The Shire of Peppermint Grove has been strongly criticised in a Supreme Court ruling that found it mishandled the listing of heritage properties, and specifically a prominent house on the Swan River foreshore.
The competition watchdog has accepted AP Eagers' proposed takeover of rival car dealer Automotive Holdings Group, on the condition AP Eagers sells its dealerships in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley region.
A Perth building company has been found to be negligent and fined $5,000 by the Building Services Board for winning a contract to renovate a chocolate store in Fremantle, but then failing to carry out or supervise the work.
A junior miner’s chief executive says he has voluntarily submitted to ASIC the contents of an internal investigation into a failed project expansion in India.
AP Eagers has offered to sell dealerships in Newcastle and the Hunter Valley region, as it aims to assuage the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s issues with its proposed acquisition of rival Automotive Holdings Group.
The consumer watchdog is taking Samsung to court for telling consumers that many of the four million Galaxy phones sold in Australia were water resistant, while knowing they were not.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned Western Australian company director Richard Philip Lambe from providing financial services for three years, the latest ban from its investigation into Veronica Macpherson's Macro Group.
Flinders Mines is launching legal action in the Supreme Court of Western Australia against the owner of stock forum HotCopper Holdings, seeking details of users alleged to have made defamatory statements in relation to the board and company.
The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended conditional environmental approval for Hastings Technology Metals’ $427 million Yangibana rare earths project in the Upper Gascoyne.
WorkSafe is prosecuting four parties over the death of 17-year-old Wesley Ballantine, who fell through a void in the roof during a construction project at the old General Post Office building in Forrest Place in 2017.
A real estate sales representative who stole money from an agency’s trust account has been banned for life from holding a certificate of registration in the industry in WA.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says it has concerns about AP Eagers’ $2.3 billion takeover of Automotive Holdings Group, due to a potential impact on competition in new car retailing in NSW.
An internal investigation is under way at the corporate watchdog over the collapse of investment company Sterling First, which Business News first revealed had entered administration last month.
The Supreme Court of Western Australia has given a Nedlands sports club the green light to appeal its failed attempt at regaining a liquor licence, after its facilities where deemed not to constitute a sports arena.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has cancelled the credit licence of mortgage broker Rochelle Anne Weinert, who was involved with the ill-fated Macro Group.
The ACCC is examining whether a proposed takeover of Ruralco Holdings by a Canadian fertiliser giant could reduce wholesale competition and lead to discrimination against some independent retail stores.
The state government has taken a first step to protect subcontractors by introducing a bill to establish a specialist investigations unit within the Small Business Development Commission.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has permanently banned a Perth man from providing financial advice, following his conduct as a representative of Westpac and The Financiallink Group.
A Willetton-based nominee company associated with contractor Pascoe's Gas, Water & Electrical has been hit with an increased fine after refusing to provide documents to the state government, which is trying to clarify the precise links between the two entities.
The federal court has ordered Garuda and Jetstar to pay $19 million and $1.95 million in penalties, respectively, after action taken by the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission.
The Environmental Protection Authority will commence formal consultation next month on its greenhouse gas guidelines, refuting media reports it has already decided to revive the guidelines that caused industry outrage earlier this year.
Some financial institutions may face additional capital requirements after the prudential regulator said many show the same weak risk-assessment capabilities it found last year at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
Clive Palmer's estranged Chinese joint venture partner has largely lost an appeal over royalties from their massive iron ore project in Western Australia's Pilbara.
The state government has selected a newly formed company owned by drink manufacturers Coca-Cola Amatil and Lion to run the state’s container deposit scheme.
