The Town of Port Hedland council voted last night to privatise the regional airport through a long-term leasing deal with AMP Capital and Infrastructure Capital Group, which will run the regional airport for 50 years.
Energy retailer Synergy has finalised its lease deal to move into the Forrest Centre on St Georges Terrace, taking up 8,000 square metres in the building, which was listed for sale earlier this yea
Mining giant BHP Billiton has posted a dramatic slide in annual profit on the back of plunging commodity prices, with chief executive Andrew Mackenzie flagging further cost cuts.
Traffic outside the state parliament was brought to a standstill as unions held a rally against the free trade deal with China, saying it will be bad for local jobs and exploit foreign workers.
Local miner Metals X has announced a 9 per cent increase in net profit to $40.9 million for the 2015 financial year, on the back of higher revenue from gold sales.
Power generation company Pacific Energy has posted a 19 per cent fall in net profit for the 2015 financial year, but was upbeat on its outlook for the year ahead.
Kibaran Resources has signed an agreement with German diversified group ThyssenKrupp for the sale of half of the graphite produced at its Epanko project in Tanzania.
Australian shares have defied predictions of a second straight day of carnage as the big banks helped the domestic market recovered its opening losses.
US stocks have finished sharply lower but far above the session's floor following a bruising day in global financial markets sparked by mounting worries over the Chinese economy.
In my previous column here I examined the history behind the fiasco around the Perth Freight Link, with nearly 20 years of poor policy decisions restricting Fremantle's freedom as a port because of below-standard transport connections.
Oil prices have sunk, with the US crude benchmark finishing below $US40 a barrel for the first time in six years on worries about China's weakening economy after an equities sell-off.
Australia has been ranked as the world's sixth safest nation in which to do business, from a risk perspective, according to research by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Almost three-quarters of Australian businesses are family owned, but despite their private nature, many are seeking professional advice on improving their operations.
Truffle production in Western Australia's South West is on the verge of significant growth as a number of new producers enter the market and a series of previously planted trees reach maturity.
Western Australia's top 10 largest private sector employers employ more than 103,200 people between them, about 2,000 fewer than last year, according to BNiQ research.
The future of BlueScope Steel's Port Kembla plant is on a knife edge after the steelmaker said it would cut at least 500 jobs to reduce costs in the face of cheaper imports.
Construction contractor Badge has raised questions over the onerous process of bidding for public private partnerships, saying the cost of tendering for the contracts are often disproportionate to the benefit of winning the works.
More than $70 billion has been wiped from the Australian share market as fears about China's economy sparked its heaviest fall in six and a half years.
