Unions claim disgruntled workers at the $13 billion Pluto project are voting with their feet with contractors reporting a higher than normal turnover rate since the motelling issue prompted half of the project's workforce to strike.
Shares in Navitas were higher after the education service provider executed a 10-year deal with the University of Newcastle to establish the Newcastle International College.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has today decided to leave the official cash rate on hold at 3.75 per cent, going against widely held expectations the central bank would lift rates by 25 basis points.
Equinox Minerals says it will roll over its existing debt into a new $US400 million ($A449 million) corporate loan facility, which it said will provide greater flexibility.
The administrator of GEOS Perth says the school will not be re-opened, displacing nearly 500 international students enrolled in English language courses at the school that operates out of St Mark's International College in Highgate.
West Perth-based Greenland Minerals and Energy says its Kvanefjeld project could rival the world's largest rare earths mine in China after a prefeasibility study estimated capital costs at $US2.3 billion ($A2.6 billion).
The residential property sector in Perth appears to be on the cusp of another boom with a housing group forecasting a recovery in detached housing starts this year while a new house price gauge surged 11.5 per cent over the past year.
Miner Kagara expects to launch the initial public offer of its gold spin-out vehicle in April as operations returned to profitability in the December quarter on the back of a higher metal price environment.
Leederville-based SmartTrans Holdings is set to take advantage of China's expanding 3G network after it executed an agreement with China Mobile that sent its shares up more than seven-fold.
A higher nickel price and better returns on listed investments have prompted miner Independence Group to lift its first half profit guidance to $11.2 million.
A new set of figures by RP Data and Rismark International has shown Perth's median house price has risen 6.5 per cent to $490,000 during the month of December.
Improving conditions in the engineering and mining services industry over the past six months have boosted VDM Group's expectations of a higher first half profit for 2009/10, with the company today tipping a $5 million net profit.
Aviva Corporation says it is considering its options after it was approached by third parties interested in the assets of Rick Stowe's collapsed company Griffin Coal.
Patersons Securities has today announced its third major expansion in less than two years, recruiting the management team behind the Western Australian arm of RBS Morgans.
Perth companies Tanami Gold and ABM Resources have teamed up to buy a portfolio of gold projects in the Northern Territory from Newmont Asia Pacific for close to $33 million.
The Forest Products Commission could undergo further restructures with a taskforce set up to investigate the sale of one of the commission's divisions.
The median price of a house in Perth has surged 8.7 per cent over the past year with Churchlands and Guildford some of the fastest growing suburbs in Perth, while the median unit price has hit an all-time high.
