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If stock market and property prices are to be believed, the international financial world is back to where it was seven years ago, which either means good times have returned or we are exactly where we were just before the 2008 GFC.

Government policy is forcing a shift in thinking for shopping centre developers.

Qantas has paid off $450 million in debt eight months early, leaving less debt to be repayed in the coming year.

Australia's jobless rate has remained steady, with the number of people dropping out of the labour market offsetting a fall in how many people are employed.

Emerald Oil & Gas intends to raise about $5.7 million through a placement to sophisticated investor clients of Perth stockbroking firm Euroz.

Mineral Resources announced today that it plans to use its 12 per cent stake in Aquila Resources to push for a role building and operating the proposed $7 billion West Pilbara iron ore project.

Western Australian Senator Michaelia Cash has defended the government's paid parental leave scheme as several Nationals senators say they will vote against it.

The share market has opened lower due to negative offshore leads and a downgrade to global economic growth forecasts.

The Australian dollar rose above 94 US cents after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand increased its cash rate.

The size of Canberra's bureaucracy and government financial support for some lobby groups can no longer be justified.

The Dow has snapped a four-day streak of record highs in a US equity retreat attributed in part to a shock Republican primary election and profit taking.

Oil prices finished somewhat higher following an unexpectedly large decline in US crude supplies and worsening turmoil in Iraq.

Nexus Energy shareholders have rejected Seven Group Holdings' $26.6 million takeover after the final proxy voting results were confirmed late yesterday.

Developers keen to get a slice of the Perth City Link are being sought by the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority, which has placed a pair of key vacant lots on the market.

The Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission has decided to increase the full time adult minimum wage and state awards by $20 per week.

The Australian share market has closed slightly lower as a weaker resources sector and low consumer confidence weighed on sentiment.

West Africa-focused explorer Minbos Resources is seeking to raise $1.7 million to pay down debts, renew exploration licences and progress the sale of its Kanzi phosphate project in the Democratic R

AVPartners has been appointed the in-house audiovisual service provider for Crown Perth, replacing incumbent provider Staging Connections.

Rabia Siddique has left a successful legal career to focus on a passionate pursuit of equality.

Construction of the $1.2 billion Perth Children's Hospital in Nedlands has passed a significant milestone, with the final concrete for the building poured.

The takeover bid for Aquila Resources took an unexpected turn today when a mystery buyer, believed to be Mineral Resources, spent about $192 million buying a large stake in the Perth company, paying well above the bid price.

Downer EDI's overburden removal contract at the Goonyella Riverside coal mine in Queensland has been terminated by BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance.

Applabs Technologies has picked up a $115,000 contract with Positiv Flo to develop an innovative new product with the health and fitness firm.

The share market is weaker than expected in early trade due to a fall in iron ore prices and weak consumer confidence.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry is concerned the Maritime Union of Australia's planned strike action at Onslow will trigger a domino effect of disruptions at the state's ports, affecting crucial links in the resources supply chain.

The Australian dollar hit a four-week high against the US dollar, helped by positive business confidence data and a recent run of good Chinese economic figures.

Oil prices have dipped on the eve of OPEC's meeting to decide crude output levels and ahead of the weekly report on US crude inventories.

Business leaders and politicians says all the right things in terms of women's ascension up the corporate and political ladders, but what's really being done to make it happen?

The Dow has edged to a new record as markets essentially moved sideways with low trading volumes.

Liberal backbencher Rob Johnson is not at risk of being expelled from the party, Premier Colin Barnett says.

Nexus Energy shares have slumped more than 20 per cent as investors worry their shareholdings could be worthless within 48 hours.

A fall in consumer confidence in Western Australia is further evidence that federal and state budgets have hit taxpayer sentiment hard, Member for Perth Alannah MacTiernan says.