Shadow treasurer Ben Wyatt said he had no intention of raising taxes after the state election, while leaving wriggle room to do so, and declined to provide further details about how Labor’s value capture proposal to partially pay for the Metronet rail package might affect residents living in proxi...

The share market has edged higher as investors digested mixed earnings reports from the likes of miner Rio Tinto, investment manager AMP and AGL Energy.

Former Grant Thornton partner Matthew Donnelly and former Perth Airport executive Fiona Lander have brought to seven the number of external recruits to join Deloitte’s Perth partnership in the past five months, offsetting moves by other partners such as Jenn Morris, who has retired from the firm.

Perth-based Ardea Resources has wrapped up its first day of trading on the ASX, after spinning out from Heron Resources and raising $5.2 million from investors.

Perth-based miner Mount Gibson Iron has started development of its Iron Hill mine in the Mid West after receiving final approvals, and hopes to begin producing by as early as May.