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Buyers have rushed to grab a slice of one of South Perth's planned residential towers, with more than 60 per cent of the apartments on offer at Finbar Group's Aurelia selling in the first weekend o

Car makers and the component industry will get to keep $500 million in funding after a backdown by the Abbott government.

The Australian sharemarket is higher buoyed by strength from the major banks and despite weakness in the resources sector.

The Australian dollar is firmer as traders seek profit by selling a recently resurgent greenback.

Wall Street stocks have notched solid gains following the launch of Apple's smartwatch and a General Motors announcement of $US5 billion ($A6.4 billion) in share buybacks.

Oil prices have finished mixed in a market held back by a strong US dollar and persistent concerns about the global oversupply of crude.

Gold has steadied as the US dollar rally paused and European shares fell, but it remains near a three-month low after a US jobs report boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates soon.

Australia's largest privately owned vessel hire and offshore marine services group, Bhagwan Marine, has launched its own subsea division.

WA has achieved a balanced position on privatisation of public assets, but the anti-sale voices are getting louder, unfortunately.

LAUNCHED just four months ago, Food Rescue's cargo carts initiative is gaining momentum, almost tripling the numbers of volunteers and hatching plans to further expand into West Perth.

Not for profits are finding new ways to engage the corporate sector, but the challenge is to get results for all.

Viento Group has announced it will attempt to raise up to $7.23 million through a rights issue pitched at less than half its current share price.

Tensions between WA's major iron ore producers and their smaller competitors will be on show at a major conference this week.

The Australian share market has tumbled, with investors wary of increased chances of an interest rate hike in the US.

CI Resources will investigate new investment opportunities in the palm oil, phosphate and fertiliser industries, following its compulsory acquisition of all remaining shares in Phosphate Resources.

One small step for National Australia Bank has become a giant leap for gender equality, after it became the latest company to offer lengthy paid parental leave to new dads.

Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group is calling on business leaders to create more opportunities for indigenous Australians to end the jobs' disparity.

Tony Abbott says his government has no plans to allow young people to use superannuation to buy their first home - but is happy for the idea to be debated.

Four toxic cane toads have been found in a truck carrying sandalwood at a Perth freight depot.

Junking Centrelink's antiquated computer system could save taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said in Perth today.

West Perth- based explorer Sheffield Resources will sell its Oxley potash project, near Geraldton, to South Australian Centrex Metals for $2.5 million.

Fresh analysis has shed new light on the long-running debate over whether Perth is heading for a glut of apartments.

Perth house sales increased during the month of February but overall turnover was down on the same time last year, according to figures released by the Real Estate Institute of WA.

Ice skating is on its way back to Fremantle, with the PopcornX Winter Festival returning to the port city after a two-year hiatus.

Buru Energy has announced the signing of a native title agreement with the Nyikina Mangala and Karajarri Yanja people, an important step in moving to full production at its Ungani oil project joint

Job advertisements have risen for the ninth month in a row, but ANZ Banking Group still expects the Reserve Bank of Australia to cut interest rates at its next meeting.

Alcoa of Australia has signalled its long-term commitment to Western Australia, signing a new gas supply agreement with Santos at the same time as a review revealed the global aluminium giant is considering big job cuts.

The Australian sharemarket has fallen after US markets closed lower on increased prospects of an American interest rate rise.

Not every economist buys the theory that that deflation leads to deferment of consumption, and is inherently a ‘bad thing'.

Gold has fallen nearly three per cent to a three-month low after stronger-than-expected US non-farm payrolls fuelled expectation the Federal Reserve will raise rates sooner rather than later, and the US dollar jumped to an 11-and-a-half-year high.

The Australian dollar has sunk to its lowest level in six years following surprisingly strong US jobs figures.

Asset sales, cost cutting and restructuring are under way across WA, creating opportunities for professional services firms. Click through to see details of more than 30 privatisation deals in WA, from 1961 to the present day.