Don't give up on tax cuts, business urgesAustralia's top business leaders gathered in Canberra have implored the Turnbull government to keep fighting for its full compa
The Australian dollar is higher against its US counterpart despite the greenback finding support from promises of further Federal Reserve interest rate rises in 2017.
Oil prices are up more than 2 per cent as US crude inventories grew less than expected, supply disruptions continued in Libya and the OPEC-led output cut by producing countries looked likely to be extended.
Gold has edged up, hovering below Monday's one-month high as uncertainty about Brexit talks, French elections and US president Donald Trump's economic policies boosted safe-haven buying and offset a firmer US dollar.
The Real Estate Institute of Western Australia has revealed 10 Perth suburbs where properties are selling faster now than during the mining boom, with four of the top 10 in the western suburbs.
The share market is close to a two-year high after demand for the big four banks, energy producers and miners drove a second straight day of strong gains.
Investment plans for BHP Billiton's South Flank project can proceed with greater certainty following the defeat of the Nationals WA's proposed iron ore levy hike at the ballot box earlier this month, according to the company's asset president of WA iron ore, Edgar Basto.
Six listed companies based in Perth have announced funding deals worth a combined $36.9 million, with the largest being a $20.6 million capital raising by gold explorer Orecorp.
The construction union and some of its key leaders have been fined $242,000 for blocking work on the $80 million Perth International Airport expansion.
Pilbara Minerals has signed a farm-in deal with Atlas Iron over its Mt Francisco lithium project, and the two companies have also struck a preliminary agreement allowing Pilbara to use Atlas Iron's existing infrastructure to support early shipments from the Pilgangoora project.
Decmil Group has entered into a joint venture agreement with US-based SolarReserve for the construction of a 70-megawatt solar photovoltaic plant in NSW.
Five years ago, modular building manufacturer McNally Group was riding the crest of the giant investment wave that was Western Australia's resources construction boom.
An environmental audit on the cancelled Roe 8 highway extension project has found just one minor area of non-compliance in the implementation of management plans by the project's proponents.
Adam Lamond will return to the helm of the diversified company he established in 2003, after Simon Thomas announced his resignation from Veris, formerly known as OTOC.
Unions to lose default super gripUnion-dominated industry superannuation funds would lose their stranglehold over the $474 billion default super market under recommenda
Oil prices has risen as much as 2 per cent after a severe disruption to Libyan oil supplies and as officials suggested OPEC and other producing countries could extend an output cuts deal to the end of the year.
The federal government has introduced draft insolvency reforms designed to offer more protection for company directors and make it easier to restructure faltering businesses.
The share market's benchmark index has risen more than 1.3 per cent to its highest closing level of 2017 as investors put aside their anxieties over US President Donald Trump's ability to implement his agenda.
A lack of battery storage across the electricity network in Perth and surrounds is the most significant energy problem facing the state, according to recent research from the University of Western Australia.
Potash explorer Agrimin has announced plans to raise up to $13.2 million from investors to fund ongoing work at its Mackay project in Western Australia.
From commandeering car horns around the oval on game day as a child watching her father play for Swan Districts, to kicking the footy with her brothers, AFL national manager of female football Jan Cooper said her passion for the sport had only grown over the years.
As management and staff at Woodside Petroleum keep a watchful eye on the development of their new digs at Capital Square, the company is not waiting to move to its high-tech building to develop digital capability.
OPINION: Wesfarmers has received some positive news on its move into UK hardware, but things are less rosy for investors in the local property trust in which it holds a major stake.
A recent flurry of leasing deals by oil and gas-related firms has provided hope that Perth's CBD office market has hit the bottom, despite further downsizing expected in the energy sector throughout 2017.
Waste management business Tox Free Solutions has announced its contract for work at Chevron's Gorgon gas project on Barrow Island will end in June, a year early.
Lepidico has formally rejected rival Lithium Australia's $23.8 million takeover bid, after an independent expert labelled the offer as neither fair nor reasonable.
