The development industry has congratulated the state government for achieving $118 million worth of sales since launching an affordable housing initiative in September last year.
Small businesses are paying twice as much money and spending four times as many hours as they did 17 years ago in order to comply with Australia’s tax regulations, new research says.
Regional Development Minister Brendon Grylls has beefed up the powers and responsibilities of the Pilbara and Mid West Development Commissions in an effort to boost efficiency and co-ordination of gov
Canadian miner B2Gold has swooped on Perth-based CGA Mining, offering the equivalent of $C3.18 ($3.13) per share in an all-scrip takeover bid worth around $C1.1 billion ($1.08 billion).
France-based oil and gas engineering company Technip has won a €210 million ($262 million) works deal at Inpex’s Ichthys LNG project off the Western Australian coast.
The state government has made an amendment to the metropolitan planning scheme to facilitate the development of a 429 hectare tract of land in Bullsbrook for industrial purposes.
The state government has unveiled its preferred route to link Perth Airport to the metropolitan area passenger rail network, but hasn’t revealed how much it will cost or when it will be built.
Australia has been cemented as China’s top market for business transactions, with 32 deals being done since 2011, worth a total of $US11 billion, research released today says.
Royal Perth Hospital is to remain the state’s major adult trauma centre, after the state government decided against an earlier proposal to establish a second major trauma unit at Fiona Stanley Hospita
Shares in Fortescue Metals Group hit a three-year low today, despite the iron ore miner offloading the power station at its Solomon mine in the Pilbara for $US300 million ($A294 million).
The CFMEU and its WA assistant secretary Joe McDonald have been ordered to pay penalties totaling $200,000 following targeted industrial action against Diploma Construction.
The state government has a $7.5 billion black hole in pre-election commitments that it will find harder to plug because of falling iron ore royalties, the Labor opposition says.
