Isabel Vieira

The Australian tax office has brought legal action against Perth Glory in a bid to wind up the company less than a year after its new owners took the reins.

A mining-focused private equity fund co-founded by James McClements has received a $117 million loan through the federal government's renewable energy scheme.

The federal government has backed battery metals player Vulcan Energy to the tune of $196 million to help get its German lithium and renewable energy project off the ground.

Nicola Forrest has driven a $100 million investment into a female-focused philanthropic fund, through her family's Minderoo Foundation.

Liv Declerck and Isabel Vieira discuss the largest project in the Noongar Place Names initiative.

The Business Council of Australia has found WA has one of the least effective payroll tax systems nationally, as it joins the chorus of lobby groups calling for change.

Hastings Technology Metals has inked an early-stage deal to assess potentially building a rare earths downstream plant in Saudi Arabia, while maintaining its still looking at its WA option.

BGC has started construction on tens of millions of dollars' worth of infrastructure in a bid to start producing “green cement” after inking a deal with a lithium heavyweight.

Liontown Resources' boss Tony Ottaviano says the state government's lithium support package is a "broader menu to select from" but his first choice was always royalty relief.

Bassendean-based private business Hofmann Engineering has been fined $567,000 over the death of an employee at its fabrication workshop in 2019.

Isabel Vieira and Liv Declerck discuss the 30th anniversary of Regional Arts WA.

Gina Rinehart has stepped up her calls for Australia to cut regulation and taxes while also borrowing from US president-elect Donald Trump with the pro-oil slogan ‘Drill Baby Drill'.

Under-fire mining billionaire Chris Ellison has resigned as chairman of Delta Lithium effective immediately to direct his focus to embattled Mineral Resources.

WA's energy regulator has commenced legal proceedings against industry heavyweight Santos over the petroleum spill at its Varanus Island gas plant off the Pilbara coast.

Production tax credit legislation for value-adding critical minerals and green hydrogen producers is set to be introduced in a bid to spur investment in the languished sectors.

Suitors have entered the data room for more than a dozen property developments of embattled builder Nicheliving, as administrators look to sell-off assets.

Perth contractor K19 Mining has been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars after a worker was injured during a road train tyre explosion near the Beyondie potash project.

The self-enriching actions and disclosure omissions of billionaire mining boss Chris Ellison have divided shareholders, leading to a protest vote against the remuneration report.

Mineral Resources insists its stake in a Bullsbrook industrial park was not a related-party transaction, while Chris Ellison has agreed to sell properties leased to the company.

Besieged mining boss Chris Ellison says his offshore tax evasion affairs and corporate governance failures have been a “dark cloud" in his life.

Poseidon Nickel chair Peter Harold has reflected on the torrid time for local nickel producers and the axed Mineral Resources deal that ultimately led to the Horizon Minerals merger.

Nadia Budihardjo and Isabel Vieira discuss retail trading hours.

Stakeholders remain split over any changes to the hours big retailers can open for business.

Creditor claims of more than $740 million have piled up against the taxpayer-backed East Rockingham waste-to-energy plant, including from Acciona and National Australia Bank.

The head of BHP's mothballed Nickel West division Jess Farrell has notched a new role as vice president innovation within the miner's technical leadership team.

Prominent businessman Ian Dorrington has been remembered as a highly respected member of the Perth broking community following his sudden death.

Andrew and Nicola Forrest's private investment vehicle Wyloo has sounded the alarm over Hastings Technology Metals' solvency and ability to repay its multi-million-dollar loan.

Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has grown its stake in Las Vegas-headquartered producer MP Materials, building on the mining magnate's rare earths portfolio.

Nicheliving directors have fronted a $200,000 indemnity to cover operating costs and ensure the administrators get paid in the "likely" event the construction entities are too strapped for cash.

A $10,000 incentive to attract eastern states construction workers to Western Australia has been described as a shot in the arm for the industry amid the state's crippling housing crisis.

Embattled miner Mineral Resources is set to shutter its Bald Hill lithium mine in the Goldfields in a move that will put the jobs of 300 workers in limbo.

Mineral Resources' board says its historical management of related party deals was “not as robust” as it could have been in the fallout of Chris Ellison's offshore tax affairs.