Gold has risen to its highest in nearly 10 months after US jobs growth slowed more than expected in August, but pared gains when investors judged that the figures were unlikely to change the outlook for US interest rate rises.
WA Libs press for fiscal secessionThe West Australian Liberal Party will explore what it would take to make the state financially independent from the rest of Australia
The Australian dollar is higher against its US counterpart which itself has lifted against a basket of currencies despite disappointing key US jobs figures.
The Australian share market has closed slightly higher on Friday after strong gains on Thursday, with heavyweight Commonwealth Bank weighing on the index and blood products and vaccines giant CSL providing some lift.
PHOTO ESSAY: Researchers from Curtin University's School of Marketing, in partnership with the Curtin HIVE (Hub for Immersive Visualisation and eResearch), recently held one of the first studies of its kind to explore the effects of sensory cues in retail stores on consumer emotions.
Former Horizon Power chair Brendan Hammond and MercyCare director Rebecca Tomkinson have been appointed to chair the Pilbara and Wheatbelt development commissions, respectively.
Metals X says the recent closure and subsequent reopening of its Nifty copper mine will dent production for the quarter, but it has maintained its full-year target.
Telstra boss Andrew Penn will take home $5.2 million this year, almost $1.6 million less than he did a year ago, as the telco's plunging share price weighs on his share entitlements.
Qantas will conduct a 12-month trial of discounted airfares for six regional centres in Western Australia, following a similar move by Regional Express in July.
Probuild has today started construction work on Sirona Capital's $270 million Kings Square Fremantle renewal project, which will comprise a mix of commercial office and retail space, as well as a new administration and civic centre for the City of Fremantle.
Perth house prices took another hit last month, with the median slipping 0.8 per cent as the combined value of the nation's capital cities edged 0.1 per cent higher.
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Marine technology company VEEM has delivered its first full-year results since listing on the ASX in October, with a better-than-expected normalised profit.
Australian shares have opened higher, boosted by a strong overnight lead from Wall Street, with the local market currently on track to recover the week's losses.
GST increase key for new political partyOne of Perth's top businessmen has revealed WA business leaders are behind a political party that is being set up to fight for a
Petrol futures have surged more than 13 per cent, and crude oil has settled nearly 3 per cent higher, as almost a quarter of US refining capacity remained offline and traders scrambled to reroute millions of barrels of fuel.
The founders of four Western Australian businesses, in industries ranging from mining software and horticulture to construction and industrial equipment, have been selected as finalists in the 2017 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year awards.
Two low-profile manufacturers that jointly employ more than 1,000 people in Western Australia are set to come under single ownership after the competition watchdog approved the purchase by US company Tronox of Cristal's titanium dioxide business.
Heavy equipment supplier Emeco Holdings has its sights set on a positive year ahead, after narrowing its net loss to $180 million following a year of write-downs and the completion of a three-way merger.
An inspection on 13 local building projects that sourced materials from the Chinese supplier of roof panels for the Perth Children's Hospital, which were later found to contain asbestos, has produced no trace of the deadly material.
Georgiou Group has started preliminary construction work on a new $150 million direct factory outlet near Perth Airport, which will include 120 specialty stores.
Blackham Resources has locked in a $72 million funding deal with US-based investment group Lind Partners, which will be used to progress expansion plans at its Matilda gold mine.
Junior explorer Lithium Australia has announced plans to acquire a Brisbane-based battery cathode developer in an all-scrip deal worth about $7.3 million.
Qantas is changing one of its most popular routes and upgrading the aircraft on another key service as part of a five-year extended partnership with Emirates.
Gold has steadied, as a stronger US dollar pushed the metal off Tuesday's nine-and-a-half-month high, but the precious metal remains above $US1,300 on renewed tensions between Washington and North Korea.
GST sparks WA secession pushFury over Western Australia's low share of the GST has sparked renewed secessionist sentiment, with a controversial “Waxit” motion to be deb
