The state government awarded 4.77 per cent of its contracts to Aboriginal businesses in the 2018-19 financial year, substantially exceeding its own target, although the contribution of government agencies was highly variable.
The Australian share market closed lower ahead of Sunday's deadline for the US and China to reach an interim deal on trade before higher US tariffs kick in.
P&N Bank and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank are among 27 lenders, including just two of the big four banks, now eligible to offer mortgages under the federal government’s first home loan deposit scheme, aimed at low and middle income earners.
Shares in Decmil closed down 9 per cent today after the Perth-based contractor said it was facing a delay in payment of about $14 million owing from its work on the Sunraysia solar project in New South Wales.
Azumah Resources has told its shareholders it will need to conduct a capital raising early next year to fund its share of the Wa gold project, if suitor Ibaera Capital is not able to achieve full ownership.
Western Australia-based ag-tech startup Origo.farm has received $375,000 in commercialisation funding as part of the federal government’s Accelerating Commercialisation grant program.
Fresh data on Perth’s residential property market points to a long-awaited recovery in 2020, with sales activity tracking higher in the second half of 2019 and supply starting to tighten across in-demand suburbs.
Rio Tinto is considering its options after the Takeovers Panel ruled the mining giant can't use its funding of a clean up of a controversial NT uranium mine to acquire a partially owned subsidiary.
Financially strapped live exporter Wellard is cutting its fleet size from four to three with the sale of the world's largest purpose-built livestock carrier for $US53 million ($A77 million).
Westpac has been handed a second strike on executive pay but dodged a potential board spill despite shareholders roasting the bank over its child exploitation scandal.
The Australian share market has moved lower, with the heavyweight financial sector behind much of the slide, despite a positive lead from Wall Street after the US central bank kept interest rates unchanged.
Oil prices dropped almost 1.0 per cent overnight following a surprise build in US crude inventories and as investors waited to see if a fresh round of tariffs by the US government on Chinese goods would come into force on Sunday.
Gold rose overnight as a deadline for an additional round of US tariffs on Chinese imports loomed with no phase-one deal in sight while palladium again soared to a record on supply woes.
Recycling and waste management company M8 Sustainable had a soft start to its first day of trading on the ASX today, with its shares dipping to 17 cents after last month's $19.5 million initial public offering at 20 cents per share.
West Perth-based Capital Partners Private Wealth Advisors has been announced professional practice of the year by the Financial Planning Association of Australia.
Filmmakers Lauren Elliott and Brooke Silcox followed similar, but unconventional, paths to establishing their own production companies, Galactic Baby and No Thing Productions.
The Australian share market has climbed higher following a report that the Trump administration was set to delay the next round of US tariffs on China that are set to kick in on Sunday.
Westpac is bracing for a barrage of investor angst and the threat of a board spill at an annual general meeting likely to be dominated by the bank's money laundering and child exploitation scandal.
Property funds manager Quadrant Investments is evaluating its options to develop a prime site in Joondalup’s CBD, after it established a new fund to acquire the asset for $4.3 million.
The corporate regulator has started court action against Sydney-based company Theta Asset Management and its director Robert Marie over Theta's role as responsible entity for one of the main businesses in the collapsed Sterling First property group.
Uranium miner Paladin Energy has appointed experienced mining directors Peter Watson and Peter Main to the board, while three non-executive directors have stepped down from their roles.
Engineering and construction company SRG Global has secured a five-year, $90 million asset services contract with Alcoa of Australia for work at its alumina refinery in Kwinana.
School leaders usually agree to disagree on many thorny education issues but are united in their view that schools must be places where children and young adults can learn and develop without fear of discrimination and harassment.
The government, community housing providers, not-for-profit sector and property industry are finding new ways to access funding to build new social and affordable housing, but the community housing sector is still looking for additional funds.
Nickel bounced from a five-month low overnight as investors regarded a sharp downtrend as overdone given an export ban on ore from Indonesia from 2020 is expected to tighten the market.
Oil prices inched up overnight as OPEC's deal with associated producers last week to deepen output cuts in 2020 continued to provide a floor for prices but US-China trade tensions clouded the demand outlook.
Palladium zoomed past $US1,900 an ounce for the first time ever overnight as a power crisis halted production at mines in major producer South Africa, exacerbating concerns over supply and extending the autocatalyst's record run.
