaker after global central banks signalled a new round of money printing.