Fraser Beattie

Today’s appointment by Independence Group of its first female board member has taken it off the list of ASX200 companies lacking female representation on their boards, although four other Western Australian businesses remain among those still to adopt gender diversity at board level.

New data out today confirms Perth’s residential property market has yet to show signs of a turnaround, but one industry figure says the sector is close to the bottom of the cycle.

Energy infrastructure company APA Group has entered into an agreement with Synergy for the purchase of power from its Emu Downs solar farm near Cervantes, with construction of the project now set to begin next month.

The state government has awarded $91.6 million worth of contracts to four building companies for the refurbishment and redevelopment of six health service centres across rural Western Australia.

Treasurer Mike Nahan has labelled opposition leader Mark McGowan’s plan to slash senior executive positions and bring in new key performance indicators as ‘not credible’.

Shares in oil and gas explorer Transerv Energy tumbled today as managing director Stephen Keenihan announced his resignation in the wake of news yesterday that the company’s proposal to acquire assets owned by Origin Energy had been terminated.

Western Australia experienced yet another horror month for new car sales, with the prospect of a last-minute turnaround to bring the year on par with 2015’s poor result looking very unlikely.

Dacian Gold has again reduced the size of its $50 million placement and put its $100 million entitlement offer on ice, in the wake of the falling gold price which hit a 10-month low overnight.

Colin Barnett says he would like to see penalty rates cut for casual small business employees on Sundays and public holidays, but lift the base rate for standard hours.