No one in Western Australia needs to be told we have become one of the world's most expensive locations, but two recent events highlight how the state has become so uncompetitive it is exporting mining jobs to Britain.
The central bank has kept the cash rate unchanged at a record low of 2.75 per cent at its July board meeting, with the outlook for the global economy looking a bit better.
Former Western Australian government minister Alannah MacTiernan says she'll decide in the next 48 hours whether to nominate as Labor's candidate for Stephen Smith's federal seat of Perth.
The Australian share market has opened significantly higher as positive manufacturing data out of the United States and Europe improved investor confidence.
The Australian dollar has firmed as the gloomiest US manufacturing employment news since 2009 convinced traders the US Federal Reserve may delay winding back its stimulus measures.
US stocks have spent the day in positive territory on generally strong manufacturing data, although leading indices closed well below their intraday highs.
The deal-making environment in Western Australia is as challenging as ever, as the once-buoyant mining sector recalibrates to the so-called ‘new normal', which appears to be the old normal as far a
The new-found restraint characterising chief executive salaries has not extended to Kerry Stokes' Seven Group Holdings, which has announced that new boss Don Voelte could earn $7.2 million each yea
The state environmental regulator has given its nod to a 10-year plan for managing the South West, which sets aside nearly two-thirds of the region's forests to be protected.
The Browse Basin is pivotal to the nation's future gas production amid expectations that global demand will double within 17 years, a senior energy figure says.
Information technology services firm ASG Group has announced its third significant contract win in less than a month, this time an $11.3 million deal with the Department of Housing.
Rey Resources has reached agreement to sell its Duchess Paradise coal project in the Canning Basin to its Hong Kong-based major shareholder for $21 million.
Perth median home values remained among the fastest growing in Australia over the past 12 months, despite staying largely steady over June, analysts say.
US stocks closed mostly lower on Friday after a three-day rally, with shares of BlackBerry hammered as the struggling phone maker reported a surprise quarterly loss.
The Australian dollar has fallen close to 91 US cents after a member of the US Federal Reserve board of governors suggested American stimulus measures could be eased from September.
