Women have missed out on more than $2.8 billion in super in the 12 years since Australia's paid parental leave scheme was introduced, industry fund Hesta says.
Consumer sentiment is still very low although mortgage holders have curiously regained some confidence ahead of the Reserve Bank's next cash rate decision.
Perth recently hosted the 2023 Australian Gender Economics Workshop, a prestigious international gathering of academics and policy makers to discuss issues affecting women's economic outcomes and wellbeing.
Oil and gas company Inpex has failed in its bid to have separate trials over issues arising from the construction of $US45 billion Ichthys LNG plant project.
Minerals Resources has told Norwest Energy investors they won't receive an improved offer for their shares and dangled a veiled threat to delist the company in a bid to gain further control of its Perth Basin partner.
Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss BGC, CoreLogic, Real Estate Institute of WA, Silverleaf Investments, MTi Group, BDO, ASIC and changes to superannuation.
Farmers WA says the federal government should review its promise to ban live sheep exports by sea, branding it a "dumb" commitment that will affect 3,000 people.
The state's water regulator has told Alcoa to clean out a pipeline running near a drinking water dam in Waroona after finding the pipe likely to contain contaminated water and pose a pollution threat.
St John WA's executive team will be halved under a new group model that recently installed chief Kevin Brown has conceded ‘may feel disruptive' in the months ahead.
Australian-listed explorers raised a bolstered $3.02 billion during the December quarter after lithium and gold topped the charts for the most funds secured.
Gerard O'Brien described leasing structures in the office market as akin to Ponzi schemes and says property development in the current environment is not profitable.
Drilling services company MTi Group has been sold by local private equity group Viburnum Funds, adding to a string of sales of local firms to global mining services giants.