Tom Zaunmayr

A Perth hearing tech company once touted by Time Magazine has fallen into administration after failing to nail down a deal with a major foreign semiconductor company.

The historic Exchange Hotel in Pinjarra will reopen its doors in Spring following a $10 million redevelopment involving two prominent Perth publicans.

A record 758 million tonnes of iron ore was exported from the Pilbara last financial year as pressure mounts to build more bulk handling facilities.

WA Senator Linda Reynolds has recounted how her health spiraled after the story about Brittany Higgins’ 2019 rape claims surfaced in the media.

Woodside has bought the company behind a US ammonia project for US$2.35 billion as part of efforts to meet the energy giant’s greenhouse gas emission abatement targets.

Australia could lose its leading global iron ore role to Africa, Brazil, and Europe without stronger efforts to fund Pilbara green iron plans, according to Fortescue boss Dino Otranto.

Economic empowerment will be the new focus of the federal government’s Indigenous affairs efforts as it moves on from last year’s failed voice to parliament referendum.

A farmer, military man, and sport executive have thrown their hats in the ring to be endorsed as the Liberal candidate for the Labor-held Swan electorate.

A prominent Wheatbelt sheep farmer says she only found out a consultation panel was coming to her house because a friend messaged asking if she should bring morning tea.

Dutch ag giant Louis Dreyfus Commodities will have to terminate its interest in an NT cotton gin and offload shares in a services firm to acquire Kununurra gin funder Namoi Cotton.

Australia’s first deep sea hyperbaric testing chamber has been unveiled in Henderson, promising to slash wait times for subsea industries wanting to pressure-test their gear.

Nadia Budihardjo and Tom Zaunmayr discuss private funds.

Barley exports to China have surged to new highs one year after trade tariffs were lifted, and major South American offtakers have taken a shine to Australia’s grains.

A government microgrid trial has turned enough solar power for 80 homes into enough hydrogen power for three homes in WA’s Gascoyne.

As economic headwinds bite, there’s a growing collection of private capital waiting to be deployed.

Aboriginal-owned firms are growing clout in WA’s regional media landscape, while Seven West Media desks collect dust in country towns

The state government has awarded a $283 million contract to Clough to build a new wharf at Dampier Port.

Green hydrogen is not economic right now, Gabon iron ore has Chinese steel mills salivating, Oakajee remains a mystery, and South American copper has piqued Fortescue’s interest.

A mothballed Kimberley abattoir has been thrown a $56 million lifeline by a Canadian government-backed fund which would value the plant at a fraction of its former price.

OPINION: The Fatima Payman saga has laid bare a problematic policy infecting the nation’s political landscape.

Mid-tier miner Fenix Resources has flicked the switch on construction of a $26 million Mid West iron ore mine.

Fortescue’s Pilbara ore exports have reached new highs but premiums for its high value Iron Bridge rocks have been squeezed by Chinese steel mills.

Nadia Budihardjo and Tom Zaunmayr discuss the Royal Flying Doctor Service's five-year strategy.

Broome’s Eco Beach Resort has been put on the market for the first time since it was built as plans surface to take the remote destination to a new level of luxury.

The RFDS plans to invest in remote clinics and build an advocacy platform ahead of its 100th anniversary in 2028.

The Navy will offer jobs to retrenched miners and builders in a bid to meet its substantial AUKUS staffing requirements.

The WA branch of the CFMEU has accused critics of embarking on a “witch hunt”, breaking its silence on the corruption scandal embroiling its east coast counterparts.

OPINION: We can expect a torrent of misinformation about energy policy when political campaigning begins in earnest in South West seats.

Record spodumene exports and strong demand for caustic soda and fertiliser have lifted annual trade figures in WA’s south to new highs.

Western Australia’s civil construction lobby has warned a workforce pay deal is giving excessive power to the under-siege CFMEU and placing pressure on building costs.

The Indigenous-backed renewable energy sector is an opportunity for traditional owners to tackle closing the gap targets how they see fit

A promising treatment for cancer using a patient’s own cells could begin clinic trials in Western Australia by the end of the year under a state government-backed initiative.