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Low-income earners' prospects of finding affordable housing in Western Australia continue to decline, with Perth's median rent price up 16 per cent from 2012.

The Heart Foundation has launched a government-funded scheme designed to help Western Australian businesses promote healthy lifestyles among their employees.

The Australian economy faces a pothole in economic growth because non-mining investment is not adequate to fill the gap left by the fast-fading resources investment boom, an independent forecaster warns.

The Perth legal market is evolving with new alliances and brands but the pace of change has slowed from the breakneck speed of recent years.

The Australian market has opened lower as lacklustre Chinese manufacturing data impacts mining stocks.

Wesfarmers expects to free up $400 million of capital after establishing a joint venture with unlisted property fund manager ISPT.

The Australian dollar has dropped back below 103 US cents for the first time in three days amid falls on US stock markets and weaker commodity prices.

US stocks have tumbled following weak employment and manufacturing data, and as the Federal Reserve stuck to its aggressive economic stimulus program.

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The Australian dollar is slightly lower after peaking at a two-week high, following the release of weak Chinese and Australian manufacturing data.

Arrium is considering selling or dumping businesses in its loss-making steel division, raising the prospect of more heavy job cuts.

Sandalwood plantation manager TFS Corporation has sold off most of its portfolio of managed investment scheme loans for $22.4 million.

The Australian stock market has closed lower, with weakness among the major miners helping snap a two-day rally.

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Qantas has pulled back the number of seats in the domestic market for a second consecutive month.

Finbar Group plans to construct a 240-apartment complex in West Perth, after acquiring a 4,410 square metre development site on Murray Street.

New research has confirmed what Perth coffee drinkers have thought for a while; a hot mug of steaming java in the west is more expensive than any other capital in Australia.

Premier Colin Barnett has outlined three reasons the government wants to push ahead with acquiring land at James Price Point, despite Woodside shelving its original plan for the Browse gas project.

Australia's biggest telco, Telstra, has maintained its full-year earnings guidance and is aiming to lift dividends over time.

The supercomputing force that will power Western Australia's scientific researchers is fast-taking shape at the new Pawsey Centre in Technology Park.

Oil and gas exploration play Pura Vida Energy will tap investors and financiers for up to $12 million, to fund the ramp-up of drilling activities at its newly-acquired Nkembe block, off the coast o

Premier Colin Barnett has again baulked at signing up to the national disability care scheme, saying the increased Medicare levy is the "easy" part of funding the plan.

Perth's housing recovery has hit a stumbling block, with prices dropping in April and new home sales declining in March, but analysts are describing the falls as a temporary blip.

Australian stocks have started the month weaker, with investors appearing to book profits after the market hit a fresh five-year high yesterday.

The prime minister's warning about a tough budget outlook have wide implications; they apply to state and federal governments, now and into the future.

A cocktail of negative factors has left many Western Australian farmers worried about the coming season, according to new survey results.

The Australian dollar has reached its highest level in two weeks amid gains on share markets and disappointing US manufacturing figures.

US stocks have risen amid solid data on housing and consumer confidence and as reports of a $US17 billion ($A16.5 billion) Apple bond sale cheered investors.

Focus Minerals has put its Laverton gold mine on stand-by, after a review of operations found the project is no longer commercially viable due to increasing costs and the falling gold price.