Western Australia's corruption watchdog has recorded an increase in allegations it receives about misconduct by public officers, plus a 100 per cent conviction rate, its annual report shows.
More Western Australians think it is a good time to buy property than in any other state in Australia, but sandgropers remain increasingly pessimistic regarding the prospects of capital growth, according to new research.
A co-working office space catering specifically to the mining sector will launch next week in West Perth, as mining and exploration companies seek to reduce accommodation costs.
Western Australian industrial design firm Form Designs says its shark barrier technology is a more viable cost-effective solution to the shark nets proposed for 22 WA beaches by Premier Colin Barnett in media reports today.
In this week's Podcast, Mark Pownall, Dan Wilkie and James Lush discuss the state government selloff, BGC, the budget surplus, and a wrap-up of the retail property sector.
Petrol retailers have rejected any suggestion a third-party website listing petrol pump prices every 15 minutes enabled them to engage in price-fixing.
Lower operating costs and an efficiency drive have helped Western Power record an improved net profit result, in a year where strong capital investment continued.
Businesses are not adequately engaging with Asia, despite Australia's future economic growth depending strongly on the expanding region, a new report shows.
Standard & Poor's says Western Australia is unlikely to get a credit rating upgrade soon, but it seems encouraged by government measures to improve the state's finances.
Clive Palmer's Mineralogy has moved to terminate CITIC Pacific Mining's rights to mine his iron ore in Western Australia, casting doubt over an $8 billion project.
Asia-focused social entertainment platform migme has announced a partnership with Universal Music Indonesia; following migme's August backdoor listing to the ASX in a reverse takeover of Latin Gold.
A subsidiary of Wesfarmers, liquefied natural gas supplier EVOL LNG, has won a deal with Saracen Mineral Holdings to supply 7,000 tonnes of the resource per year to its Carosue Dam operations north of Kalgoorlie for an undisclosed amount.
It is always hard to pin a stock market correction on a single event, but when investors look back at what's happened over the past few weeks as the stock market has dropped by 5 per cent (half way to an official correction) they will focus on the float of a single company, the giant Chinese trading house, Alibaba.
BHP Billiton boss Andrew Mackenzie earned $US8 million in the 2014 financial year, but he will have his salary frozen amid the resources giant's cost cutting campaign.
Western Australia has recorded its highest number of insolvencies for a month in nearly two years, with 841 companies entering external administration across the country in July.
Junior miner Jameson Resources says it has received firm commitments for a $2 million capital raising to fund work at its flagship Crown Mountain coking coal project in British Columbia.
