After a middling result in a national ratings guide out this week, the University of Western Australia has dropped slightly in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
AusCann Group Holdings has today announced two board changes, with managing director Elaine Darby advising of her resignation and pharmaceutical executive Paul MacLeman appointed as executive director.
Job vacancies in Western Australia have reached their highest level in more than five years, while the state's mining industry has hit a record level of employment.
West Perth-based Grounded Construction Group is nearing completion of a $15 million project to install two mining villages for Iluka Resources’ Cataby mineral sands project north of Perth.
The Australian share market has recovered its early losses to sit flat following Wall Street's dip in the wake of the US Federal Reserve's interest rate hike.
Health stocks have helped Wall Street edge higher, although banks have slipped ahead of a widely expected interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve.
Oil prices eased after US data showed a surprise build in domestic crude inventories, but an impending drop in Iranian exports kept Brent futures above $US80 a barrel and on track for a fifth straight quarterly gain.
Gold prices held onto earlier losses as the US dollar trimmed gains after the Federal Reserve raised US interest rates as expected and forecast three more years of economic growth.
Singaporean group Chip Eng Seng Corporation has struck a deal to sell the White Sands Tavern development site near Scarborough beach for $24.5 million.
Expectations there will be an interest rate rise in the US has weighed on local banking shares, offsetting gains from energy and materials stocks, which is holding the Australian share market flat.
West Perth-based Advanteering - Civil Engineers has been awarded a $2.5 million contract as part of the state government’s upgrade of the Jetty Road causeway in Bunbury.
Perth-founded Bombora Wave Power has secured an $18.7 million grant from the European Regional Development Fund, days after Carnegie Clean Energy announced funding delays for its wave energy project in Albany.
Grants from the federal government and delayed dividend payments from state-owned enterprises have helped the state government report an operating deficit 73 per cent below forecast in the 2018 financial year, while the non-trade economy has grown after a sustained period of shrinking.
A depressed Western Australian housing market has hit residential builders, with the number of housing starts dropping by more than 1,500 in the 12 months to June 30, according to figures released by the Housing Industry Association.
An annual ratings guide out today shows the University of Notre Dame and Edith Cowan University as the top-performing higher education institutions in Western Australia.
Spare Parts Puppet Theatre’s broad community appeal is clear as it heads towards its 40th year in the business, with former artists and audience members regularly returning to its shows.
Australian shares have mirrored narrow overnight trading on Wall Street to remain steady at the open, lifted by the heavyweight materials sector and energy shares.
US stocks have opened little changed, as higher oil prices lifted energy stocks and banks rose in anticipation of an interest rate hike, but losses in Facebook and chipmakers weighed on the market.
Oil prices jumped on global supply concerns following US sanctions on Iran's oil exports, with benchmark Brent surging to a four-year high, before retraced gains after US President Donald Trump called again on OPEC to boost crude output.
Gold has edged higher as the dollar drifted ahead of a US Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting, but bullion's upside remained capped by strong US economic data that continues to underpin the greenback.
Australia's big banks and financial institutions are taking years to realise they have broken the law and too long to fix problems that have left 5 million consumers out of pocket by $500 million.
The Australian share market has closed flat, with the financial sector weighing on the market and offsetting strong gains from commodity-related stocks.
