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WA spending ‘up another gear’
Generative AI is being used in the mining sector to simulate realistic training and identify hazards.
National law firm Thomson Geer has continued its rapid growth in Western Australia, announcing plans to merge with local boutique Tottle Partners.
Perth’s architecture community is mourning the loss of the MJA Studio director.
GR Engineering Services has won an engineering, procurement and construction contract for work on delivering and commissioning of Liontown...
So well endowed with resources riches, the state seems set to miss out on the copper boom.
National law firm Thomson Geer has continued its rapid growth in Western Australia announcing plans to merge with local boutique Tottle Partners.
Cable landing stations are essential to communications infrastructure worldwide, powering undersea fibre optic cables and facilitating data...
WA billionaire and super-car enthusiast Laurence Escalante has unveiled his latest venture, moving into the luxury automotive business with Lance...
WA billionaire and super-car enthusiast Laurence Escalante has unveiled his latest venture, moving into the luxury automotive business with Lance...
Bailey Brewing Company has rapidly expanded its footprint with the brewery to open two restaurants in the coming weeks, including one in the CBD.
The state government’s land agency has approved Sentinel Real Estate’s $65 million built-to-rent project in Subiaco.
A Perth lawyer has been suspended and fined after she failed to disclose her personal relationship with the presiding judge in her client's court...
Hastings Technology Metals has undergone a restructuring to manage costs, announcing its chief executive Paul Brown will leave the company at the...
Treasurer Rita Saffioti has defended the state’s Metronet investment and come into bat for business on Nature Positive law reform in her first...
Woodside, Santos and other energy companies have had a boost with Australia set to expand its reliance on LNG.
Shares in Henderson-based Civmec rose by 7 per cent early on Friday, following a positive third quarter for the 2024 financial year.
Gold miner St Barbara has the potential to produce an average of 230,000 ounces of gold per annum from the 2028 financial year, following the...
Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the state budget; federal budget; the Prime Minister's Perth visit; critical minerals; the future of gas; a...
Nadia Budihardjo and Liv Declerck discuss the role of artificial intelligence in the mining industry.
Gas companies and the big four banks all rose on the back of energy policy announcements and a hold in interest rates.
One of the state’s largest Indigenous corporations has revealed it underpaid more than 600 employees over a three-year period, amounting to around...
The federal government has formalised its view of gas as an energy transition fuel, committing to new projects as a means of maintaining reliable...
A Perth architecture studio is planning for the city’s growth as it expands its own footprint.
Two Western Australian directors have been convicted and fined after the court found they failed to comply with identification requirements.
Victoria Park-based explorer Raiden Resources has entered into an option agreement with Mallina Corporation, as it plans to divest its...
A Mineral Resources plan to purchase Poseidon Nickel’s Lake Johnston nickel plant and convert it to treat lithium mined in the area will not go...
A Mineral Resources plan to purchase Poseidon Nickel’s Lake Johnston nickel plant and convert it to treat lithium mined in the area appears dead...
The state government has allocated $2.7 billion in the 2024-25 budget to spend on Metronet while the estimated cost for the original commitments...
The state government has upped the stamp duty relief threshold for first home buyers, the first change made in a decade, as
Almost $80 million will be poured into securing more events like Coldplay and WWE for the state, the Treasurer revealed in the 2024-25 budget.
The state government has forecast continued budget surpluses but behind the headline numbers lie big “cash deficits” and a large increase in...
Surging investment in resources projects has bolstered economic growth this year while in future years Treasury expects housing and government...
Ratings agency S&P Global Ratings has expressed surprise that the state budget will dip into a cash deficit this year but otherwise was effusive...
The State Government has made an upward revision to its long-term iron ore price forecast, as lower-than-forecast critical mineral royalties...
A record $12.1 billion will be spent through the state’s asset investment program in 2024-25, part of a $42.2 billion outlay forecast over the...
Resources royalty reliance and a lack of action on payroll tax were among the key observations from business groups digesting today’s state budget...
Nadia Budihardjo and Claire Tyrrell discuss architecture studio Architectus and its plan for the city's growth.
Shares in West Perth-based Caprice Resources rose by 50 per cent on Thursday afternoon, following news that the company plans to acquire a 90 per...
Shares in Kewdale-based Wide Open Agriculture fell sharply on Thursday, followings news of the company's intent to raise $10 million in order to...
Perth-based Alliance Nickel has notched major project status from the federal government for its nickel cobalt project near Leonora.
The State Government has set aside half a billion dollars to fast-track clean energy and major industrial projects around the state and set aside...
There may be nothing fancy about the labels on many of Yarra Yering’s offerings, but that’s because the impressive part is inside the bottle.
SH Mining has completed its $1.7 billion takeover of Australian mineral exploration company Azure Minerals at a price of $3.70 per share.
The Liberal Party WA has accused the state government of squandering the “largest fiscal boom in state history”, in response to Rita Saffioti’s...
NEXTDC will expand its Malaga data centre with a five-storey building, after a development assessment centre greenlit the data storage company’s...
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says delays to environmental policy reform show he is listening to WA business – but has brushed off questions on...
The West Perth company says the proceeds, in tandem with cash on hand, will fully fund the equity component of its $1.3 billion Hemi gold project...
