Global traders have fled growth assets like copper and oil for the safety of gold, punishing Australian energy stocks while lifting fuel-dependent airlines and gold miners.
A ‘smart' irrigation system using weather forecasts and soil moisture readings to adjust watering is one of four City of Perth projects set to get underway after a $1.3 million federal government grant was secured.
Commercial property agency Sheffield Property Group has established an asset management division in anticipation of increased transactional activity in Perth's office market in 2019.
A Chinese banking crisis that leads to a significant economic downturn might considerably delay Fremantle harbour reaching its container capacity, while other scenarios might accelerate traffic, according to previously unpublished economic modelling by Deloitte.
Diversified contractor Lendlease has secured a $53.2 million state government contract to provide maintenance services for the Graham Farmer Freeway tunnel for the next six years.
Finbar Group is embroiled in a court battle over whether it has to tell potential buyers of apartments at its $50 million Palmyra project that the D'Orsogna factory across the road may produce bad smells.
Former Synergy executive Stephanie Unwin is set to lead regional energy retailer Horizon Power next year, while Screenwest, SNC-Lavalin, Worksafe WA and Destination Perth have also announced significant appointments.
Andrew Forrest's agribusiness portfolio is set for a big expansion, with his Harvest Road Group planning a 60,000 head per year cattle development worth up to $50 million in the wheatbelt.
National Australia Bank is scrapping its overhauled executive pay structure in response to an overwhelming first strike in which more than 80 per cent of shareholders voted against it.
The nation's banking regulator says it will remove a cap on interest-only loans for residential property, on the grounds that the measure had reached its objective of curbing higher-risk lending practices.
Reform to cut the government's dependence on income and company taxes remains a high priority for Australia, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, while contingency plans are urgently needed in case of a sustained fall in house prices.
It has taken over 15 years, but Perth-based medical technology company Proteomics International is now launching a commercial product targeted at the US.
Gold firmed near a one-week high as investors cast doubts over the pace of interest rate hikes next year by the US Federal Reserve which kicked off its two-day meeting earlier in the day.
The benchmark S&P 500 stock index has ended little changed in a choppy trading session on Tuesday as the possibility of a partial US government shutdown raised investor jitters ahead of a highly anticipated meeting of the Federal Reserve.
Oil prices tumbled more than five per cent overnight, falling for the third straight session as the market grappled with reports that US supply would continue to surge even if demand weakens as global growth deteriorates, which many expect.
Acclaimed international architecture group WOHA has landed in Perth, providing design works for Mustera Property Group's $105 million Forbes Residences proposal in Applecross.
Losses across the board dragged the Australian share market lower, with energy stocks weighing the heaviest amid looming interest rate hikes in the US and tumbling oil prices.
Private equity investor Potentia Capital has acquired a majority stake in Nedlands-based Micromine, eight months after the mining software developer hired PwC to find a new owner.
Domestic gas has started flowing from Woodside Petroleum's Pluto plant near Karratha today, around six years after LNG exports from the facility got under way.
WestStar Industrial has won a $4.5 million contract with Rio Tinto for works at the Cape Lambert port facility, taking the local contractor's order book to $30 million.
After being "bashed" for nine miserable months on the field and off it, Australia have defeated India by 146 runs in Perth to celebrate their first Test win under Tim Paine and Justin Langer.
The state government has announced a delay of up to 12 months at the Forrestfield-Airport Link due to tunneling issues, but says the rail project's $1.9 billion budget will not be impacted.
Mission Australia and APM are planning to recruit 370 people in Western Australia after being selected earlier this month as local area coordinators by the National Disability Insurance Agency.
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