The Barnett government and the Labor opposition have put forward their competing plans to better protect subcontractors and ensure they are paid for their involvement on government contracts.
A recent move by the federal government to include distillers in a tax rebate scheme for breweries is a step in the right direction, but not a total fix.
UnitingCare West has made a creative and confronting statement with its 2016 Winter Appeal, which features an eye-catching shop window display in Forrest Chase across the Perth train station overpass.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut interest rates to an all-time low, but already economists are wondering if more will be needed to get the country's economy moving.
Fertiliser and property magnate Vikas Rambal is making a move into renewable energy, buying a 50 per cent stake in Enigin WA, which will build the state's largest built environment solar panel installation at his Northam Boulevard shopping centre.
Navitas managing director Rod Jones has described the company's latest profit report as a good, solid set of results, despite being adversely affected by the closure of two colleges.
Prominent businessman Ian Middlemas will now chair 11 companies concurrently after replacing Craig Burton as chairman of niobium hopeful Cradle Resources.
Seven West Media shares fell more than 15 per cent after the company forecast a big drop in earnings for the year ahead because of a still-softer advertising market and the cost of broadcasting the Olympics.
Leadership WA chief executive officer, Robin McClellan, spent 10 minutes discussing leadership with Chief Justice Wayne Martin, who says he believes in leading by example.
US crude has tumbled below $US40 per barrel for the first time since April, as oil prices settled down more than three per cent on heightened worries of a crude glut despite peak northern summer fuel demand.
Gold is little changed, hovering just below the prior session's near three-week top as investors cut expectations for a US interest rate rise in the near term.
Treasurer gives nod to rate cutTreasurer Scott Morrison has effectively endorsed another Reserve Bank of Australia interest rate cut today to help the nation shake off wea
One Nation candidate Rodney Culleton and the Greens' Rachel Siewert have won the final two out of the 12 Western Australian Senate seats, joining five Liberals, four Labor and one other Green, the Australian Electoral Commission says.
The Australian share market has closed at its highest point in a year despite running out of steam in late trading, partly driven by expectations of an interest rate cut on Tuesday.
An increase in office vacancies in Perth's CBD has shifted the market dynamic clearly in favour of tenants, but despite a historically high level of empty floors, there is little choice for companies that need a lot of space.
Water Corporation CEO Sue Murphy was Business News's luncheon guest at the newly re-opened Julio's restaurant, where a range of business and personal topics was on the menu.
Perth's commercial property sector is reeling from the simultaneous downturn in iron ore and oil and gas, but the WA capital is not alone among global resources hubs.
