Dan Wilkie

Western Australia's prized AAA credit rating was cut today, with ratings agency Standard & Poor's criticising the Barnett government's "limited political will" to improve its budget.

Africa-focused Perseus Mining says its cost-cutting measures are creating results, with the gold miner encouraged by its start to the new financial year, which has it on target to achieve its gold

Perth-based electrical contractor JT Day has won two contracts, collectively worth $59 million, with international engineering group Bechtel at Chevron's Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project ne

Three Western Australian politicians have been named in Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott's new ministry, with two others receiving posts in the outer ministry.

Aquila Resources has confirmed negotiations are under way with interested parties regarding the sale of a stake in the $7 billion West Pilbara iron ore project, in case battling joint venture partn

Contractor Watpac Civil & Mining has been appointed by Ramelius Resources to provide mining services at the Coogee open pit gold mine southeast of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

The Barnett government’s move to integrate year seven students at the state’s high schools is paying dividends for WA builders, with Emco Building the recent beneficiary of a $10.8 million construc

Engineering consulting firm Sinclair Knight Merz has been bought out by global giant Jacobs Engineering in a deal worth around $1.3 billion.

Interest rates have been kept steady by Australia's central bank, as widely expected by economists and analysts.

Western Australia’s retail sector is showing the strain of the slowing state economy, with consumer spending falling for the first time since April 2010.

Perth home prices are either falling or rising, according to the latest separate analyses on the market from the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia and RP Data-Rismark.

Drilling companies Swick Mining Services and Boart Longyear have provided a snapshot of conditions in the resources drilling sector, with underground and surface mining-focused Swick booking a reco

Diversified industrial group Schaffer Corporation says it is poised to build on its $7.6 million net profit for the year to June 30, predicting the first half of the 2014 financial year will provid

Qantas has announced it will fly twice-weekly between Auckland and Perth over the holiday season.

Construction and mining services giant Leighton Holdings has reported a significant lift in half-year profit, a result which was boosted by the $620 million sale of its telecommunications assets ea

The federal government has promised $22 million for seven new trade training centres at schools in Western Australia, part of Labor’s 10-year, $2.5 billion program aimed at boosting trade education.

Mines Minister Bill Marmion says Toro Energy’s acquisition of a uranium project in close proximity to its proposed yellowcake mine at Wiluna is a significant step forward for the sector.

The state government has gone back on its decision to slash by half the amount paid to households that feed solar power into Western Australia's energy grid.

Andrew Vlahov has built a business on basketball, but now he has much bigger things on his mind than shooting hoops.

The state government has released new guidelines for coastal development, with conservationists hailing the move as a critical policy change, while an industry group labelled the policy change

The property industry has welcomed the state government’s plan to halve the number of metropolitan local government areas, saying larger councils would result in a more robust planning and approval

Perth median house prices hit a new record in the June quarter, according to a new report, with population growth and the state’s strong economy likely to contribute to further rises in the near fu

Korab Resources boss Andrej Karpinski has threatened legal action against online stock market discussion site HotCopper over a report sent to the forum’s members.

Boutique developer Willing Property has launched a $23.5 million townhouse redevelopment project in Mt Hawthorn.

Wangara-based Fleetcare has been forced to cut a quarter of its workforce in the wake of the federal government's move to tighten fringe benefits tax guidelines on car leasing.

The state’s peak business representative group says the coalition’s plans to cut $1 billion in red and green tape by rolling back Labor policies, including the carbon tax and the minerals resource

Creditors for collapsed Perth building firm Gavin Construction are owed around $20 million, according to the company’s administrator.

Forge Resources has picked up $8.5 million by selling a part of its stake in the Balla Balla magnetite iron ore project in the Pilbara to its joint venture partner, New Zealand’s Todd Corporation.

The City of Perth is set to introduce tighter performance measures for infrastructure projects in a bid to ensure they are delivered on time and on budget.

Charter Hall has bought a shopping centre in Perth’s southern suburbs for $33.2 million.

A UK-based business has swooped on Cool Clear Water Group, buying the Perth-based water purification and dispensing system distributor for $60 million.

Rio Tinto has signed a new native title agreement with traditional owners the Yindjibarndi people, covering two of its Pilbara railways and a number of mineral deposits.