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Australian businesses should prepare now to take advantage of the recent free trade agreement signed with China, according to a recent report by ANZ.

A major asset is about to make a splash in Perth’s softening office market.

Greater scrutiny by corporate regulators of backdoor listings on the ASX is not slowing the flow of new transactions, with six Western Australian companies announcing transformational deals in the past fortnight.

A four-year journey to create an international food and beverage precinct is coming to a close at 140 William.

Energy Minister Mike Nahan’s announcement earlier this week of the government’s planned introduction of greater competition to the electricity sector has already spurred the growth prospects of one market entrant.

6Q is designed to boost company culture, improve communications and productivity through an easy to use web app.

Western Australian cancer researchers seeking to improve radiation therapy have received a $500,000 grant from BHP Billiton.

Shares in Perth-based Kibaran Resources surged on news it had received an offer from an unnamed institution to co-finance the company’s Epanko graphite project in Africa, with a loan of up to $28 million.

Australians will have two years of their metadata stored by phone and internet providers after the Abbott government's controversial data retention laws passed parliament.

The Australian share market is marginally firmer as a Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen boosts oil stocks.

An appeal by local residents against an expansion of James Packer's Crown casino in Perth has been dismissed in Western Australia's highest court.

Wall Street stocks have ended lower in volatile trade spurred by the Yemen crisis.

The economic rationale behind the plan may be sound, but the prime minister and WA premier need to tread carefully when it comes to closing remote communities.

Plans for a $70 million DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Karratha appear to be in disarray, with the developer behind the project unable to source the funds required to begin construction.

A batch of upbeat US data has whacked the Australian dollar back down toward 78 US cents following a short-lived rally overnight.

Oil prices have surged after Saudi Arabian jets struck rebel targets in Yemen, sparking fears that an escalating crisis in the country could threaten crude producers in the Middle East.

Gold has pared gains after hitting a three-and-a-half-week high, after a knee-jerk reaction to escalating tensions in the Middle East knocked stocks and drove investors into lower-risk assets.

Australia has cruised to a first innings total of 328 as it aims to book its place in the World Cup final against New Zealand.

A serious incident that occurred at Fortescue Metals Group’s port operations at Port Hedland earlier this week is being investigated.

After more than a decade of strong interstate migration to Western Australia, the number of people moving to the west coast is being outstripped by the number of Sandgropers heading for the east coast, according to new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Doray Minerals will seek to raise a smaller-than-expected amount of capital for its second gold project following yesterday’s announcement the state would leave royalty payments unchanged.

At first glance, the planned $600 million expansion of Perth’s Karrinyup Shopping Centre seems to run counter to the relentless march of internet retailing, especially as a fresh report predicts that 50 per cent of all retail sales will be made over the internet in less than 10 years.

The share market has suffered its largest one-day fall in more than three months as investors turned cautious.

Education services provider Navitas has entered into a 10-year agreement with University of Northampton to establish a pathway college for international students at the UK university.

Perth entrepreneur Zhenya Tsvetnenko has announced plans for a backdoor listing of his online advertising business Mpire Media, two months after an earlier, more generous deal was terminated.

The Australian Mines and Metals Association is calling on the federal government to fix uncertainty in the offshore oil and gas sector after the Federal Court reversed an earlier decision to allow changes to foreign worker visas.

Redevelopment works have begun at the Guildford Hotel, with the historic landmark expected to reopen by the end of this year, nearly eight years after it was gutted by fire.

KPMG has secured backing from more than a dozen major businesses for its Energise technology accelerator, which will provide financial and in-kind support to eight startup businesses servicing the energy and resources sector.

Empire Oil & Gas has kicked off a $15.7 million capital raising to fund new drilling at its flagship Red Gully North project and evaluate other projects in the Perth Basin near Gingin.

Federal Labor leader Bill Shorten is reluctant to back a solution to a stand-off with Western Australia about how GST revenue is divided among the states.

The Australian share market is lower with the banking sector suffering, after heavy losses on Wall Street.

World oil prices have advanced on worries that political instability in Yemen could threaten key Middle Eastern petroleum producers, offsetting concerns about a growing US crude glut.