Borrowers have been warned to brace for further interest rate hikes after the Reserve Bank of Australia lifted its official cash rate to 4.6 per cent and cautioned more action may be needed to lower inflation.
The state's brick shortage has resulted in a $4 million government agreement with Brickworks to restart a kiln facility in Cardup, which was mothballed three years ago.
Interest rates are now at their highest point in almost 15 years and could surge further after the Reserve Bank of Australia hiked the official cash rate to 4.6 per cent.
Former AMA WA president David Mountain has warned the aged care sector would be decimated because of the federal government's migration changes, speaking at a Business News event.
Three Western Power employees, who were stood down earlier this year after providing character references for a convicted rapist and work colleague, “no longer work for the business” following an investigation.
Defence ministers from Australia and other Pacific nations have jointly condemned China's recent ballistic missile test following a meeting in Fiji this week.
Outdated building practices and regulations are frustrating efforts to boost the housing supply, according to Assistant Minister for Competition Andrew Leigh.
Fremantle Mayor Ben Lawver says the port city is preparing to draw 40,000 fans for the Fremantle Dockers' Grand Final clash – a figure he believes could prove conservative.
Sacked City of Perth chief executive Michelle Reynolds has engaged high-profile defamation lawyer Martin Bennett, as she prepares to fight her dismissal by the council on Tuesday.
City of Perth chief executive Michelle Reynolds has been sacked after a confidential meeting of the council on Tuesday night, but the Local Government Minister wants the dismissal reviewed by her inspector.
Western Australian households, buoyed by a tight labour market and solid wage gains, are helping drive broad-based growth in the state's economy, says Westpac.
Resources Minister Madeleine King has approved the use of taxpayer funds to “monitor, inspect, maintain and repair” an abandoned oil rig owned by collapsed partners.
The economy will more than double in size over the next 40 years but the pace of growth will slow and the population will be larger but older, the federal government predicts.
The odds of a September rate hike have increased after the Reserve Bank of Australia warned that the inflation outlook had deteriorated amid soaring fuel prices from the Middle East conflict.
Treasurer Rita Saffioti says WA punches above its weight economically while other states view it as a ‘cash cow' in defending the current GST system in a Productivity Commission public hearing.
Immigration officials have been urged to process harvest worker visas immediately to ensure farmers can staff their operations when they begin taking their crops off from next week.
