Isabel Vieira

The nation's inflation rate has slowed to a 6 per cent rise in the 12 months to June, according to the latest consumer price index statistics.

The mining sector recorded the largest fall in business turnover for the second month in a row, according to new statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

In today's podcast Claire Tyrrell and Jack McGinn discuss all the latest property figures, and what they mean for industry.

Gold producer Regis Resources has only just hit its production target for the 2023 financial year after achieving an annual record from its eastern Goldfields assets.

Controversial builder Modco Residential allegedly owes more than $28,000 to a recruitment firm that has launched legal action to wind-up the company.

Nadia Budihardjo and Jack McGinn discuss leadership development success at All Saints College in Perth's southern suburbs.

UWA student accommodation provider St George's College has launched legal action against Palassis Architects and other defendants over allegations of building damages.

Collapsed builder Firm Construction has been fined $600,000 over serious injuries suffered by two workers during the building collapse at the Hotel Rottnest redevelopment in 2020.

Civil engineering and construction contractor Decmil Group has received a limited notice of award for road infrastructure works for Covalent Lithium's Mount Holland project.

Ardea Resources has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Japanese consortium to develop a sub-set of its Kalgoorlie nickel project after tabling a price tag of $3.18 billion.

A Perth building company and its sole director have been fined almost $250,000 after conducting unauthorised and botched work on four properties.

Mark Pownall and Jack McGinn discuss interesting developments in mineral exploration in the state's South West.

Mining giant BHP has awarded an $8 million contract to car hire company Cedrent Enterprises, partly owned by the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation in the Pilbara.

Westgold Resources has exited the takeover contest for Musgrave Minerals after announcing it didn't intend to improve its $177 million merger proposal following Ramelius Resources' offer.

Global accounting and advisory firm branch Nexia Perth has merged with Subiaco-based peer Cicero Group, taking on board four of its five staff members.

The financial services regulator has fined BNK Banking Corporation $247,500 after the Perth-based digital bank breached its data reporting obligations.

Simone Grogan and Jack McGinn speak on a recent interview with David Flanagan which highlighted Western Australia's potential to play a role in the burgeoning space sector.

Junior miner Australian Critical Minerals has made a solid debut on the Australian Stock Exchange after its shares closed the day 12 per cent higher.

NRW Holdings has won a major $973 million contract to construct a processing plant under Northern Star Resources' expansion plan for its Super Pit in Kalgoorlie.

Perth's home value index has risen for the fourth consecutive month driven by an undersupply of new listings and record fast sales.

There were 16 insolvency appointments to Western-Australian-incorporated companies in the past fortnight.

ASX-listed medical and cosmetic cannabis company MGC Pharmaceuticals has sacked a senior manager after discovering they breached the company's trading policy.

Battery metals hopeful Develop Global has updated the market on a revised plan to de-risk and save costs on its Sulphur Springs zinc and copper project in the Pilbara.

Leo Lithium has reached first production of direct shipped ore at its Goulamina hard-lock lithium project in West Africa after its first blast earlier this month.

The corporate watchdog has warned consumers about previously sanctioned company director David Alan Zohar's investment promotions for several exploration ventures.

Mark Beyer speaks to Jack McGinn on the successes of Perdaman's Vikas Rambal and his ambitious plans for the future.

WA's $15.5 billion agriculture industry is the most heavily regulated in the nation, with the incoming Aboriginal cultural heritage laws expected to create more red tape, according to a report.

Macmahon Holdings boss Michael Finnegan says the contractor is nearing its earnings margin target after narrowing its 2023 financial year guidance expectations.

Fenix Resources is set to buy Mount Gibson Iron's Shine iron ore mine on care and maintenance and its rail and port assets in the Mid West under a $25 million deal.

Another luxury retail store will make itself home in Perth's CBD after Lease Equity brokered a deal for Christian Dior to open its first boutique in WA.

The final stage of Bunbury's major waterfront redevelopment project has progressed after the state government awarded three contracts to local businesses.

NRW Holdings has been selected as the preferred candidate to undertake $332 million worth of work on Allkem's lithium mine in the Great Southern.