Not unexpectedly due to the long weekend, there was a 13% fall in reported activity with house and multi-residential sales down 14% and 19% respectively.
The delivery of the state government’s budget will be delayed one week to account for uncertainty in the distribution of the GST, Treasurer Mike Nahan announced today.
Two Western Australian business owners have been inducted into the Australian Businesswomen’s Network Hall of Fame, joining 16 other inductees in the lead up to International Women’s Day this Sunday.
A jury has found ex-biotechnology player and self-described Wall Street executive William Ardrey guilty of fraud relating to his tenure with Perth-based company Phoenix Eagle.
Economic growth figures released today have vindicated the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to cut interest rates in February and to leave more cuts on the agenda.
Lower petrol prices have not accelerated new vehicle purchases in Western Australia, with sales down 6.1 per cent in February on the same period in 2014.
Shares in engineering and construction firm Valmec surged on news it was awarded a $5.3 million contract to provide services to the Origin Energy-operated Talinga Gas processing facility in Queensland.
Australia must not let anger undermine its relationship with Indonesia if Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are executed, Prime Minister Tony Abbott says.
LandCorp has awarded Perth-based contractor Brierty an $11 million contract to build the first stage of its Broome Road Industrial Park in the Kimberley.
Gold is down a shade, following a brief bout of selling in choppy dealings after the metal had recovered from early losses that pulled it below $US1,200 an ounce.
The federal government has watered down planned changes to the research and development tax incentive scheme, which industry players say will improve its impact on productivity.
In the midst of Perth’s second major arts event this year, the city and local businesses are set to reap the economic rewards long after box office sales are tallied.
Developers and builders are offering incentives over and above the state government’s first home buyers grant to stoke the market, as the number of grants paid falls to its lowest level in nearly two and a half years.
Proposed new fees for foreign buyers of real estate are looming as a potential impediment to offshore investment in Perth’s apartments sector, at the same time local developers are shifting their f
Treasurer Mike Nahan, who is coming up on a year in the job later this month, spoke to an audience of nearly 500 at a Business News Success & Leadership breakfast last week.
Iluka Resources managing director David Robb has acquired around $2.5 million of shares in the mineral sands producer under the company’s incentive plans.
West Perth-based oil and gas junior New Standard Energy has announced further cuts to its workforce in response to the falling oil price environment, with just four employees remaining across Austr
Western Australia’s residential property sector has had a rough start to 2015, with building approvals on the way down, new home sales slipping, and median house prices continuing a slow decline, a
Businesses in the Pilbara are increasingly recognising the value to their bottom line offered by solar and other energy efficiency measures, according to green bank Clean Energy Finance Corporation chief executive Oliver Yates.
The residential arm of construction and development firm Georgiou has launched its latest project – a $40 million, six-level apartment building in West Leederville.
