Perth universities have called for the completion of a clear and comprehensive strategy targeting international students before they would contribute more money to joint marketing of the city as a study destination.
A recently opened research and innovation centre at Curtin University is rapidly building interaction between big corporates, small businesses, academia and government.
Outgoing Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens has warned that any major boost to the economy might have to come from government spending rather than interest rates.
Released during July in Australia and other selected countries, Pokemon Go is a free-to-play augmented reality smartphone game developed in collaboration by Niantic, Nintendo and The Pokemon Company.
AGL Energy expects earnings to grow in the current financial year despite unseasonably warm weather at the start of the reporting period and fierce competition for customers.
Scarborough-based West African Resources has tapped investors for a $21 million capital raising to pay off debt and fund ongoing development of its Tanlouka gold project.
Heron Resources is the latest company to announce plans to spin-out its non-core assets into a new company, following similar recent movements by Metals X, TNG and Indiana Resources.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia chief executive Ian Narev has cited weak wages growth and political uncertainty as threats to Australia's economy, even as the country's biggest bank unveiled a seventh straight record profit of $9.45 billion.
Fairfax Media's new financial year has got off to a bumpy start, with its prized real estate advertising business, Domain, reporting a sharp slowdown in digital revenue growth.
The Australian dollar has rallied, with analysts tipping it to hit 77 US cents, as global risk appetite increases and after the greenback fell on weak US business productivity data.
Gold prices have edged higher as the US dollar slipped lower against a basket of currencies and concerns over the global economic outlook trumped some expectations that US Federal Reserve could raise interest rates this year.
Labor and banks head for collisionLabor leader Bill Shorten is using banks' reporting of profits to step up his campaign for a royal commission, demanding that the ‘‘greed
The Australian share market has closed slightly higher, with the big banks holding up the bourse in light trading following a weak lead from US markets
Rox Resources has received a competing offer for its stake in the Reward zinc project in the Northern Territory, with Marindi Metals saying its offer will expire at 5pm today if it is not accepted.
Brendon Grylls has snatched back leadership of the WA Nationals and will press the Barnett government to support his plan to slug BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto with a $5 per tonne mining tax.
The number of Western Australian listings for accommodation site Airbnb has more than doubled in 12 months, but that growth hadn't come at the expense of the hotel sector, Sam McDonagh told a Success & Leadership Breakfast today.
Construction contractor Laing O'Rourke and engineering firm AECOM have won a $25 million contract to upgrade the East Perth train station, which is expected to take on larger crowds when the new Perth Stadium opens next year.
The state government has unveiled a number of initiatives aimed at boosting tourism in Western Australia, including changes to cruise ship gambling rules and a $7.2 million promotion deal with Qantas.
