Matt Mckenzie

Uber drivers using the service as a supplementary income should declare it to their primary employer, according to Minter Ellison partner Kathy Reid, after a driver who had worked during sick leave lost an unfair dismissal claim.

Treasurer Scott Morrison has made a surprise decision to block two consortiums from bidding on a 99-year lease of New South Wales electricity network operator Ausgrid, in a move that would be a bad omen for a sale of Western Power.

The decline in mining investment is set to end by mid-2017 following four years of decline, according to banking giant HSBC.

The number of Western Australian listings for accommodation site Airbnb has more than doubled in 12 months, but that growth hadn’t come at the expense of the hotel sector, Sam McDonagh told a Success & Leadership Breakfast today.

A move flagged by National Party leadership challenger Brendon Grylls to effectively double the rate of the royalty paid by the state’s two biggest iron ore miners would make Western Australia one of the most punitive jurisdictions for taxes on production of the commodity.

State National Party MPs met at Parliament House today as former leader Brendon Grylls tried to retake the leadership from Terry Redman, claiming the Liberal/National alliance was not in a winnable position for the upcoming state election due in March.

A short term domestic gas contract between Woodside Petroleum and electricity generator Synergy is the first such deal since the North West Shelf Venture partners moved towards separate marketing of their production.

The employment market for geoscientists improved in the three months to June, in a sign that the resources industry might have reached the bottom in this cycle, although more than a third are still getting less than their desired amount of work.

A recent move by the federal government to include distillers in a tax rebate scheme for breweries is a step in the right direction, but not a total fix.

Fertiliser and property magnate Vikas Rambal is making a move into renewable energy, buying a 50 per cent stake in Enigin WA, which will build the state's largest built environment solar panel installation at his Northam Boulevard shopping centre.

A series of new rail and road tunnels, including a CBD train loop and a line from Stirling to Murdoch could be needed as Perth's population grows to 3.5 million, according to Transport Minister Dean Nalder, as he unveiled the state government's long term transport blueprint this morning.

Iron ore shipments contributed more than $45 billion to the Western Australian economy in the 12 months to June, a figure well down on last year, according to BNiQ, despite a pick-up in volumes by the state’s major producers.

Blackham Resources managing director Bryan Dixon has flagged plans to boost production at the miner’s Wiluna gold plant, as its shares lifted 10 per cent today.

Only 14 per cent of Western Australian small businesses are supportive of the state government’s policies, while they're less confident about the economy than in any other state, according to the latest quarterly survey by marketing group Sensis.

Shares in miner Atlas Iron were up 10 per cent today after the company reported cash generation of $30 million after interest and profit sharing for the June quarter.

Contractor Monadelphous Group has announced a move into the growing renewable energy market by setting up a joint venture with Newcastle-based ZEM Energy, with the two partners having already won work on a 270 megawatt wind farm near Canberra.

SPECIAL REPORT: WA’s regulatory system is at the top of the hit list for onshore oil and gas juniors seeking to drill tenements in the state. 

Gold production and cash costs have both outperformed financial year guidance for Regis Resources, with shares in the company enjoying solid gains today.

Laing O’Rourke had a pyrrhic victory in the Court of Appeal today, when it managed to overturn a previous adverse ruling but it appears the construction contractor still won't be getting the $45 million it was awarded by an adjudicator in 2015.

A rebound in iron ore prices has helped Mount Gibson Iron hit its full-year sales guidance, with the junior iron ore miner reporting ore sales volume of 5 million tonnes.

Below-guidance costs at Northern Star Resources have helped the gold miner increase free cash flow by 21 per cent, according to its quarterly activities report released today.

The richest 1 per cent of Australians have become less well off in the past eight years, while net wealth in the bottom 10 per cent of households has continued to grow, according to the Melbourne Institute’s Hilda survey report.

A fuel supply system at Rio Tinto’s Cape Lambert port and work on a loading jetty at Ichthys’s Darwin LNG facilities are among $140 million of contracts recently won by Monadelphous.

BHP Billiton has fallen slightly short of its revised iron ore production target for the 2016 financial year as it struggles to make up for the suspension of operations at its Samarco joint venture in Brazil and the impact of bad weather in Western Australia.

Contractor Resource Mining has inked an agreement to co-fund Intermin Resources’ Teal gold project to production, with the mine to cost an estimated $4.5 million.

West Perth resources hopeful Altona Mining has received amended environmental authority for its Cloncurry copper project in Queensland, incorporating a new deposit and other changes into the mine plan.

Two local gold hopefuls with interests in a Cambodian project have announced a merger, with Emerald Resources to buy Renaissance Minerals in a deal valued at about $40 million.

More than half of respondents to a survey of 1,200 Business News subscribers and users believe the state’s business environment deteriorated in the 2016 financial year.

Some users may have welcomed the removal of the port enhancement charge at Geraldton, but it may not be smooth sailing for all.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has promoted little-known Queensland Nationals Senator Matt Canavan to a cabinet position as resources minister, with Josh Frydenberg moving from that role to the portfolios of energy and environment.

Listed Perth company Fastbrick Robotics is moving a step towards disruption in the construction industry, with the company building a commercial prototype of its truck-mounted bricklaying robot.

Mt Gibson Iron has received preliminary Environmental Protection Authority approval for development of its Iron Hill deposits northeast of Dalwallinu, although there is still some process to go before work can begin.