Sam Jones

Perth billionaire Laurence Escalante's VGW will feature on WrestleMania and other WWE broadcasts after it inked a deal with the entertainment giant.

Perth modular data centre provider DXN has inked a joint venture with Super Sistems Indonesia to capitalise on the country's booming data centre requirements and offshore some manufacturing.

The Finance Sector Union says a move by CBA to freeze hiring under the Bankwest entity was the "final nail in the coffin" for the WA brand.

WA's medicinal cannabis industry has notched another win for the week, with Zelira Therapeutics attaining $33 million in non-dilutive funding for its cannabis-based autism treatment.

Orthocell has finalised a move to boost its stake in Marine Biomedical, the company developing a bone substitute using Kimberley pearls, simultaneously securing global distribution rights.

A deal between several unions and Microsoft is set to guide how artificial intelligence is deployed across the nation's tech and arts sectors and outline workers rights as the technology is implemented.

Nadia Budihardjo and Mark Pownall discuss employee wellness company Sonder.

A WA trucking company is taking its former lawyers to court over what it says was negligent advice on royalties from haulage operations at the Peculiar Knob mine.

Builders in Joondalup and Balcatta have been hit with fines from Building and Energy following dodgy insurance practices, absent permits and substandard works.

Argent Biopharma has streamlined its asset acquisition of fellow WA cannabis player AusCann, while another Perth player has been subject to a reverse takeover.

Ella Loneragan and Claire Tyrrell discuss transport orientated design.

Perth-based Argenica Therapeutics has partnered with an Oxford University AI spinout to evaluate the effectiveness of its flagship ARG-007 stroke drug, finding previously hidden impacts.

ASC has added two more partnerships to its books to bolster Australia's nuclear and submarine workforces ahead of the commencement of Submarine Rotational Force-West next year.

One of the northern suburbs fastest growing schools has completed a transformational works program, adding 12 laboratories and 17 classrooms to the already sizeable site.

The peak body for industry in Kwinana has called on Roger Cook to use newly minted planning powers to designate the Western Trade Coast WA's first state development area.

WA's hydrogen export sector will receive a major technical boost via a new Kwinana-based research system designed by NASA hall-of-fame scientists.

Housing continues to lead national inflation figures, though the headline annual figure cooled to 3.4 per cent for November.

The latest on the campaign to overturn federal electoral funding laws; Arena's Wildcats acquisition; and Erben's $10m property buy.

Subiaco-based gold miner Regis Resources has confirmed it was among several WA organisations hit by Lynx Ransomware recently, but says the group did not manage to steal any data.

Curtin University has been named the only WA institution to receive a share of $40 million in new contracts from Defence focused on emerging technologies and artificial intelligence.

Henderson-based shipbuilder Austal will build two more evolved Cape-class patrol boat in a $135 million deal inked with the Australian Border Force.

Tom Zaunmayr and Ella Loneragan discuss WA's grains industry.

Shipbuilding giant Austal has been awarded a $1 billion contract to design and build landing craft medium for the Australian Defence Force.

Defence shake-up can deliver generational rewards for WA.

The review into September's Optus triple zero outages, during which multiple Australians died, has been released to the public with 21 recommendations to fix the company's culture.

In its next step of selling off non-core gold assets, Westgold Resources will divest its Mt Henry-Selene gold project to Alicanto Minerals for $64.4 million.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the budget bottom line is set to improve by $8 billion over the next four years, as he hailed the "progress" made in the first year of the Albanese government's second term.

Seafarms Group Limited has completed its acquisition of assets and undertakings of Project Sea Dragon from the liquidator, paving the way for a return of the trouble-plagued prawn farm.

East Perth-based security firm Intelligent Monitoring has raised $20 million to fund its latest acquisition spree, targeting two prominent New Zealand security and surveillance companies.

A WA Innovator of the Year award winner has announced it will bring its novel MDMA and psilocybin-assisted therapy for post traumatic stress disorder to Victoria.

The proliferation of data centres has boosted Southern Cross Electrical Engineering shares to a fresh high, despite a disappointing arbitration loss earlier this month.The company today announce

ASIC has hit the ASX with a $150 million charge after it found the share market operator had prioritised profits and returns over robust governance.