Western Australian state final demand has contracted for the 10th consecutive quarter, while national GDP figures grew at their fastest rate for nearly four years
Training and Workforce Development Minister Liza Harvey today questioned why university students in subjects like ancient history could get more financial assistance than trainees in industries like building and construction.
Small and medium-sized businesses are settling their invoices about 12 faster than large corporations on average, a report by Dun & Bradstreet has found.
Joe McDonald was among six Construction, Forrestry, Mining and Energy Union officials hit with a fine for illegally blockading a construction site in 2013, preventing 160 employees from attending work at the project.
Premier Colin Barnett has revived long-discussed plans for an indigenous art gallery at Elizbeth Quay, partly inspired by the success of Hobart's MONA gallery, as a key part of his goal to boost boost Perth as a tourist brand.
Gold has fallen one per cent to a three-month low, extending losses after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen indicated the US central bank could raise interest rates within months if the economy continues to improve, boosting the US dollar.
Oil prices have eased after topping $US50 a barrel for the first time in about seven months, while US stocks ended near flat after two days of strong gains.
Wall Street has trodden water following two days of strong gains as advancing defensive sectors offset declines in materials, banks and other cyclical industries.
Gina Rinehart has lost her position as Australia's richest person due to plunging iron ore prices and a bitter court battle with her two eldest children.
Wall Street has risen robustly for a second straight session, helped by higher oil prices and investors becoming more comfortable with the prospect of an interest rate hike as early as next month.
Gold has fallen to a seven-week low after upbeat US home sales data in the previous session boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve will press ahead with interest rate rises in the near term.
Oil prices have climbed to just shy of $US50 ($A69.62) a barrel after a sharper-than-expected fall in crude inventories, lifting energy shares and world stock markets.
THE sale of major public assets is looming as the only realistic option for a government of either stripe hoping to reclaim the state's AAA credit rating and fund infrastructure needs in the decade
The state government has released details of its new digital innovation framework on the same day the auditor general slammed the state for letting its ICT strategy fall behind the rest of the country.
The state government has cast a wide net in its bid to boost defence-related work in Western Australia, with 16 small businesses – ranging from a landscape gardener in Port Hedland to a signage contractor in Bellevue – sharing in the latest round of defence-specific grants.
Gold has fallen to its lowest in more than four weeks as hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials in the previous session sent the US dollar to a two-month high against a currency basket.
Wall Street has surged more than 1 per cent and the Nasdaq has had its strongest day in three months as investors made peace with the possibility the US Federal Reserve might soon raise interest rates.
WA has had nearly $170 billion redistributed to other states by the federal government during the past 10 years, with the GST only one tax with a problem.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has pledged an extra $60 million to fix mobile phone black spots; boosting the program Tony Abbott announced in the previous election campaign to $220 million.
Global stock markets have edged lower while short-dated US Treasury yields held near two-month highs as investors weighed the possibility that US interest rates could soon rise.
Gold has dipped to a three-and-a-half-week low as expectations rise that the US Federal Reserve will lift interest rates as early as June, but prices came off their lows as late-day short-covering entered the market.
