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Our annual Well@Work feature discusses the need for health and wellness programs for employees, the trend in injury rates in WA, mental health among FIFO employees and how not-for-profit groups have recognised the importance of workplace wellness.

Moral and economic factors have driven employers to take on the responsibility for a physically healthy workforce – tackling mental health in the workplace is their new challenge.

Belmont-based property developer and construction company Diploma Group plans to build a $35 million, nine-storey residential apartment building in Scarborough, after buying two adjoining blocks of land along West Coast Highway.

The competition regulator wants the National Broadband Network to be split into three parts before it's privatised.

The Australian sharemarket has opened flat as weakness in banking stocks offsets gains from the resources sector.

Gold and silver prices have risen to a two-week high as a rush by investors to cover bets on lower prices accelerated a rebound in both markets.

A multibillion dollar free trade agreement with China is a game changer that the Abbott government believes will supercharge the Australian economy.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 each repeatedly broke all-time records over the past week.

The Australian dollar is stronger against the greenback and has reached a seven-year high against the Japanese yen.

More than 8,000 Glencore coal workers will be forced to take annual leave as the mining giant shuts down its Australian coal operations due to an oversupply of the commodity.

Getting people away from their televisions and into stadiums is the biggest challenge facing the state's top sporting teams, but Western Australia's strict legislative requirements, especially arou

Fresh slides in oil prices have put some of Australia's biggest energy players under pressure and pushed the share market to its worst weekly performance in more than a month.

A major operator of car and truck dealerships says sales are performing well in a softer market.

Construction of a $63 million facility to house a space surveillance telescope being relocated from the US to Exmouth is expected to begin mid next year.

Perth-founded information technology firm Precise Business Solutions is making a name for itself on the global stage, having identified an opportunity in the software development space.

Insurance broker EBM has appointed a new leadership team and announced the retirement of long-standing managing director Jeff Adams at the end of this year.

A local software company and a Perth-based international mining consulting company have launched a new social media platform today they hope will revolutionize labour flexibility in the mining industry.

Western Australian jeweller Linneys has launched an online store to complement its bricks and mortar showrooms, making its high-end products available to a global audience for the first time.

Scope Systems has bought out NEC Australia's business-wide information management software in an agreement that significantly broadens the Perth technology operation's client base.

“Send smarter, contextualised location-based messages to your users today”.

President Xi Jinping of China is poised to sign a free trade agreement with Australia on Monday following the G20 summit in Brisbane, after nearly a decade of negotiations.

A fresh food market, an amphitheatre and a playground set among native gardens are among the amenities the state government revealed today for Perth's newest public plaza, Yagan Square.

In this week's Podcast, Mark Pownall, Mark Beyer and Shanna Crispin join James Lush to discuss mental health in the workplace, Perth house prices, “Aussie” John Symond, Murdoch University, ‘ethical' investing, WA's biggest private businesses, sporting venues and more.

Sandfire Resources has filed proceedings in the Federal Court against the Centre for Australian Ethical Research over media releases published on its website last month, which Sandfire argues contained “misleading and deceptive” information.

Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart is looking to expand her business empire with a $500 million bid to take advantage of booming demand for baby formula in China.

Support from Perth's corporate sector has helped provide a transport solution for Food Rescue, potentially doubling the amount of fresh food the organisation can collect from the central business district.

Diversified development giant Lend Lease is lukewarm about Australia's economy even though it is upbeat about local residential construction.

Australia's share market has opened slightly lower, with the major banks lower and the big miners mixed.

Global crude futures plunged to fresh lows Thursday amid a swamped market as US production hit a new record and the market mulled Saudi denials of a price war.

The Australian dollar has bounced back from its tumble after the Reserve Bank said it hasn't ruled out intervention to bring the currency lower.

Gold prices rose on Thursday, as investors reacted to reports of Russian troop movements in Ukraine and Moscow's threats to dispatch warplanes for maneuvers in the Gulf of Mexico.

This week's instalment from Peter Kennedy's Tales from Boom Town focuses on the extraordinary events that led to Colin Barnett becoming premier of WA.