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As the Fringe World Festival enters its second weekend, Business News photographer Attila Csaszar offers the first instalment of his ‘Behind the Scenes at Fringe' series – the Edith Spiegeltent.

Big gains by the heavyweight banks and the major retailers have driven the Australian share market higher after strength on Wall Street lifted investor confidence.

Shares in Perseus Mining tumbled today after the Perth-based gold miner lowered its production guidance for the next six months, on the back of a temporary shutdown at its Edikan operation during the December quarter.

The state government says it expects to reap about $300 million from the sale of all nine lots at Elizabeth Quay, with three offers being considered for the last vacant site.

Nev Power has remembered Peter Lynch as a great mate, a beloved father of three and a respected member of the mining and aviation communities after the recent Fortescue Metals Group recruit was killed when his sea plane crashed into the Swan River yesterday.

The state government has granted $415,000 to 20 local defence industry businesses on the same day it announced applications were open for a pool of $400,000 of innovation vouchers.

Business News enjoyed lunch at Julio's with Michael Stanford, who heads one of WA's largest employers, St John of God Health Care.

Technology meets cultural and social shifts in places like Hubud, where digital nomads gather in a new world of work.

Rising gas prices on the east coast have highlighted yet another anomaly in the GST structure that costs WA.

Perth is renowned as a hub for mining and energy technology, so why do so many local firms end up in foreign hands?

Netball WA has been scoring in the sponsorship arena, a result of both opportune timing and strategy.

More than $8 billion of greenfields iron ore projects are either proposed or in development, while $450 million of brownfields work is under way as the state's miners plan investments to maintain production.

Macmahon Holdings has criticised CIMIC Group's proposed $174 million takeover offer, saying its preliminary view was that it does not represent fair value of the business, and has told its shareholders to take no action.

ImpRes People is a cloud-based platform that connects businesses with operational and project talent.

Demand for financial, retail and energy stocks is driving the Australian share market higher as investors play catch-up following the Australia Day public holiday.

Qantas to fly London, NYC directQantas is considering replacing its remaining Boeing 747 jumbos with new-generation jets capable of flying non-stop bet

First Graphite has announced plans to raise $3.52 million from investors through the placement of 32 million shares at 11 cents each.

The three international vendors that won the state government's landmark GovNext contract say the initiative will provide local information and communication technology businesses with opportunities to share in the work.

The Australian dollar is lower against the US dollar which has rebounded from a seven-week low on traders' optimism spurred by US president Donald Trump's infrastructure spending plans.

Gold has fallen to a two-week low as the US dollar firms, US Treasury bond yields rise and equity markets rally, but expectations that the greenback's climb may be coming to an end has helped limit losses.

Oil prices have jumped two per cent, boosted by the ongoing rally in the US stock market, although gains in crude futures were capped by plentiful supplies and bulging inventories in spite of efforts by producers to cut output.

US stocks were little changed on Thursday as investors paused following a two-day rally that pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average above the 20,000 mark, while the latest wave of earnings rolled in.

The Royal Automobile Club of WA and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA have both welcomed an election pledge by Premier Colin Barnett to spend $520 million upgrading a freight rail line between Thornlie and Cockburn to enable passenger service.

The second-hand car business was revolutionised 20 years ago with the arrival of the internet, but there is a second revolution under way that promises to be even more disruptive and could have a significant effect on some of Western Australia's best-known car yards.

Construction of two aged care facilities in Perth's southern suburbs will begin soon, with Absecon and Adco Constructions recently winning contracts for the work.

The Australian share market has closed higher led by strong gains from mining stocks, a bounce in the big four banks and better global risk appetite.

The head contractor building the new Perth Children's Hospital dropped a bombshell this morning, with the project's manager saying the company is not responsible for the lead-contaminated water, and that water being delivered to the site already contains the harmful metal.

SPECIAL REPORT: WA event managers are focusing on attendee experience to gain an edge in one of the most hotly contested segments of Perth's hospitality sector.

SPECIAL REPORT: Perth's hotel building boom isn't just about rooms, it is about setting the city up as an events capital.

A Perth car dealership employee has been fined $9,500 over the death of a workmate who was hit by a vehicle and dragged underneath when the offender accidentally pressed the accelerator instead of the brake.

Gold miners operating in Western Australia performed solidly in the three months to December, with Northern Star Resources, Independence Group and Evolution Mining all posting strong results.

Higher fuel and domestic holiday travel costs have contributed to a 0.4 per cent rise in Perth prices in the December quarter, while national inflation remains below the Reserve Bank's target, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' most recent data.