Junior miners Draig Resources and Capricorn Metals will tap investors in separate capital raisings as both companies advance their respective Western Australian gold projects.
The dairy sector needs a mandatory code of conduct to give farmers more bargaining power and to prevent chaos like that spawned by surprise cuts to the farmgate milk price in 2016, the competition watchdog says.
Fortescue Metals Group has announced major changes to its leadership, with a new chief executive taking the reins and its directors taking a hands-on role to support an updated strategy that focuses on producing more higher-grade iron ore.
Australian shares have opened sharply lower, weighed down by major falls across the banks after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced a royal commission into misconduct in the nation's financial sector.
The Australian dollar is lower still against a weaker US counterpart which lost gains made after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen spoke of continued US economic expansion and GDP was revised higher.
Oil prices have dipped in a volatile session buffeted by conflicting statements from oil ministers a day ahead of OPEC's meeting in Vienna, as members debate the path for an extension of the group's supply-cut agreement.
Gold prices have fallen, as global stocks hover near record highs making the safe-haven asset less attractive, and upbeat US growth data prompt an earlier rise in the US dollar and US Treasury yields.
A new report has challenged the accepted wisdom that Western Australia has a boom-bust economy that rises and falls on the back of the resources sector.
Embattled MP Barry Urban has quit the WA Labor Party amid a scandal over the legitimacy of his CV, but still wants to represent the Darling Range community.
The state government has moved to terminate a state agreement with Mitsubishi Corporation and Buru Energy that was enacted in 2013 when there were high hopes that fracking in the Kimberley's Canning Basin would lead to development of major onshore gas projects.
Three Western Australian projects with a focus on clean energy technology, including an artificial reef in Exmouth, will share in $4.8 million funding announced by National Energy Resources Australia today.
Local contractor EC&M has been awarded the electrical, instrumentation and controls construction contract for Chinese company Tianqi Lithium's $400 million processing facility in Kwinana.
The trouble-plagued and long-delayed Perth Children's Hospital will be ready for its first patients in May, more than two years after its intended opening date.
IT services provider Empired has flagged modest results for the first half of the financial year due to a drop in public sector revenue in New Zealand.
Independent Perth theatre company The Last Great Hunt is seeking to grow its presence in its hometown and strengthen its ties to the business community with the launch of a new donor circle and a crowdfunding campaign.
Treasurer Ben Wyatt says the state government will drop its proposal for a gold royalty hike after a revised plan was blocked in the Legislative Council last night.
AGL Energy has announced it will donate $600,000 across three years to Surf Life Saving Western Australia (SLWA) to provide new equipment and funding to 31 clubs across the state.
RAC has announced that it will partner with French autonomous vehicle manufacturer Navya and the state government to trial driverless vehicles on Perth streets next year.
Engineering contractor RCR Tomlinson has secured a $33 million contract to design and construct a five-kilometre relocatable conveyor system for Fortescue Metals Group.
Australian shares have registered strong gains in early trade as local investors follow the cue from Wall Street, where indices hit fresh highs overnight.
The Australian dollar has fallen against its US counterpart which rebounded overnight following a mix of positive data and a confirmation hearing for US Federal Reserve chair nominee, Jerome Powell.
Oil prices have eased, weighed down by uncertainty over the outcome of an OPEC meeting this week at which an extension to its price-supporting oil output cuts will be discussed.
Telethon Kids Institute researchers have been awarded more than $8 million in project grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to fight childhood illnesses.
Funding is the biggest issue within the healthcare sector and is the one thing that keeps burns surgeon Fiona Wood awake at night, attendees at a Business News Success & Leadership breakfast heard this morning.
The state government will draft amendments to the Mining Act that validate granted tenements, in the wake of the High Court's recent ruling that kept sand mining off Andrew Forrest's family pastora