The Woolworths-anchored centre has changed hands from one Queensland group to another.
The total investment into the planning phase of the multi-billion-dollar Westport project nears $70 million after the federal government matched...
Project closures and scale backs in early 2024 presented a stark contrast to the recent era of project delivery in WA.
ANALYSIS: The cumulative value of the State Government’s pre-budget spending announcements is nearing $3 billion – a day out from Treasurer...
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled millions of dollars of funding for the resources industry including $566 million for an exploration...
MSWA has broken ground on its long-awaited 24-hour care facility in Shenton Park, marking the start of a major project for the not-for-profit...
Jack McGinn and Nadia Budihardjo discuss the delivery of the state's major mining projects.
The ASX200 closed marginally higher across most sectors as a medical tech company recorded eight per cent growth in one day.
Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison spoke with unwavering confidence about the miner’s project in Onslow, saying there was nothing easier than...
The dollar figure for the deal has not been revealed, however in a statement EMR said it had acquired a “significant stake” in the Perth-based...
Anthony Albanese labelled a statement by the Chinese foreign ministry, in which it said an Australian helicopter was acting “provocatively”,...
A tertiary review has recommended a fund be established to ensure the sector’s big-budget needs are met.
Emirates will add another 43 A380s and 28 Boeing 777 aircraft to its extensive cabin retrofit programme lifting the total to be done to 191.
Security and sovereignty issues in Mali have pushed Leo Lithium to offload its final 40 per cent interest in the Goulamina Lithium Project to...
The higher profit came despite a small decline in annual revenue, down to $2.56 billion from $2.75 billion the year prior.
Administrators found Australia's low-cost airline Bonza owes money to tens of thousands of creditors, a lawyer claims in the Federal Court of...
The state government will offer owners of vacant properties a $5,000 incentive to put their houses on the rental market, in a bid to unlock housing...
The $70 million purchase marks the second largest retail transaction this year in WA and was sold at 40 per cent below its replacement value.
The $4 million property was purchased by a group of owners.
Good Drinks Australia says it remains focused on increasing volume, revenue and market share growth for the remainder of the 2024 financial year,...
A plan to deliver transmission infrastructure connecting Woodside’s Pluto LNG plant and Maitland solar farm to the state’s North West...
After six years of development in WA and Tasmania, a new player has launched a retail presence in the busy tourist town.
Mineral exploration company Australian Vanadium has announced an updated mineral resource estimate for its namesake project in Meekatharra.
The federal government will invest $519.1 million to help farmers prepare for drought, particularly in regional Western Australia and Tasmania.
Iluka Resources boss Tom O’Leary has taken a shot at China’s “monopolistic production” of rare earths and warned of the country's preparedness...
The ASX200 finished up across the board after the Reserve Bank elected to hold fire on raising interest rates despite fears of lingering inflation.
Aspiring exploration company Premier1 Lithium has appointed Jason Froud as its managing director.
Subiaco-based Firebird Metals closed trade 11 per cent higher on Tuesday, following positive findings from its battery grade manganese sulphate...
Nadia Budihardjo and Mark Pownall discuss a new player in the Dunsborough wine market.
A cohort of highly experienced and qualified personnel will step up to Defence leadership roles.
The Reserve Bank of Australia continues to hold the cash rate steady at 4.35 per cent at its third board meeting of the year.
The owner of WA’s biggest dairy farm is placing his reputation and cash on the line to prove the potential of an autonomous and green production...
The state government has committed $843 million for affordable housing and homelessness initiatives in the upcoming 2024-25 budget.
International goldminer Newmont has had to stop activity at its Telfer gold mine after WorkSafe issued two prohibition notices over the Pilbara...
Premier Roger Cook has defended his government’s decision to give Alcoa the go-ahead to mine in the South West, despite concerns from its own...
More than 6,000 residents and businesses in Broome will finally be able to install rooftop solar, after more than two years of capacity limits...
Gold miner Regis Resources has announced it will develop both its Garden Well Main and Rosemount Stage 3 underground mines, as its underground...
Shares in Horizon Minerals rose by 26 per cent on Monday morning, after the junior announced it had entered into a binding ore sale agreement with...
The Qantas Group has announced an agreement with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to resolve court proceedings about...
One of the trains at Chevron’s Gorgon gas plant has been hit by an outage, with the repairs estimated to take weeks.
Burtonwood Investment Partners and Saracen Properties have cleared a planning hurdle for its $55 million neighbourhood centre in Anketell.
Mandurah man Jack Alexander Endersby has been charged with another 11 counts of fraud, now accused of receiving $2.5 million in funds from victims...
The Claremont-based Proptech has signed a binding agreement to acquire the company.
A recent move by the state government to roll out a second trade commissioner for the South East Asian region is a concession that its current...
Nadia Budihardjo and Tom Zaunmayr discuss moves in the state's dairy industry.
The ASX200 has finished up 0.7 per cent with gains led by property sector after a weak US jobs report renewed hopes for an earlier rate cut.
Subiaco-based Green Critical Minerals has announced it has added the position of managing director to Clinton Booth’s portfolio.
Payroll tax relief has unsurprisingly topped the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA’s state budget wish-list, ahead of the state’s unveiling of...
During a recent visit to Queensland, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the government’s intention to create the Future Made in Australia...