The value of investor housing loan approvals has fallen to a near two-year low, adding weight to the view the Reserve Bank of Australia could cut interest rates again without fear of restarting a price boom.
Property investment company Aspen Group has announced a senior management and board shake-up, while seeking to gain more value from its Western Australian assets.
Blocking employee access to social media and streaming content websites is a common method small and medium-sized businesses are using to improve productivity in the workplace.
Stocks have broadly gained, helped by buoyant oil prices, a day after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen pushed back expectations for an interest rate increase without raising concerns over the strength of the world's largest economy.
Gold has inched fractionally lower, but has held near the previous day's two-week high after the Federal Reserve further dampened speculation about an imminent US rate rise.
A Perth-based port management company has forged ties with Indonesia's South Sumatra province, striking an agreement to work on the development of a new port.
Transport and logistics company McAleese Group has announced a recapitalisation deal with its financiers and a Hong Kong investments group, which includes de-listing from the ASX and undertaking a $26 million capital raising.
Western Australia's second largest Aboriginal corporation has defended a joint venture with Perth contractor Gary Johnson following claims the agreement had produced unfair profits for Mr Johnson's business.
A Western Australian research team will head a national $11.5 million project aimed at more accurately assessing the quality of produce from the Australian meat industry.
After last month's closure of Perth Theatre Company, Business News has delved into the financial reports of arts and culture groups in WA to check on their health.
Perth-based boutique investment and development firm, GM Property Group, has made its fourth interstate asset acquisition in the last 12 months, buying an industrial property in Sydney's Blacktown
Perth-based data centre operator DownUnder GeoSolutions' fluid server-cooling technology has outperformed the effectiveness ratings of some of the world's largest tech companies.
Changes to the private label offerings at Woolworths supermarkets are a defensive response to the growing popularity of German discount retailer Aldi, but won't have the impact the retailer hopes it will, according to a Sydney business academic.
SPECIAL REPORT: Growing infrastructure needs and a diminishing capacity to fund them is a major challenge for WA, according to key players who attended a recent Business News forum.
French hospitality education and training group Le Cordon Bleu has added a school in Perth to its list of more than 50 locations worldwide – the latest in a growing number of international groups bringing Western Australia's entertainment and tourism offerings to a global audience.
