Seven Western Australian business representative groups have come together in a united front against payroll tax, urging whichever party wins next month's state election to “lift the tax on jobs”.
WHK Group, which owns accounting firm Crowe Horwath, is evaluating a merger proposal from SFG Australia, which owns accounting and financial planning firms including Western Pacific and Shadforth.
Property developer and fund manager Aspen Group says its review of operations is on track despite the company recording a statutory loss of $18.3 million for the half-year to December 31.
Engineering and construction contractor Decmil Group has continued its expansion into the Queensland market with an agreement to acquire Brisbane based Eastcoast Development Engineering.
The Australian Greens say the federal government is likely to run out of time to introduce major media reforms, including a large regulator for the sector, ahead of the election.
Chevron Australia has struck a deal with Beach Energy that will see the US energy giant spend at least million and potentially as much as million on two onshore gas exploration fields.
Engineering and construction firm Monadelphous Group has won a $260 million contract with Rio Tinto, for works at the Western Turner Brockman iron ore development in the Pilbara.
Western Australia appears set to follow Victoria and opt out of Julia Gillard's proposed Gonski school reforms, if Premier Colin Barnett is re-elected in March.
In the face of a high dollar, Australian tourism chiefs are turning to multi-billion-dollar business events to lure more foreigners - and their cash - to our shores.
Ten Network Holdings shares are up in early trade as market players express hope that new management may improve the struggling free-to-air broadcaster's performance.
Nurses have accepted an in-principle offer of a 14 per cent pay increase over three years from Premier Colin Barnett, putting an end to bed closures and further strike action.
The Australian dollar is three quarters of a US cent higher following Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens' appearance before a federal parliamentary committee.
The mining industry has backed the Liberal Party's pledge to invest $20 million to ensure the continued growth of the resources sector in Western Australia if it wins next month's state election.
Australian Greens leader Christine Milne says the federal government's Gonski education reforms should be fast-tracked and the necessary funding drawn from a redesigned mining tax.
The boss of the national broadband network builder is open to a debate about alternative technologies for the future of Australia's telecommunications systems.
The leader of the West Australian nurses' union says he was sworn at in a confrontation with the head of the state's health department as nurses made further threats to strike at public hospitals o
Miners will be asked to relinquish leases on the Mitchell Plateau under the state opposition's plans to establish national parks in the Kimberley region.
