Gold has rallied to a 9-1/2-month high, breaching $US1,300 per ounce as the dollar fell and the euro rose after the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) said that the euro zone's economic recovery had taken hold at a meeting of central bankers.
Property prices ‘still too high'Housing Minister Peter Tinley will today outline how lower income earners are continuing to be priced out of the Perth property market d
The Australian dollar has surged against its US counterpart which has fallen further with Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen's making no mention of monetary policy at or since the Jackson Hole central bankers meeting.
US crude oil futures has fallen as Tropical Storm Harvey has kept hammering the US Gulf Coast, knocking out several refineries, which backed up crude supplies and disrupted fuel production.
Three interconnected waste management businesses in Perth face a sudden change of fortune after Aurigen Group went into voluntary administration, a Thai company bought the Brockwaste plant in Shenton Park, and listed company AnaeCo positioned itself to work on the planned restart of the plant.
The Australian share market has ended the day down, with a rise in global oil prices leading the energy sector higher but unable to offset broad-based losses.
Henderson-based shipbuilder Austal has returned to the black with a profitable 2017 financial year, driven in large part by a turnaround in its US operations.
The state government has named the 43 successful applicants that will share in about $5 million for exploration drilling programs, with over half of those being gold projects.
MMA Offshore has posted a $378 million loss for the 2017 financial year on the back of a huge impairment and the halving of revenue from its oil and gas-focused vessel operations.
SPECIAL REPORT: Property groups are chasing retail opportunities in Perth's CBD with a pipeline of upgrades and developments worth more than $250 million.
OPINION: Held hostage by an inequitable GST allocation system, WA risks losing its national place in the sport of rugby where the financial field is far from level.
Valerie Davies has a background in media and communications, but her public role today is as a board member of Cedar Woods, Event Hospitality & Entertainment, HBF and the WA Tourism Commission, as well as running her own consultancy.
Dacian Gold has lined up Zenith Energy to build, own and operate a gas-fired power station at its Mt Morgans gold project near Laverton, and signed a $57 million, 10-year contract with gas pipeline operator APA Group.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia will face an inquiry by the prudential regulator after a series of issues at the country's largest bank prompted concerns about its governance, culture and accountability.
Gold has firmed after US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen made no mention of monetary policy in her much-anticipated speech, while investors awaited clues from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi.
Harbour plan all at sea after faction's mutinyWA Labor's new factional force, “Progressive Labor”, flexed its muscle at the party's State conference at the weekend by s
Oil prices have risen nearly one per cent as the US dollar fell and the US Gulf Coast braced for Hurricane Harvey, on track to become the biggest storm to hit the United States mainland in more than a decade.
The Australian dollar is higher against its US counterpart after speeches at the Jackson Hole, Wyoming central bankers meeting disappointed with little on monetary policy, prompting the greenback to fall.
The McGowan government has announced the Wandoo minimum security prison will be returned to the public sector, despite an independent review this year finding private contractor Serco had met or exceeded expectations.
Profit at pastoral and winery business Heytesbury Holdings fell more than 57 per cent in the year to December 2016, to $11.7 million, on the back of lower revenue.
GR Engineering Services says it will continue to pursue legal action against Eastern Goldfields over its work at the Davyhurst operation, while also revealing it would defend Wolf Minerals' $12.2 million claim notice over a project in England.
Perth-based Automotive Holdings Group has delivered a lower full-year net profit result on the back of restructures and one-off costs associated with its refrigerated logistics business.
Some of the major players formerly behind essential oils business Mt Romance are involved in a new sandalwood player in Western Australia, which is half-owned by an indigenous group.
