The share market has closed slightly lower as higher prices for iron ore and oil boosted most major mining and energy stocks, but the banks went backwards.
South Australia will put up $50 million and has called on the next federal government to commit $100 million to help save Arrium's troubled Whyalla steelworks.
Growth in Perth's housing market within the next six months has been foreshadowed in a report compiled by CoreLogic RP Data and ratings agency Moody's.
Participants in this year's Vinnies CEO Sleepout, including the top fundraiser, Crown Resorts chief executive Barry Felstead, will be hoping for a surge in support to boost their pledges.
Perth entrepreneurs Tony Sage and Ranko Matic have both hit roadblocks on their path to turn their respective businesses into online gambling companies through reverse takeovers.
This week, Reiwa members reported a decrease in weekly sales to 490. The overall 18 per cent decrease in sales over the week is attributed to a 19 per cent decrease in sales for houses and 34 per cent for vacant land.
Fortescue Metals Group has been fined $50,000 over an incident where a worker's legs were crushed an amputated at the company's Anderson Point facility in 2011.
MP for Canning Andrew Hastie has been booted out of the Army Reserves after he defied a Defence request to remove photos of him in military garb from election campaign material.
Lithium hopeful Altura Mining has announced plans to raise $23 million to fund development of its Pilgangoora project, with construction targeted for later this year.
Shares in Southern Cross Electrical Engineering surged on news the company has entered into an agreement to buy a local telecommunications contractor in a deal worth up to $17.2 million.
Gold has risen more than one per cent to a three-week high, bolstered by a weaker US dollar on declining expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates any time soon.
The majority of scoping studies presented by exploration companies to the ASX are of questionable quality, a new analysis has found, as industry players debate potential solutions to the controvers
Aldi has opened its first four Perth stores to much fanfare across the city, ending a three-year-plus wait for the German supermarket chain to touch down in Western Australia.
A timely dose of regulatory assistance is benefiting Australian financial technology startups, according to CrowdfundUP founder and managing director Jack Quigley.
More checks and balances are needed to ensure sub-contractors on government jobs are getting paid, according to a report released today by Auditor-General Colin Murphy.
Sandfire Resources has announced completion of a $40 million solar power facility at its DeGrussa copper-gold mine, with the plant achieving full generation capacity.
The value of investor housing loan approvals has fallen to a near two-year low, adding weight to the view the Reserve Bank of Australia could cut interest rates again without fear of restarting a price boom.
Property investment company Aspen Group has announced a senior management and board shake-up, while seeking to gain more value from its Western Australian assets.
Blocking employee access to social media and streaming content websites is a common method small and medium-sized businesses are using to improve productivity in the workplace.
Stocks have broadly gained, helped by buoyant oil prices, a day after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen pushed back expectations for an interest rate increase without raising concerns over the strength of the world's largest economy.
