The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept the cash rate unchanged at 3.85 per cent, shocking markets which predicted a 90 per cent chance of a 25 basis point cut.
Mineral Resources chair Malcolm Bundey will review the planned departure of Chris Ellison from the company, in a move which gives a glimmer of hope to the founder's supporter base.
Wall Street's major indexes closed sharply lower overnight, after US president Donald Trump announced hefty tariffs against Japan, South Korea and other trading partners.
Union figures have warned a decision against BHP in Queensland will have ramifications for Australian mining, after a win which will cost the miner millions in wages.
Heidelberg has lost its bid to review the state's peak planning body's decision over its Perth concrete batching plant, after a tribunal dismissed its application.
The Australian share market has slipped from the record levels set last week amid more uncertainty over Donald Trump's trade wars and ahead of the Reserve Bank's latest decision on interest rates.
Shadow Treasurer Sandra Brewer has slammed the Western Australian government for its pursuit of “pet projects” and its “willingness to spend whatever it takes” to deliver them.
UPDATE: Four councillors have resigned from the City of Nedlands council which will prompt the state government to send in a commissioner to take over the local government.
West Perth-based explorer Antipa Minerals has announced plans to raise $40 million, in order to accelerate development of its Minyari gold-copper project in Western Australia.
ANALYSIS: The ABS recently released updated data on the national workforce, revealing that 6.5 per cent of employed Australians now hold more than one job.
GOLD WRAP: Northern Star Resources' flagship Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines missed its revised full-year sales target, while Ramelius Resources hit a major milestone for the first time.
New Mineral Resources chair Malcolm Bundey says the appointment of two experienced professionals to the company's board is a reflection of "my immediate priorities as chair".
Wall Street rallied to record highs after a surprisingly strong US jobs report cheered investors, who shrugged off dimming chances for a US interest rate cut this month.
Idiosyncratic Cottesloe fund manager Packer & Co has reduced its exposure to the US stock market and pivoted funds to Asia to offset the impacts of global trade tensions.
The Federal Court of Australia has dismissed the corporate watchdog's action against thermal coal company TerraCom and its staff including former chair Wal King.
The local share market has finished above 8,600 for the first time ever after a stronger-than-expected US jobs report reaffirmed the strength of the world's largest economy.
The state's highest court has ordered FTD founder Ricky Hirsch to give up his Marmion properties to a creditor, the latest in a legal dispute over an alleged multi-million-dollar debt.
