Business News

Perth-based communications firm gtmedia hasn’t let the state’s hard border policy deter its plans for national expansion, opening an office in Sydney.

Australia's share market finished higher but trade was suspended for most of the day after the introduction of a new trading system did not go as planned.

Western Australian Treasurer Ben Wyatt has abandoned plans to stay on in politics, announcing he will retire at the next election.

Today's board moves wrap includes Andrew Stoner, Tao Zhang, Steven Nicols, Melissa King, and Louise McElvogue.

Perth-based Battery Minerals is raising $5.5 million from a share placement to explore its recently acquired copper-gold tenements in Victoria.

The state government has appointed seven building companies to deliver construction and refurbishment projects under its WA Recovery Plan.

Sandfire Resources has raised its stake in Auris Minerals to nearly 20 per cent, as part of its move to sell a gold project in New Zealand.

Westforce Construction and JWI Contractors will complete $26 million worth of upgrades to the century-old Vasse diversion drain in Busselton to manage the risk of flooding.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Andrew Crane, Amit Chakma, Mike Bradford, Geoff Glass, Lee McIntosh, Robert Harvey, Meriel Steadman, Warren Willis, Christine MacKenzie, Adam Handley and James Clarke.

Camera Electronic has defied the trend towards online shopping and will open its third store, on Hay Street, later this month.

Nine Entertainment and Seven West Media have stepped up their calls for the federal government to regulate social media giants Facebook and Google.

Today's board moves wrap includes Keith Middleton, Neil Hackett, Andrew Edwards, and Ian Macliver.

Christou Design Group has secured work on two early childhood facilities worth $5 million, while Oldfield Knott Architects and DWA Architects have also won state government contracts.

Oil and gas contractor MMA Offshore has launched an $80 million equity raising to reduce its total debt, while chairman Andrew Edwards has announced his resignation.

There have been 9 insolvency appointments to Western-Australian-incorporated companies in the last two weeks.

A Bullsbrook market gardener has been ordered to pay $18,618 for clearing almost nine hectares of native vegetation without receiving regulatory approval.

Today's board moves wrap includes Jason Bontempo, Alex McCulloch, Rodney Johns, Geoff Greenhill, Warwick Davies, John Klepec, Patrick Burke, David Frances, David Minchin, and Douglas Huey.

The construction arm of BGC Australia will deliver forward works on the state government’s $13.1 million radiation oncology unit in Albany.

Our board moves wrap includes Juan Santamaria, Marcelino Fernandez Verdes, Adolfo Valderas, Angel Muriel, Dale Ginn, Robert Jewson, Phil Warren, Mark Ewing, Greg Boulton, David Turvey, Craig Hart, Richard Little, Sean Gregory, Robert Klug, Abdullah Mwinyi, Jessamyn Lyons, Julia Beckett, Shaun Menezes, and Ian Hobson.

Belmont-based GenusPlus Group has launched a $32.8 million initial public offering, with the power and telecommunications contractor planning an ASX listing in December.

Parry and Rosenthal Architects will design a $5.3 million performing arts centre at Dianella Secondary College, while Carabiner secured its third state government contract for the month.

BHP has agreed to spend about $48 million with steelmaker China Baowu to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Western Australia will start banning single-use plastics within three years, while more households will transition to the FOGO three-bin system in 2020-21, the state government has announced.

Ben Small has won a Liberal Party preselection to fill the senate casual vacancy created by the resignation of Mathias Cormann, while a challenge to government whip Dean Smith fell desperately short.

Our board moves wrap includes Bradley Denison and Richard Barker.

Family-owned CFC Group, which has interests in Centurion and Birchmead Property Group, has grown its revenue to $651 million over the financial year.

Perth-based Lucapa Diamond Company has raised funds to expand the processing capacity at its Mothae kimberlite mine in southern Africa by 45 per cent.

Perth-based Red Sky Energy is raising $4 million to purchase Beach Energy’s stake in the Killanoola oilfield, in South Australia’s Otway Basin.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Paul Sadleir, Trent Bartlett, Simon Taylor, Garry Chandler, Anna Reece, Ailsa Osborne and Sallese Wilmot-Barr.

Andrew Forrest’s Harvest Road has appointed former Mrs Mac’s pies boss Paul Slaughter to lead the agribusiness group as it plans for expansion.

Sydney-based Mechanical Project Services has secured the contract to install solar panels at 30 Western Australian schools, as part of a $5 million state government project.

The state government has released a new planning policy that places the onus on developers to provide telecommunications infrastructure.