Australia's share market has posted its worst week since April as investors take money off the table amid softer commodity prices and earnings uncertainty.
Homes in the western suburbs of Perth continue to sell at a rapid pace, with one Cottesloe mansion set to sell for $11.75 million and another selling for $11 million.
The Royal Agricultural Society of WA has moved to cancel the Perth Royal Show's poultry competition over concerns it could become a bird flu super-spreader event.
OPINION: WA is competing for skilled workers, but competitive salaries and opportunities will not be enough if they cannot afford to establish a life here.
Former Woodside Energy director Melinda Cilento has been appointed to the Reserve Bank of Australia's Monetary Policy Board, adding further WA resources experience to the rate-setting panel.
Equus Energy has executed a decade-long gas supply deal with project backer Alcoa, making the state's largest domestic gas user its foundation customer.
New locomotives ready to take to WA's freight rail network are equipped with “world-leading” lighting and will play a key role in delivering the state's bumper crops to market.
Levies will remain in place on Australian goods to the US for now, but the prime minister says Donald Trump will consider scrapping the measure on its ally.
Perth-based medtech firm OncoRes Medical has named a finalist for a Prix Galien Award, a WA first in an award widely regarded as the Nobel Prize equivalent for the life sciences sector.
A senior communities asset manager, ASX-listed Eureka Group Holdings, is in the process of acquiring Mandurah Coastal Holiday Park for $18.4 million, in a deal comprising 168 dwellings with approval for a further 66 homes to be built.
Australia's share market has fallen for a second session, as a handful of soft earnings results and a sell-down in Commonwealth Bank and mining stocks dragged on the exchange.
Finbar is one step closer to building apartments in West Leederville after an assessment panel's tick of approval, with the developer estimating the project's end value at $265 million.
The Pentagon's top policy official says Australia is successfully executing its post-Aukus review roadmap, pointing to WA's SRF-West as a standout example of the work being done.
OPINION: Water security is one of the most important long-term challenges facing Western Australia, and it will only become more critical as our population, economy and industries continue to grow.
Northern Star Resources has appointed former Wesfarmers and Jetstar executive Terry Bowen to its under-fire board amid growing agitation for upheaval at the goldminer.
A non-invasive test for Endometriosis developed by a Perth company, which can detect the disease with 99.7 per cent accuracy, has been granted an Australian patent.
Plastic waste in Timor-Leste will be used to build public infrastructure, after Perth-based Hyperion Systems moved to deploy its 'factory-in-a-box' overseas for the first time.
A multibillion-dollar deal to rescue Australia's largest aluminium smelter has brought "enormous relief" to thousands of workers and an end to months of crisis negotiations.
The tax office is pursuing an embattled investment advisory company controlled by veteran dealmaker Michael Fotios with his Obsidian Metals Group now under administration.
Australia's biggest telecommunications group has lifted its annual profit and given shareholders a bigger payout, along with a new share buyback program.
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq has ended higher, lifted by upbeat quarterly results from CoreWeave and other AI infrastructure firms, while mild inflation data reinforced bets that the US Federal Reserve will hold interest rates steady in September.
Housing fears overdone: ComynCommonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn says the housing market had been running too hot, backing Labor's sweeping changes to property tax concessions and dismissing worries about short-term price falls. The Fin
ASX company Equatorial Resources has launched a $10 million legal action against its former legal advisers Clifford Chance linked to work on a $1.7 billion-plus row with Congolese government.
Insolvency practitioners have taken control of the entity behind the $140 million Shenton Quarter project, with Perth partners called in to run a ruler over its books.
Independent Australian documentary Invisible Injuries by WA filmmaker Kelly Bergsma will make its world premiere at Cinefest Oz after years of production, while two other films funded by Screenwest are making their debuts this week.
Sparkies at South32's Worsley alumina refinery are threatening to strike unless the company brings wages in line with those paid by their future employer, Alcoa.
A litigation funder has failed to recover $7 million from the Australian Taxation Office in a dispute involving a construction company's liquidation more than 10 years ago.
Perth drone manufacturer Innovaero is accelerating plans for its IPO, with its prospectus revealing the state government has given the firm millions to build its new headquarters.
Commonwealth Bank has announced an annual cash net profit of $11 billion, which was just above market expectations, while warning that the economy is slowing.
Wall Street has ended lower, with Amazon and Alphabet dipping as investors became more pessimistic about a potential deal to bring stability to the Middle East.
Private mining services, civil, and bulk haulage contractor RE:Group has secured dual contracts with Austral Resources for work across two Queensland copper operations.
St George Mining chair John Prineas says the company has an opportunity to become a “globally significant” niobium producer, courtesy of its flagship Araxá project in Brazil.
The founder of a WA mining contractor says seeing smiles on employees' faces is the best aspect of her job as she sets her sights on becoming the nation's first indigenous billionaire.
More than 150 Strandline Resources employees are likely to be paid out of a Commonwealth scheme instead of a $4.75 million trust after a court ruling over the liquidated company.
Billionaire Clive Palmer has failed to dismiss a Perth judge from presiding over his legal dispute with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
An update on the dysfunction plaguing the City of Perth since last year has found some elected members have resisted measures to improve “psychosocial risks” at the council.
BHP and several unions are preparing to return to the bargaining table with the Fair Work Commission, following a weekend of industrial action at Port Hedland that escalated from targeted bans into full-scale work stoppages.
A private investor group backed by the owners of an e-commerce streetwear marketplace have struck a deal with FTI Consulting receivers to acquire Perth-founded retailer Stax.
Federal Labor policy changes for capital gains tax concessions and negative gearing appear to have prompted a decline in mortgage applications, Westpac says.
US stocks has advanced, with the S&P closing at a record high to cap off a strong week of gains for the major indexes, after data showed the US economy unexpectedly shed jobs last month and dampened expectations the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates at its September meeting.
Future Fund plan to ride the boomAbout one-quarter of the Future Fund's $340 billion portfolio is exposed to artificial intelligence in a meaningful way. The FinSMSF loan bids double in weeks before ban
A sale is imminent for collapsed agribusinesses Mundella Foods and Margaret River Dairy Company after the director's attempt to rescue the South West dairy producers was thwarted.
OPINION: West Australians understand the value of a home. Not simply as a roof over our heads, but as the place where families gather. Yet somewhere along the way, we've lost this message.
Major vessel operator Bhagwan Marine claims other factors, instead of the paint it allegedly recommended, could have caused the estimated $2.6 million damage to a Monadelphous subsidiary's barge.
The state's premier innovation showcase has named 23 local companies as finalists for the 2026 WA Innovator of the Year awards, marking two decades since the program's inception.
Aged care and disability support provider Brightwater Care Group has received a Lotterywest grant of almost $1 million for two WA-first projects to improve the lives of those experiencing dementia.
Mark Pownall is joined by Gary Adshead, Isabel Vieira, Jack McGinn and Tom Zaunmayr to talk about the big events of the week in WA business and politics, including the byelection campaign, the under-treasurer's move, Glencore, Amanda Lacaze, investment banking, Mid West business and Diggers & Dealers.
Perth drone company Innovaero is accelerating plans for its IPO, with brokers pricing the raise at $40 million at five cents per share, giving the business an expected market capitalisation of $158 million.
Post Newspapers has extended its coverage from western suburbs to the north coast, after an investment in its own printing press led to more opportunities.
The founder of software firm Track'em has relocated to Dallas to ramp up growth after winning work with engineering, procurement and construction contractors in the US and Middle East.
