National Australia Bank and Westpac have raised interest rates on certain types of mortgages as Australia's biggest lenders seek to offset some of the pressure on their margins.
Western Australia experienced yet another horror month for new car sales, with the prospect of a last-minute turnaround to bring the year on par with 2015's poor result looking very unlikely.
Indonesian airline Lion Air is expecting to add new Perth to Bali flights to its itinerary, with its Batik Air subsidiary to start operating the route later this month or early in the New Year.
Construction will start later this week on Defence Housing Australia's 166-dwelling Liv Apartments in Fremantle, after Georgiou Group was appointed as DHA's building contractor.
Phosphate explorer Minbos Resources has entered into a new agreement to merge with joint venture partner Petril Phosphate, in a scrip and royalties deal valued at about $20 million.
Plans for what would become Perth's tallest building have been lodged for approval, with Singapore's Fragrance Group seeking to build a 62-level, 485-room hotel at St Andrew's Church on St Georges Terrace.
Shares in DUET Group have jumped 16 per cent after the energy utility operator confirmed it has received an indicative and conditional takeover offer from Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing's Cheung Kong Infrastructure.
The Australian share market has slipped lower in early trade as investors brace for fresh uncertainty sparked by exit poll results from the Italian referendum on constitutional reforms.
Gold edged higher on Friday, climbing for the first time in four sessions as it shrugged off data showing rising US job numbers, with analysts saying that an expected rise in interest rates had already been priced in.
Oil prices rallied for their best week in at least five years on Friday, steadying above $US51 a barrel, following OPEC's decision to cut crude output to rein in a global glut that has weighed on prices for more than two years.
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Dacian Gold has again reduced the size of its $50 million placement and put its $100 million entitlement offer on ice, in the wake of the falling gold price which hit a 10-month low overnight.
The share market ended the week with a fall of 1 per cent, with investors cautious ahead of the release of US jobs data and Sunday's Italian constitutional referendum.
Staff at Perth's ageing Princess Margaret Hospital are said to be under strain as maintenance work slows and supplies run low in anticipation of the move to the long-delayed new children's hospital.
The federal government is on the brink of striking a deal with Western Australia to let the state run the National Disability Insurance Scheme locally.
The Arcadia music festival and its giant scrap metal spider landed at Elizabeth Quay last weekend and lit up Perth's dance scene, but there is more to the fire-breathing robot than meets the eye.
The inaugural Food Rescue Week begins in Perth tomorrow to promote the Food Rescue initiative, with the State Buildings, The Trustee and Lalla Rookh among the venues promoting the cause.
Jetstar will stop automatically adding extras such as travel insurance to its customers' online bookings, as Australia's consumer watchdog looks to prevent travellers from paying unnecessary costs.
Graincorp's biggest shareholder, Archer Daniels Midland, has sold its 19.9 per cent stake in the Australian grain merchant for about $387 million, three years after its failed $3.4 billion takeover bid.
Perth-based financial services provider Pioneer Credit has signed a $100 million debt facility with Bankwest and Westpac as it seeks to continue growing its debt portfolio.
With the cricket season upon us, Business News sat down to lunch at Julio's with the former Australian cricketer and CEO of the WACA, Christina Matthews.
