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The state and Commonwealth governments today signed a bilateral agreement for a nationally consistent, locally delivered National Disability Insurance Scheme, set to be delivered from July.

Six months after ending a short stint as the head of thermal energy company Enerji, former Perth Wildcats owner Andrew Vlahov has been named chief executive of sporting-focused online education provider iCollege.

Stronger commodity prices have sparked a rally in mining and energy stocks and helped the share market outperform most major global markets.

OPINION: Objections are part of the sales game, so you need to give your customers good reason to buy from you.

WA Labor leader Mark McGowan today guaranteed that, if elected in the March state poll, he would return the budget to surplus within his first term as premier.

PHOTO ESSAY: Whoever coined the phrase ‘too many cooks spoil the broth' clearly didn't work in a commercial kitchen catering for large events.

Minerals explorer TNG has finally lodged a prospectus for the demerger of its base metals portfolio into a spin-out company, while Heron Resources and Force Commodities have both progressed their respective demergers.

Work has started on a $70 million expansion of the Busselton-Margaret River regional airport, after Ertech and Arup were awarded contracts for development of the project.

Telstra has retained its spot at the top of the list of Australia's most valuable brands, according to an annual global survey.

The state government will spend nearly $3 million each year for the next three years to market Qantas's new Perth-to-London direct flights, which the national carrier confirmed would go on sale in

The worst could soon be over for Perth's troubled housing market, with new data hinting at a bottoming of the downturn while warning that any recovery will likely be slow.

A Labor candidate in the Western Australian election who was dismissed as a Geraldton councillor last year is abandoning her bid to enter state politics.

Australian shares are flat as stocks hover between the influence of higher commodity prices and global uncertainty about the US economy and President Donald Trump.

PM draws jobs battle lineMalcolm Turnbull will claim the average worker will be $750 a year better off under his proposed company tax cuts as he mounts

The Australian dollar is higher against its US counterpart with the greenback set for its worst start to the year since 2006.

Oil prices have risen on a weak US dollar and news that the world's top producers cut production this month more than forecasters had expected.

Gold has jumped to a one-week high as unnerved investors buy bullion after the US dollar was hit by US President Donald Trump's comments on currency devaluation by other countries.

US stocks have fallen, dragged down by economic growth-sensible sectors, amid disappointing earnings and continued concern over the priorities of the Trump administration.

The lion's share of investment projects under way nationally are still taking place in Western Australia, according to the latest Deloitte Access Economics investment monitor report, although that lead will evaporate as $107 billion of LNG projects are completed in the next two years

Perth company SEQTA Software has combined with Melbourne-based Synergetic Management Systems to create Australia's largest education software business.

Prestige Perth-founded wristwatch brand Haigh & Hastings is on the market, with company administrator Bob Jacobs moving quickly to sell the business as a going concern.

A filtration product that enables the reuse of rainwater otherwise lost to stormwater systems has attracted the attention of the local government sector.

High-profile butcher and philanthropist Vince Garreffa will launch a new book next week, as part of his ongoing commitment to raise funds for suicide prevention charity Lifeline.

An empty block cum ecological oasis in East Perth is providing opportunities for Perth's unemployed by meeting the demand for fresh produce.

Iluka Resources boss Tom O'Leary says the company will swing the axe on 90 jobs after revealing a $201 million impairment and flagging a net loss of up to $230 million for 2016.

The share market has fallen for a second straight session in the wake of uncertainties surrounding the immigration policies of US President Donald Trump, while news from fertility clinic operator Virtus Health and education provider Navitas disappointed.

Kwinana Mayor Carol Adams has announced her third tilt at state parliament, nominating as an independent for the South Metropolitan region in the Legislative Council, while the WA Liberals remain tight lipped about a potential preference deal with Pauline Hanson's One Nation.

Decmil Group has substantially cut its revenue forecasts for the current financial year due to delays in recent contract wins, while suffering further losses at a Victorian construction project.

The iconic Dingo Flour mill in North Fremantle is coming under new ownership after Graincorp and Cargill Australia agreed to sell their Allied Mills Australia joint venture to private equity group Pacific Equity Partners.

The Road Safety Commission has signed on with the Western Force to become the club's naming rights partner for the 2017 Super Rugby season.

OPINION: The state government's renewed warmth towards tourism is a welcome, if belated, response to the end of the resources boom – but there are some kinks they should iron out.

Local businesses aren't popping the champagne corks for an economic recovery just yet despite the latest data from the Commonwealth Bank showing a rise in transactions across a range of sectors during the Christmas trading period.