The Australian share market has posted a modest fall, dragged lower by a massive sell-off of Telstra shares after the telco said it would cut future dividends.
Sheffield Resources has launched an indigenous employment program for its Thunderbird mineral sands project near Derby, as it deals with an appeal by a local Aboriginal group against recent project approvals.
Unemployment in Western Australia is at its lowest level in more than two years, with Treasurer Ben Wyatt saying it was pleasing to see the rise in employment driven by full-time work.
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Potato growers say farmers may be forced to accept a $650,000 reimbursement offer from the Western Australian government over a failed legal battle with Perth's maverick 'Spud King', despite it being less than half of what they are owed.
Andrew Forrest has successfully fended off a company that wanted to mine sand at his family's pastoral property in the Pilbara, but has lost an appeal against a uranium explorer that plans to mine in the area.
Earnings at supermarket giant Coles have fallen for the first time since its acquisition by Wesfarmers nine years ago, as its sales growth slowed further amid stiff competition.
Shares in Telstra have plunged to a five-year low as investors react to the telco giant's announcement it will reduce dividends as of the current financial year.
The Australian share market is trading higher after an initial opening plunge in the wake of a shock annoucement from Telstra that the telco giant will cut its future dividends.
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The outperforming Australian dollar has soared almost one US cent as its counterpart has fallen after US president Donald Trump disbanded two business advisory councils and following Federal Reserve committee minutes.
Oil prices have fallen more than one per cent even though US crude stockpiles declined by the most in a year, as data suggesting domestic production was edging higher stoked worries about the global crude glut.
Gold has risen about one per cent, shaking off two days of losses, as the dollar edged lower after the release of the minutes from Federal Reserve's July meeting at which policymakers voted unanimously to keep US interest rates unchanged.
Western Australia recorded its lowest level of wages growth in the year to June since at least 1999, at 1.4 per cent, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The Australian share market has closed higher on a day of mixed company earnings results, with market heavyweights Commonwealth Bank and Suncorp down as they traded ex-dividend.
Cottesloe-Claremont has been named the country's fastest growing area for apartments, despite Western Australia continuing to have one of the lowest shares of medium-density housing approvals of all the states, according to a Bankwest report released today.
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The auditor general has found Serco's provision of non-clinical services at Fiona Stanley Hospital to be acceptable, but has called for better cost control amid a $7 million outlay for contract disputes.
Iron ore miner Mount Gibson Iron will pay its first dividend to shareholders since 2014, after reporting a $26.3 million net profit for the 2017 financial year.
Woodside Petroleum chief executive Peter Coleman said today that changes to the ownership of the North West Shelf Venture would be a natural progression as it became an infrastructure asset servicing offshore gas fields.
Perth is the world's seventh most liveable city for the second year running, according to The Economist's Intelligence Unit, while Melbourne continues a winning streak as the world's number one, a position it has held since 2011.
Ray Glickman can often be spotted in a quiet corner seat in one of Perth's busy cafes, putting his thoughts down on paper for his latest work-in-progress.
Seven West Media chief executive Tim Worner has wrapped up a controversy-laden year with a pay cut as the company suffered a $744 million loss, courtesy of persistent weak ad revenues and a massive writedown on its broadcast licences.
Iluka Resources has widened its first-half loss to $81.5 million, from a $20.9 million loss in the prior corresponding period, dragged down by a $165 million hit in impairment and redundancy costs.
The Supreme Court of Western Australia has ordered the winding-up of Michael Fotios' Eastern Goldfields and the appointment of liquidators, after an application by a local assay laboratory.
