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The widespread use of herbicides such as glyphosate to control weeds in cropping systems has proved to be comparatively cheap and effective over many years, and the only practical solution for WA farmers.

Shareholder activists have failed in their attempt to get BHP to quit industry lobbying groups that didn't back strong action on climate change, but still are hailing the result of the vote

Mining & Process Solutions has won the top prize at this year's Innovator of the Year awards, with an environmentally friendly, cost-efficient new process for the mining industry.

The Australian share market has had its best day in nearly 10 weeks, with every sector except energy posting strong gains.

West Perth-based APM has been forced to lift the value of its takeover offer for Konekt by 30 per cent after a competing bidder lodged a proposal for the ASX-listed health solutions provider.

The Agency has been appointed to manage Aspen Group's recently acquired $20 million Perth rental portfolio.

The Conservation Council WA has ramped up its continuing criticism of the LNG industry, with a report released today arguing other parts of the state's economy will have an “impossible ask” to reduce emissions to compensate for recent petroleum developments assuming the national target is applied uniformly.

Perenti Global will reassess the security situation in the West African nation of Burkina Faso following a deadly attack on its employees and other local workers.

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission announced today it has banned Element Finance Group director Tim Zheng from engaging in credit activities for at least three years.

The West Australian Ballet has announced it will tour China with a performance of ‘Giselle' in October of next year, as part of the company's recently announced 2020 season.

Entrepreneurs across Australia are dipping a toe in new waters as the term ‘blue economy' surges into the business world.

Flight Centre says its travel business is experiencing turbulence, with its profit for the first four months of the financial year well down on the same time last year, even as total transaction value increased.

NAB will pay a reduced final dividend after its full-year profit dropped 10.6 per cent to $5.1 billion, dragged down by its retail and wealth unit along with $1.1 billion in remediation provisions.

The Australian share market has opened higher despite a mixed lead from Wall Street, with tech shares helped higher by a strong first-half result for Xero.

Budget trouble as lithium loses its spark

Oil prices fell overnight after a much larger than expected build in US crude inventories and after Reuters reported that the signing of a US-China trade deal could be delayed until December.

Gold prices rose overnight, a day after sliding 2.0 per cent, as doubts about a US-China trade breakthrough buoyed demand for the safe-haven metal.

New car sales across Australia have gone backwards for the 19th month in a row, the country's peak motor industry group says, with sales in Western Australia also down sharply.

NEC Australia has been contracted to deliver ICT services to the WA Police Force and the state's major hospitals, with the two agreements collectively worth up to $97 million over seven years.

The Australian share market has wiped out all of its gains from its three-day winning streak, and then some.

Wesfarmers subsidiary Evol LNG has announced plans to upgrade its liquefied natural gas plant in Kwinana to increase production capacity by 40 per cent.

Virgin Australia says it will retire five ageing aircraft and reduce domestic capacity by 2 per cent in the first half of next year, including scrapping two services to Perth, as it focuses on more profitable routes.

OPINION: China is developing even faster than some might realise, offering Aussie brands a big opportunity.

Engineering group Clough's joint venture with Madrid-based ACCIONA has secured works for the construction of a bridge over the new Koodaideri railway.

Two researchers based at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research will join the Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology as part of a $35 million investment courtesy of the Australian Research Council.

Subiaco's apartments market is running hot, with Blackburne racking up rapid sales success at its $280 million One Subiaco development and boutique developer Celtic Properties launching an 82-dwelling development on Roydhouse Street.

The new chair of Woods Bagot's Perth studio wants to bring a distinctly local focus to the global architecture firm.

Australia's financial and consumer watchdogs aren't happy with Facebook's proposed global digital currency Libra, also known as the "Zuck Buck".

Boral says first-quarter earnings have dipped across all three of the building materials maker's divisions, reaffirming guidance for a full-year profit drop of between five and 15 per cent.

The Australian share market is trading flat, having given up its morning gains in a repeat of the previous day's session.

What world's biggest trade deal means to Australia

Oil prices rose more than 1.0 per cent overnight on hopes for a US-China trade agreement and optimism that the US could roll back some tariffs on Chinese imports.