The local share market has closed higher for a third day, with gains for consumer companies and BHP outweighing losses by CSL and CBA trading ex-dividend.
Carnarvon Energy shares fell sharply after the explorer and joint venture partner Santos put a final investment decision for a significant WA oil development on ice.
M8 Sustainable has failed to raise the minimum $8 million it needed to complete its entitlement offer and pay its debts, throwing its capacity to operate as a going concern into doubt.
Tim Goyder-backed explorer DevEx Resources has raised $17.2 million to bankroll an expanded drilling programme at its Nabarlek uranium project in the Northern Territory.
Private company Heytesbury has cleared its first hurdle in an $8.5 million plan to modernise and expand the heritage-listed Margaret River Hotel, receiving the backing of the local council.
Premier Mark McGowan has been forced to defend his decision to attend a lavish Penfolds Grange wine tasting dinner at the Peppermint Grove mansion of millionaire property developer Nigel Satterley.
Balcatta-based civil contractor RJV has acquired competitor Buckby Contracting in a deal set to further strengthen the company's position in the Western Australian market.
Mining industry veteran Ian Burston, who held numerous executive and board roles in Western Australia across five decades and received multiple awards, has died aged 87.
Parliamentarians are questioning the governor-general's role in Scott Morrison's secret appointment to five additional portfolios while he was prime minister.
WA businesses plan to lift their salary budgets by 24 per cent to compete for talent and respond to inflation, according to a survey by professional services recruiter Robert Half.
Blood products and vaccines supplier CSL has reported a six per cent fall in annual profit and is tipping a slightly better earnings performance in 2022/23.
A redesign of the Karrinyup West apartments did little to sway Stirling councillors who stood firm in their opposition to the $390 million development.
BHP's petroleum boss Geraldine Slattery will lead the company's Australian operations, replacing Edgar Basto who will become the company's first chief operating officer.
Los Angeles-based street artist Thierry Guetta's first Australian solo exhibition, Perth is Beautiful, has raked in more than $1 million in sales since it opened at Gullotti Galleries last week.
Senior journalist Matt Mckenzie reflects on his recent visit to St Louis and what Perth's policymakers can learn from a city that once hosted the Olympics and is now in decline.
Premier Mark McGowan has staunchly defended the state government's blowout-marred Metronet program, as Perth's new $1.9 billion airport rail line opens two years behind schedule.
Two low-key Western Australian business people are set for a windfall outcome if a $1 billion takeover bid for Perth-founded mapping business Nearmap is successful.
