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Investors across Australia have backed Primewest's ambitions to expand its offering via an ASX listing, with the company confirming it has raised its targeted $100 million.

Victoria-based online mediation and arbitration service Immediation will officially launch in Western Australia on November 20, on the back of $1.8 million partially raised from local investors.

A recycling and waste management business led by Bob McKinnon and Tom Rudas has kicked off plans for a stock market listing, with the company hoping to “supercharge” its growth and turn recent loss

Today's decision by the state government to increase the payroll tax exemption threshold has been welcomed by industry bodies.

OPINION: Businesses that place emphasis on corporate social responsibility, or CSR, are attracting a growing share of consumer goodwill and spending.

Biotech company Phylogica has announced plans to raise $26.8 million through a rights issue, fully underwritten by chairman and major shareholder Alan Tribe, with the proceeds used primarily to fund preclinicial studies for its leading drug molecule.

Cedar Woods Properties has acquired a 43-hectare site in Melbourne's north for $56.65 million to accommodate a master planned community of more than 500 lots.

Nickel-explorer St George Mining has completed an institutional-led placement to raise $5.8 in funding for its flagship project at Mt Alexander, in the north-eastern Goldfields of Western Australia.

Australia's peak medical group has released its latest annual scorecard on private health insurance and warned the country's private health system is on a "precipice".

Mineral sands producer Iluka Resources is reviewing what to do with a royalty it holds on BHP's iron ore operations in Western Australia.

The Australian share market has fallen after a morning of choppy trade, with ANZ bank dragging down the heavyweight financial sector.

Payroll change equals pay day

Oil prices extended losses overnight after a steep US crude inventory build added to worries about a possible delay in resolving the US-China trade conflict which has hurt global oil demand.

Gold rose overnight on expectations of an interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve but bullion held a tight range as caution set in with investors awaiting clarity on the central bank's future monetary policy.

The founder of a company commercialising technology to make fabric from beer and wine has resigned from his role as chief scientific officer.

The Australian share market has snapped seven days of gains with a major sell-off that left every sector in the red.

Perth-based mining services company Mader Group has recorded annual revenue growth of 46 per cent, to $228.6 million, in its first annual report since listing on the ASX.

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation will receive an extra $1 billion in federal funding for a 'green bank' to invest in pumped hydro power, batteries, and gas energy projects.

Modec International has been selected to build a floating production platform for the Barossa gas project, beating a consortium of Technip and Samsung, with gas to be piped to backfill the Darwin LNG plant.

Welshpool-based company Westforce Construction has been chosen to design and build two new car parks at Meltham and Ashfield train stations.

Wesfarmers' newly announced partnership with Rowing WA is part of a broad range of sports-related community programs gaining popularity in WA.

There's a seismic shift happening in hospitality and Perth has an opportunity to become a culinary destination, according to George Kailis.

Bibra Lake-based Aurora Labs has announced plans to raise $4 million through a placement, primarily to accelerate the commercialisation of its 3D printers.

The state government's stimulus of the apartments sector has been welcomed by industry, but project eligibility and its likely effect on new home builds are being questioned.

Annual inflation inched higher to 1.7 per cent in the September quarter amid signs the lower Australian dollar is helping offset the impact of soft consumer demand.

Woolworths underpaid its employees by as much as $300 million over almost a decade, only discovering it had been keeping the cash when shocked store managers complained they were earning less than their staff.

BHP, Rio emissions claims media ‘sugar hits': Forrest

Oil prices were mixed overnight, paring earlier steep losses as investors focused on signs that US-China trade tensions could ease next month and expectations that US refined product stockpiles declined last week.

Gold fell to a one-week low overnight as hopes for a US-China trade deal buoyed risk sentiment while gold investors will watch how other financial markets react to this week's Federal Reserve meeting at which the central bank is widely expected to cut US interest rates.

Murdoch University and the University of Western Australia have confirmed they are in the early stages of planning new campuses in Perth's CBD, while Murdoch is also partnering with Spacecubed to launch a teaching and events space on St Georges Terrace.

Perth-based Wright Prospecting has confirmed its status as one of the country's most profitable companies, lifting its annual earnings on the back of higher iron ore prices and paying a whopping $172 million dividend to its owners.

Surveying firm Veris Australia has announced the appointment of Michael Shirley as its new chief executive, replacing Brian Elton who led the company in an interim role since October last year.