A national small business lobby group is urging the state government to ignore calls to privatise or amalgamate the Small Business Development Corporation.
The Rudd government will introduce new laws to curb excessive termination payments for executives, amid community concern about high "golden handshakes" given to departing company heads.
Credit squeeze – WA seeks federal help to raise $1.3bn; Rio slashed $277m off value of Kwinana HIsmelt project; Euroz client was unaware of Opes danger, court told; Mortgage freeze for the jobless; Axa in $660m capital raising
The Perth director of global engineering company Connell Wagner hopes its merger with two South African companies will boost the chances of winning work on major projects.
Territory Resources has taken a sizeable $38 million hit to its half-year earnings with the iron ore miner reporting an interim net loss of $33.3 million.
Asciano sell-off plan as debts bite deeper; Big Rio holder damns sell-out; Brains behind new Macquarie model; Miner puts 5000 jobs on the line; China spree puts heat on foreign investment rules
Western Australians are most likely to be concerned about the state of the economy than other states or territories, according to the Sensis Consumer Report released today.
Wesfarmers' coal division, Premier Coal, has bought a further 30 per cent interest in Blackham Resources' tenements that surround the existing Scadden Energy joint venture near Esperance.
Perth firm Christensen Vaughan will merge with the Perth operations of national legal firm Gadens Lawyers to form an expanded commercial legal practice in Western Australia.
State to shed 500 public servants; Rio Tinto deal faces extra scrutiny; Jobs plan to save lost generation; House sales crash as spooked owners stay put; G20 baulks at US push for spending
Perth remains among the most expensive in the world for office accommodation, however, a new research report released by DTZ has forecast a decline in occupancy costs in the year ahead.
Job losses worst for 18 years; NAB boss initiates an evolution; Former mining boom states bereft as GST goes south; Contractor Nash set to buy Minjar gold for $13.6m; Financial wizards feel the heat
A federal goods and services advisory body has recommended a $311 million cut in Western Australia's shares of GST revenue for the 2010 financial year.
Western Australia Labor Senator Glenn Sterle has confirmed he has "annoyed the living daylights" out of Alannah MacTiernan in his bid to persuade the state Labor MP to move to federal politics.
Australia's export earnings from energy and mineral resources increased by 9 per cent to a record $47 billion in the 2008 December quarter, according to lastest statistics from ABARE.
The state government has appointed Perth-based Robinson Buildtech to complete the forward works as part of the $56 million redevelopment of the Kalgoorlie Hospital.
Western Australia's spike in unemployment to a two-year high has one business lobby group urging federal MPs to carefully consider the government's proposed Fair Work Bill ahead of next week's vote.
Shadow Treasurer Ben Wyatt has warned that record growth in public spending is likely to continue after Treasurer Troy Buswell sought a 143 per cent increase in on last year's advance.
Greens and Chevron set to face off over Gorgon vision; Unions opt for jobs over pay; Sacked workers rejected pay cuts; Coal price cut hits export earnings; China hit raises fear of great recession
