Fraser Beattie

The National Tertiary Education Union has argued that the impact of the federal budget cuts would leave Western Australia's universities almost $500 million worse off.

BC Iron has launched a $256 million takeover bid for Kerry Stokes-backed iron ore play, Iron Ore Holdings.

Austbrokers Holdings has expanded into the Western Australian broking sector with the purchase of a 50 per cent interest in Bunbury-based insurance broker NEXUS Risk Services.

Perth-based engineering groups Kerman Contracting and Monadelphous Group have announced contract wins collectively worth more than $300 million at CITIC Pacific Mining's Sino Iron development near Cape Preston.

The mining sector has reached a new five-year low, with confidence levels likely to take years to recover, according to industry leaders surveyed in the latest Mining Business Outlook report.

ACA Lawyers has obtained funding to mount a class action against mining services firm WorleyParsons, claiming that it lacked transparency around the company's performance last year.

Mermaid Marine Australia managing director Jeff Weber has defended the company’s stance on negotiations with the Maritime Union of Australia, after employees at its Dampier Supply Base said on Friday they would strike for 10 days.

West Kimberley pastoralists have been promised $15.5 million in state funding to help the region become a major beef supplier to China and south-east Asia.

The final piece of the Beaufort Street bus priority plan has been put in place with the opening of a $1 million peak-period bus-only lane between Walcott and Bulwer streets.