Struggling RV and accommodation business Fleetwood Corporation has made a pre-emptive move to avoid a board spill, after a major shareholder took steps to call a general meeting.
Entrepreneur lunch: Navitas managing director Rod Jones recently found a simple way to end in-house confusion about his phased handover to successor David Buckingham.
Entrepreneur lunch: Coogee Chemicals executive director Gordon Martin struck a chord at this year's Entrepreneur of the Year lunch when he said all businesses needed to re-engineer their cost structure every few years.
The auditor general of Western Australia has found about 785 artworks of the state's $300 million collection is at risk of damage or loss due to inadequate storage, conservation and monitoring by the Art Gallery of WA.
Despite adding 8,300 jobs in April, Western Australia has retained the highest unemployment rate in the country, according to latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
A renewed activist focus on the carbon sequestration efforts on Barrow Island is, like many populist arguments these days, abusing language to stir up emotions.
The federal government has endorsed changes to the livestock export industry designed to improve animal welfare but the WA government says it may still try to ban live sheep exports to the Middle East during the northern hemisphere summer.
David Flanagan-led Battery Minerals has boosted its coffers with a $20 million capital raising to fund construction of its Montepuez graphite project in Mozambique.
Kidman Resources has signed a three-year offtake agreement with Tesla for the supply of lithium hydroxide, less than two weeks after announcing Kwinana as the site for a new lithium refinery.
Tungsten Mining has announced a $47 million capital raising to progress studies at its Mt Mulgine project in the Murchison region in Western Australia.
Atlas Iron will record a non-cash impairment of up to $100 million in its full-year results after rising costs led to an operating loss in its third quarter.
Oil prices have gained ground, shaking off the effects of a strengthening dollar, after an inventory report showed US crude and petrol stocks fell more than expected.
First State Super has made its first major investment in Western Australia, with the Sydney-based superannuation fund signing a $190 million funding agreement with Sirona Capital for the Kings Square Fremantle redevelopment.
WA Symphony Orchestra has deep roots planted firmly across Western Australia, having spent 90 years connecting with communities beyond its core audience of classical music aficionados.
PACT Construction has secured an $11.5 million state government contract for the second stage of construction at Aspiri Primary School in the south-east of Perth.
Melbourne-based P2P Transport has announced plans to acquire Black & White Cabs, which has operations in Western Australia, in a cash and scrip deal worth $8.1 million.
Sheffield Resources has signed a 20-year access agreement with the Port of Derby, allowing the company to export from its planned Thunderbird mineral sands project, located on the Dampier Peninsula.
The board of Tap Oil has recommended shareholders reject a $29.8 million takeover from major shareholder Risco Energy Investments, saying the proposal is opportunistic and undervalues the company.
The $5 billion Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund has finalised its second deal, providing nearly $30 million to a barramundi farm in the Northern Territory, two weeks after chair Sharon Warburton stepped down.
A Singaporean investment manager has bought the Sunmoon Boutique Resort in Scarborough for $8.3 million, with plans to transform the property into one of Australia's first build-to-rent projects.
Australian shares have opened slightly higher, shrugging off a fall on Wall Street overnight, helped by overnight gains in oil prices and a lift in mining stocks as the Aussie dollar falls
