The West Coast Eagles have scored two significant wins in less than 24 hours, with the team extending its sponsorship agreement with insurer SGIO after defeating Geelong at Domain Stadium last night.
In this Business News podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss resources contracts, unemployment, solar power, BHP, CEO sleepout and apartment developments.
Brazil-focused gold explorer Crusader Resources has recommended shareholders accept an all-scrip takeover offer from AIM-listed Stratex International, that values the target at $54 million.
Perth MP claims CBD a red tape dead zoneNew MP for Perth John Carey has labelled the CBD “dead” and boring during an impassioned plea for red tape to be slashed to help
Oil prices have settled lower for a second straight day, with the market unable to rebound from Wednesday's decline on the back of a surprise build in US petrol inventories and ongoing worries about heavy global supply.
Gold has fallen to a three-week low, weighed down by a stronger US dollar as investors began to assess the potential for another US rate hike later in the year, supported by data showing a strong US jobs market.
A South Korean consortium has emerged as the likely new owner of troubled steelmaker Arrium after being chosen as the preferred bidder by the Whyalla-based company's administrators.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service officially opened its new aviation and engineering facility this morning, which was funded by a $3.9 million Lotterywest grant and donations from Western Australians.
The chief executive of medical cannabis company AusCann Group Holdings has received a boost to her salary package, which will net her about $360,000 in cash for FY17.
Perth Thunder is celebrating recent wins both on and off the ice, with national finals in sight and the signing of its first naming rights sponsor last month.
Perth's CBD office market is emerging from its longest cyclical downturn since the early 1990s, according to one of the city's largest commercial landlords.
Pilbara Minerals has announced another capital raising, this time by way of a placement and share purchase plan, to fund development of its Pilgangoora lithium project.
Family business owners who enjoy their work and achieve good results are more likely to implement a succession plan, a long-term study of the sector has found.
Concrete construction group Whittens has won a contract to provide its services to the construction of cryogenic tanks at the Ichthys LNG project in Darwin for an undisclosed sum.
A joint venture between Civmec and Amec Foster Wheeler has been formally awarded a $298 million engineering, procurement and construction contract for Gold Road Resources' Gruyere gold project.
An unexpected surge in full-time employment has driven Australia's jobless rate to a four-year low, meaning a Reserve Bank interest rate cut is now off the table, economists say.
Rooftop solar panels cut peak electricity demand last summer by 7 per cent and their growing popularity is reshaping consumption patterns, potentially at higher cost to electricity generators, a new report has found.
Energy target raises WA power price fearWA MPs are calling for Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg to explain how the State's electricity network would be affected
Crude oil prices have slumped nearly 4 per cent to their lowest close in seven months, hit by an unexpected large build in petrol inventories and an international outlook that suggests a big increase in supply in the coming year.
Gold has turned negative after the Federal Reserve increased interest rates but was less dovish than expected following a two-day meeting, and the US dollar sharply pared its losses against a basket of major currencies.
