Australian shares have clocked a second week of modest progress, as global bond yields, stubborn oil prices and local economic woes cap investor confidence.
Small businesses that rely on credit cards to pay tax have been handed a reprieve after Treasurer Jim Chalmers forced the tax office to push back its controversial payment ban in exchange for more
UPDATE: Wyllie Group boss Melissa Karlson has expressed shock at criticism dished out by Business Events Perth chair Bradley Woods over the delay of the $1 billion redevelopment of PCEC.
Western Australia's startup community is warning of an exodus of companies from the state despite the federal government seeking to ameliorate changes announced in the May budget.
Perth-based safety technology specialist Capability X will list on the ASX in November, offering 60 million shares at 20 cents for an implied market cap of $34.5 million.
A panel of mining industry leaders has weighed in on Indonesia's move to prioritise local contractors at resources projects, which could impact Australian investment in the country.
OPINION: Move over Bertie Beetle, the defence sector has rewritten the rules of the showbag pavilion, turning the halls of PCEC into the world's most heavily armoured showbag haul.
Mark Pownall is joined by Adrian Rollins, Sam Jones, Claire Tyrrell and Isabel Vieira to talk about the big events of the week in WA business and politics.
Construction has started on a $10.2 million automated research facility at the CSIRO's Waterford campus, designed to accelerate technology that strips carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere.
A Victorian medtech billionaire has backed Peter Fogarty and Greg Harvey's PenAgri and Harvey Fresh founder Kevin Sorgiovanni to revive collapsed South West dairy brands Mundella and Margaret River Dairy Company.
Nicola Forrest has shifted almost $520 million in cash and shares to her Coaxial Foundation in what is billed as the biggest single philanthropic gesture from an Australian individual.
What was set to be Australia's biggest initial public offering in a generation has collapsed in a stunning turnaround for the highly anticipated float.
US stocks have dipped as crude oil prices surged on a spike in Middle East tensions and a cut in US output that fed inflation and rate-hike fears, while semiconductor stocks slumped.
Former defence minister and senior army officer Linda Reynolds has described the federal government's plan to sell-off Leeuwin and Irwin barracks in Perth as a “huge mistake”.
Coogee Chemicals is investing in growing its business in the United States as it pursues opportunities in the defence sector, while lifting the group's revenue to $421 million for the year.
Shadow industry minister Andrew Hastie has accused the Albanese government of leaving WA's North West exposed, demanding a major funding uplift to build surge infrastructure and protect the region's resource wealth.
Real estate agent and former ASX-listed resources company director Rob Mandanici has moved up from deputy president of REIWA to become its new president.
