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Nadia Budihardjo and Sam Jones talk about an education panel that highlighted support for students in early schooling years.

Gumtree Markets Australia's board has knocked back a $42 million takeover offer, while posting its first profitable result in over two years.

Sam Jones and Nadia Budihardjo discuss a new research methodology at UWA.

Shares in DUG Technology have lifted by over 10 per cent following the release of strong financials, and despite its ongoing US court action with a subsidiary of oil and gas giant Shell.

Bhagwan Marine shareholders seem unperturbed by some lacklustre half-year results, with shares notching up despite large revenue and profit declines.

Gaming billionaire Laurence Escalante faced court to amend his bail and suppression order in a bid which could see him gain access to his private jet, while also being hit with nine fresh charges.

WA high-performance computing company DUG will fight a hefty legal bill lobbed at it by a Texas court, after it was found to have breached a supplier contract with a Shell subsidiary.

The first inflation data post-Federal government energy subsidy has revealed a 16-month-high underlying inflation reading, but experts still expect just one more cash rate rise this year.

US Senator Tim Kaine has pressed the Department of Defence on what it's doing to help Australia process critical minerals, and called for more support to move away from Chinese processing.

WA-based arts non-profit FORM leveraged the launch of its new exhibition to prove 22 years of cultural investments had delivered tangible financial returns for the state's economy.

Plans for a $5 million mixed use development on a side street parallel to Scarborough Beach Road in the middle of Mount Hawthorn have been approved by the development authority.

Mark Beyer and Justin Fris discuss Genus' power up.

Murdoch University chancellor Gail McGowan has become WA's third local government monitor, appointed to the City of South Perth to address issues in the council.

Austal has delivered a bumper result after its Australian operations posted a 60 per cent hike in revenue for the first half of the year.

Western Australians will have more access to Tip Top white sliced bread after the company behind it, Tip Top Bakeries, opened a $130 million state-of-the-art bakery line in Canning Vale.

Sam Jones, Mark Pownall, Gary Adshead and Claire Tyrrell discuss the dim sum scandal; a $900k government severance package; ECU Mount Lawley's future and other major news of the week.

Henderson-based shipbuilder Austal has been awarded a $4 billion contract for the construction of eight landing vessels for the Australian Defence Force.

Sam Jones and Tom Zaunmayr discuss the state government's demersal fishing ban.

Civil contractor and mining services firm NRW has posted a 40 per cent increase in profit for the first half of the year, buoyed by acquisitions, the Olympics and data centres.

A week after an accounting error forced Austal to downgrade its earnings guidance by 18 per cent, the President of its US operations, at which the mistake occurred, has announced her retirement.

Australia's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.1 per cent in January, remaining stubbornly tight ahead of the Reserve Bank's March rates decision.

Rita Saffioti has defended claims government spending has lassoed builders away from private developers, admitting that population surges necessitated it.

A former Business News Startup of the Year finalist has inked a deal with the world's largest gold producer to deliver robotic solutions for some of the most dangerous jobs on site.

Western Australians wages rose more than any other state over the past twelve months, while government sector wage increases continue to outpace that of the private sector.

Tom Zaunmayr talks to Sam Jones about why a Gnowangerup family's investment in export infrastructure is getting attention.

Hillary Clinton's former running mate Tim Kaine used a visit to Rockingham today to spruik US commitment to the Aukus alliance.

Natalie Sarich-Dayton says Brownes is focused on new product lines amid a protracted sale by WA's oldest dairy's Chinese owners.

The WA government has unveiled a new grant program to support the establishment of a spaceport in the state.

The WA company behind an imaging device which can reduce the number of repeat surgeries for breast cancer patients has received $27 million in a private funding round to support its push to US FDA approval.

Treatments from an innovative Perth healthcare company offering novel MDMA and psilocybin-assisted therapy for PTSD will be covered by insurance in three states, after it expanded an agreement with Medibank.

Nadia Budihardjo and Claire Tyrrell discuss updates to major south west property developments.

Newly minted Liberal leader Angus Taylor has issued a blunt 'change or die' ultimatum to his party, seizing the helm at what he described as the lowest point in its 82-year history.