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Former Association of Surfing Professionals chief executive Brodie Carr has been appointed as Tourism WA’s new managing director.

Telstra has trimmed its full-year earnings guidance range because a lower than expected number of NBN customers are available for connection.

The Western Australian Planning Commission is weighing its options after losing a recent appeal against a Board of Valuers’ decision.

Exploration hits 30-year high

The Nasdaq has fallen more than 1.0 per cent, dented by technology stocks after Facebook and Twitter executives defended their companies before sceptical US lawmakers.

Oil prices fell more than one per cent after a US Gulf storm weakened and moved away from oil-producing areas and concerns mounted about global trade disputes and Turkey's currency crisis hurting demand.

State final demand lifted 0.2 per cent in Western Australia in the June quarter, while national GDP growth hit its fastest level in more than 5 years at 3.4 per cent in the 12 months to June.

The Australian share market closed lower on Wednesday, dragged down by a slump in the heavyweight mining sector as worries about a possible escalation of trade tensions hit commodity prices.

Western Australia’s car industry has recorded its third straight month of decline for new vehicle sales, according to the latest data from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries, but electric and hybrid passenger cars, and small-sized SUVs have bucked the trend.

The opening of Altura Mining’s Pilgangoora operation last week provides a good opportunity to evaluate the state of the local lithium industry.

A wave of investment in the WA aged care sector has continued, with Southern Plus opening a luxury care facility in the same week as Hall & Prior announced it would proceed with a $60 million redevelopment.

Sirona Capital has engaged Colliers International and CBRE to offer its 5,706 square metre shopping centre in Margaret River to the market.

The Perth residential rental market continues to show signs of improvement, with the vacancy rate falling to 4.5 per cent in August, according to the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia.

The first stage of the Mojo Urban Living estate in Cockburn Central North was launched last week, offering the first terrace-style homes in the area.

Smaller gold miners are among the potential beneficiaries of a new technique for gold extraction being developed in WA.

Chief Justice Peter Quinlan has today announced the full-time appointment of Justice Jeremy Curthoys to the Supreme Court.

Telecommunications firm Swift Networks has entered into a three-year reseller agreement with Vietnamese systems integrator Sieu Nhat Thanh Co to expand into the South-East Asian country.

Robotic technology company FBR has signed a partnership agreement with Wienerberger AG, the third major international building materials group to have struck a deal with the Perth startup to commercialise its Hadrian X autonomous bricklaying robot.

PM’s $3.6b corporate tax cuts

US stocks have fallen as trade concerns lingered and declines in Facebook and Nike shares weighed on Wall Street's major indexes, though data showing US manufacturing activity accelerated in August kept losses in check.

Oil prices were little changed as energy infrastructure on the US Gulf Coast braced for a hurricane, but gains were capped as a stronger dollar and report of rising stockpiles at the Cushing, Oklahoma hub weighed.

Treasury secretary Phil Gaetjens has said policies to improve labour productivity would be critical if Australia was to continue its record run of growth, while hitting back at claims about growing inequality.

Australian shares have closed lower on Tuesday, as reports of fresh investigations into financial institutions kept investors on edge, while overall sentiment was cautious ahead of key economic data.

Local tech company K2fly has been awarded a series of consultancy contracts with existing clients Western Power and Arc Infrastructure worth about $1.1 million.

Goldfields Money has tapped investors for $20 million, with its planned merger with mortgage aggregator Finsure nearing completion.

After eight months of community protest over its education spending cuts, the state government has reversed its decision to close Moora Residential College following an $8.7 million federal grant.

POZ Minerals, which operates the Blina diamond project in the Kimberley, has announced it will bid in the state government’s tender to reopen the neighbouring Ellendale mine.

Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe says wages growth has finally "picked up a little" as the central bank left the cash rate unchanged at 1.5 per cent for the 25th month in a row.

Westpac has agreed to pay a $35 million fine after admitting to wrongly assessing people's ability to repay mortgages.

Perth mining executive Michael Ruane is seeking a board spill at Empire Resources, less than two months after the gold miner was forced to restructure its board due to a push from a separate group of dissident shareholders.

The Foundation for the WA Museum has appointed two new members to the board, with Nev Power set to become its chair.

For every winner there’s a loser, and so it will be the case if the $A continues its downward trajectory.