ANALYSIS: Pauline Hanson has done her cause no good with the claim that there is ‘sheer hatred' in Western Australia towards Premier Colin Barnett. Labor leader Mark McGowan might be more popular with the voters, but the ‘sheer hatred' tag is extraordinary.
Listed communications and ICT services provider Inabox Group has grown its local presence with the acquisition of Perth-based Logic Communications for $1.5 million in cash.
The decision to sell his commercial business was the first of many steps into the unknown Johannes Pannekoek has taken in his pursuit of a career in art.
The Takeovers Panel has declined to look into construction giant CIMIC Group's claim that takeover target Macmahon Holdings' target statement was misleading and deceptive.
One of the three prime contractors undertaking the state government's GovNext ICT infrastructure project has recruited Perth-based IT services provider Empired as a subcontractor under a $15 million deal.
ANALYSIS: One of the sleeper issues in the election campaign is the strategy for renewable energy over the next four years. There has been surprisingly little debate on the issue, which affects householders and business alike.
Oil prices have whipsawed, turning negative after the International Energy Agency forecast potential shale oil growth and waning European refined product demand, before Brent did an about turn into positive territory.
The Australian dollar is hardly changed against its US counterpart which has risen on improved chances of an anti-EU candidate winning the French presidential election.
Gold has fallen for the third straight session, but has hovered above Friday's two-week low, pressured by comments from Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that reinforced expectations of an increase to US interest rates this month.
US stocks pulled back on Monday in a broad decline as investors grew uneasy over the latest tumult surrounding the Trump administration and geopolitical tensions emanating from North Korea.
Subiaco-based Lucapa Diamond Company has sold $9.1 million of alluvial diamonds from its Lulo operation in Angola, bringing its total sales from that site to more than $100 million.
The Australian share market has closed lower with the major miners, energy players and banks leading losses after Wall Street fell and the Australian dollar lost ground.
A Hong Kong-based company has joined the share register of live export business Wellard International just days after Holmes a Court family entity Heytesbury Holdings took a stake.
When Gary Cass spoiled a vat of wine by accidentally flooding it with oxygen ar a South West vineyard more than 20 years ago , he noticed a textile-like substance had developed inside the container
Demanding WA Labor submit election promises to Treasury for scrutiny has proved a potent line of attack for the Liberals this week, as the government tried to change the topic from its preference deal with Pauline Hanson's One Nation.
Western Australia's deputy premier says the government is finding it hard to cut through to the public because it is being heavily outspent by the opposition and unions on political advertising.
Moves to extend trading hours on weekdays and on Sundays could be a hit with voters, according to a recent survey conducted for the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA, with 59 per cent of shoppers keen for longer weekday trade.
ANALYSIS: The Labor Party has no intention of backing down on its planned 4 per cent stamp duty surcharge on foreign buyers of residential properties if it wins the general election on March 11.
Australian Finance Group chief executive Brett McKeon will step aside after 23 years at the helm of the mortgage broker, after leading the company from its founding to an IPO in 2015 and winning the 2006 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award for WA.
WA Labor has demanded the Liberals guarantee a privatisation of Western Power won't lead to electricity price rises and release legislation on the deal, while the Liberals say prices will not be impacted because they are independently regulated.
Drivers will be able to turn left on red lights at 10 intersections across Perth under a trial announced by Liberal Transport Minister Bill Marmion if the party is re-elected next Saturday.
The pickup in the state's economy revealed in the latest GDP data hasn't flowed through to spending on new cars, with vehicle sales in February 13.7 per cent lower than the same month in 2016.
US interest rate policy, the ongoing fallout from Brexit, rising international protectionism and the performance of China are all risks facing the Australian economy.
Mining giant Rio Tinto will hold back all outstanding performance-related pay of previous chief executive Sam Walsh for at least two years, until investigations into a payments scandal in West Africa are more advanced.
