Perth-based security and technology company Spectur has announced it will join the state government’s new shark drumline trial, providing nine Shark Warning Systems.
Talisman Mining has announced a $29 million capital return to shareholders in the form of a 15.625 cent per share dividend, following the sale of the company’s 30 per cent interest in the Springfield copper-gold project located in the Doolgunna region.
Bellevue Gold has raised $20 million via a share placement, with the funds to go towards drilling at its namesake project located near the Goldfields town of Leinster.
Automotive Holdings Group has skidded to a first-half loss, scrapping its dividend and cutting its guidance after a flagged $223 million write-down against its struggling car yards and refrigerated logistics business.
Oil prices sank below recent 2019 highs as US government data overnight showed a sharp build in crude stocks and record production, while concerns about slowing global economic growth weighed on the market.
Gold slipped from a 10-month peak overnight, pressured by signals the US Federal Reserve will not adopt as dovish a stance on monetary policy as previously thought and as investors booked profits, while palladium retreated from a record high.
A 33-year-old Perth accountant was today sentenced in the Perth District Court to four years’ jail for tax fraud, after obtaining and trying to obtain over $250,000 from his clients and the Australian Taxation Office.
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Western Australia’s unemployment rate has spiked to a 17-year high, at 6.8 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms, while the national numbers held steady.
Former foreign minister Julie Bishop has declared she is retiring from federal parliament at the next election, about six months after she left the role in the aftermath of a leadership spill.
The state government has today announced the rollout of $8.8 million of stand-alone power systems, with Perth-based companies Hybrid Systems and BayWA r.e Solar Systems to lead the first stage of deployment.
Shares in Mineral Resources fell sharply early today befor recovering some lost ground, after the company reported an interim net profit of $13 million, due in part to an unrealised loss on its stake in Pilbara Minerals.
Santos, Australia's second largest independent gas producer, has reported a more than doubling in full-year underlying profit following the acquisition of Quadrant assets and higher realised prices for its oil and gas.
Wesfarmers is handing more than $1 billion of the cash it raised by demerging Coles and selling other assets back to shareholders in the form of a special dividend.
Palladium jumped above the $US1,500 per ounce mark for the first time overnight, propelled by a stark supply deficit, while gold hit a 10-month high on a weaker US dollar as investors awaited cues on US monetary policy.
Crude prices rose more than 1 per cent overnight to their highest level this year on hopes that oil markets will balance later this year, helped by output cuts from top producers as well as US sanctions on OPEC members Iran and Venezuela.
Kalium Lakes is a step closer to starting construction on its Beyondie potash project near Newman after receiving $74 million in funding, making it the latest in a string of mining companies to win financial backing from the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility.
Shares in NRW Holdings and Seven Group Holdings were stronger today after reporting improved earnings on the back of strong resources and infrastructure markets, with NRW adding its first interim dividend in five years.
More than a third of visitors to Western Australia who used Airbnb said they would never have had a holiday if it wasn’t for the online home-share platform, the company asserted today, as it fought back against criticism by Tourism Council WA and the Australian Hotels Association.
