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King Charles and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have boarded billionaire Andrew Forrest's ship for the launch of a global conservation initiative.

Interest rates have reached their highest point since the global financial crisis after the Reserve Bank of Australia board voted to raise the official cash rate to 4.85 per cent.

Households and businesses face a bleak Christmas and even tougher 2027 with the RBA forecasting inflation and interest rates to remain high for at least the next 12 months.

WA Minister for Women Simone McGurk has warned an escalating wave of vitriol directed at politicians and public figures is coming from across the political spectrum, revealing her own electorate office faces daily abuse.

When Labor MP for Riverton Jagadish Krishnan was securing an almost $1 million loan from a New York banker, his Mosman Park home was used to raise another $1 million.

The pace of home building is gradually accelerating but a likely rate hike and stubborn inflation are stoking broader fears for the economy.

Gina Rinehart has slammed ‘woke propaganda' while announcing a post-tax $2.8 billion profit for her sprawling diversified private company Hancock Prospecting.

The state government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Italy's export credit agency to support major projects in WA spanning critical minerals, energy and advanced manufacturing.

Investor concerns about the federal government's national gas reservation scheme could leave the nation short of supply, a parliamentary hearing has been told.

Economists have warned of a heightened risk the economy slides into recession if the Reserve Bank of Australia hikes interest rates next week.

Gina Rinehart has urged business to stay “awake” to bad government policies, while announcing a $1.79 billion post-tax net profit for Hancock Iron Ore.

Curtin University has accused the Cook government of creating “lasting damage” by using misinformation in the “largest and most disruptive” university merger plan “in Australian history”.

Riverton MP Jags Krishnan has launched his own legal action against the people who sued him over an alleged $1 million loan in a New Jersey court.

The Environmental Protection Authority will look at a Synergy proposal to build a new, $700 million gas-fired power facility on the site of the former Kwinana power station.

The spread of backpacker visa holders across regions and years may be tweaked following discussions between WA Premier Roger Cook and Immigration Minister Tony Burke.

More than $7 million has been committed to protecting and restoring the Swan and Canning rivers amid concerns about water quality and habitat loss.

The federal government has refused to rule out nationalising rare earths company Northern Minerals in face of the refusal of foreign shareholders to comply with divestment orders.

The state government says it will approve Alcoa's 2025-2029 mine plan for its South West operations, subject to “significantly strengthened” regulatory requirements.

The federal government has called on the Senate to approve its national gas reservation scheme without delay after securing its passage through the House of Representatives.

The City of South Perth council voted to sack chief executive Liz Ledger retrospectively, after she resigned from the role earlier this week.

In an extremely rare move, the state government is negotiating a possible increase of the 1.65 per cent alumina royalty rate currently paid by Alcoa.

The federal government will unveil a package of savings in its mid-year budget update as it grapples with conflicting forces buffeting the economy.

The City of Armadale has provided a small but telling example of how shared services in the local government sector can not only save money but boost income.

Expectations have swung firmly in favour of a Melbourne Cup Day rate rise after annual inflation jumped to 4.3 per cent in September.

The City of South Perth council will “shortly” decide how to move forward after its chief executive resigned, days after an appointed monitor finished her term.

The state government has launched a plan to reduce soaring industrial power costs, including a 75 per cent SWIS renewable energy generation target and a $150 million energy investment fund.

European sustainability rules could burden agribusinesses with extra costs without delivering benefits promised under a free trade deal, the PGA of WA has warned.

Australia's updated critical minerals strategy will place greater emphasis on processing and refining, according to Federal resources minister Madeleine King.

Woodside Energy will walk away from the Greater Sunrise development project in Timor-Leste, striking a deal to sell its share to a state-owned entity for $US200 million.

The former head of WA's EPA once warned Woodside Energy that even the best-case scenario for a past Browse development plan could have irreversible environmental consequences.

A Coalition government would abolish climate agencies and programs, scrap Labor's housing reforms, gut industry incentives and boot non-citizens off welfare programs.