The new-found restraint characterising chief executive salaries has not extended to Kerry Stokes' Seven Group Holdings, which has announced that new boss Don Voelte could earn $7.2 million each yea
The state environmental regulator has given its nod to a 10-year plan for managing the South West, which sets aside nearly two-thirds of the region's forests to be protected.
The Browse Basin is pivotal to the nation's future gas production amid expectations that global demand will double within 17 years, a senior energy figure says.
Information technology services firm ASG Group has announced its third significant contract win in less than a month, this time an $11.3 million deal with the Department of Housing.
Rey Resources has reached agreement to sell its Duchess Paradise coal project in the Canning Basin to its Hong Kong-based major shareholder for $21 million.
Perth median home values remained among the fastest growing in Australia over the past 12 months, despite staying largely steady over June, analysts say.
US stocks closed mostly lower on Friday after a three-day rally, with shares of BlackBerry hammered as the struggling phone maker reported a surprise quarterly loss.
The Australian dollar has fallen close to 91 US cents after a member of the US Federal Reserve board of governors suggested American stimulus measures could be eased from September.
Annual growth in China could be as low as 6 per cent as Australia's largest export market focuses on internal issues such as environmental standards and air pollution, Premier Colin Barnett said to
A controversial crackdown on employer abuse of a skilled foreign worker visa program has passed parliament on the final sitting day before the election.
Perth builder Gavin Construction has officially ceased trading, capping off a horror month that has seen six significant Western Australian businesses in contracting, engineering and mining fall into administration or receivership.
