Professions

Wesfarmers-owned Kmart Group has announced the resignation of managing director Ian Bailey after 19 years, with chief financial officer Aleksandra Spaseska to step up to the role.

Mining, government and supermarkets continue to dominate WA’s jobs figures despite upheaval in some sectors.

The country's gender pay gap has marginally narrowed but WA has the biggest income disparity out of the states and territories, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency found.

A merger between Herbert Smith Freehills and US-based firm Kramer Levin to form Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer is on the cards, a move they claim will make them a top 20 global firm.

Business Council of Australia has announced Woodside chief executive Meg O'Neill as the newest addition to its board, joining Wesfarmers managing director and chief Rob Scott.

David Tsai has been permanently appointed to the top job at Crown Resorts after serving as acting chief executive since September.

A list of notable businesspeople has weighed in on the future of Perth, including Wesfarmers chairman Michael Chaney, property developer Adrian Fini, and WA chief scientist Peter Klinken.

HopgoodGanim and a former partner of the law firm have been sued over advice relating to Chris Brown and his alleged multi-million-dollar betting scheme.

Town of Cambridge mayor Gary Mack has been named the next president of the Law Society of Western Australia, to start next year.

The Western Australian head of financial services company Shaw and Partners Davide Bosio has left the business after five years in the role.

PwC Australia has reported a sharp decline in annual revenue and staff numbers and a second big fall in partner income after a period of major restructuring.

The number of women running ASX300 companies has stagnated in the past year with a survey also showing multiple WA companies have no women in their executive leadership group.

The Fair Work Commission is tightening up the eligibility of paid agents after finding multiple instances of unethical and misleading behaviour.

The number of women engaged in part time work across Australia has declined in the past few years, a recent research report shows.

Business executives Kevin Gallagher and Neil Siford have had a small win in the Supreme Court in a costs ruling related to their long-running dispute with Forge Group.

Herbert Smith Freehills Perth partner Ante Golem has been named the global law firm’s dispute resolution lead for Australia.

Crown Resorts chief executive Ciarán Carruthers will depart the company, with former Crown Perth chief executive David Tsai to step into the role from September.

National mid-tier law firm HopgoodGanim is set to merge with Perth’s Butlers Lawyers and Notaries, adding 17 staff to its WA team.

Former Harrier Group shareholders, including the Bunning family, have escalated a share payout dispute allegedly involving millions of dollars to the state’s highest court.

City of Perth councillor and Perth Racing director Brent Fleeton will head overseas, triggering an extraordinary election to fill his local government seat.

Western Australia’s unemployment rate remains below the national average, which has slightly risen in June, the Australian Bureau of Statistics found.

Lawyer Kim Farmer, daughter of AFL legend Graham ‘Polly’ Farmer, has been appointed as a magistrate at the Children’s Court of Western Australia.

Recruitment firm Collar Group will be returned to the control of its chief executive after creditors approve to rearrange the company that fell into administration.

Global law firm K&L Gates has poached two top partners from independent firm Jackson McDonald in a coup that aims to boost its real estate and corporate practice offerings.

Global law firm Clifford Chance has confirmed a partner from its Perth office has been dismissed after an internal investigation into alleged serious misconduct.

Norman Neill will return to the post of managing partner at professional services firm HLB Mann Judd, four years after he last held the position.

After six years at the helm of mid-tier accounting firm Moore WA, managing partner David Tomasi depart to make way for James Tng.

Piper Alderman will find a new home in the Exchange Tower, as the national law firm welcomes new partner Catherine Wheeler.

Having led multiple corporate transformation projects, John Van Der Wielen shares his thoughts on what works and what doesn’t.

KPMG’s Australian arm will shed around 200 staff from its consulting business as part of a comprehensive restructure, in a move expected to save it around $80 million a year.

Rivervale-based recruitment firm Collar Group has entered voluntary administration, after cutting 20 per cent of its overall workforce this week.

Corporate lawyers Bryn Hardcastle and Scott Gibson built their reputations at boutique firms but have taken different paths.