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Shares in medical dermatology company Botanix Pharmaceuticals, led by Perth-based chairman Graham Griffiths and executive director Matt Callahan, have jumped more than 20 per cent today after the company announced successful results from an acne patient study.

The Supreme Court of Western Australia has more than doubled the penalty handed down to South Australian trucking company Cleveland Freightlines following an appeal by WorkSafe.

The increasing uptake of automation, artificial intelligence, and digital technologies in the resources sector has led Core Skills to launch a pilot program designed for mining and energy employees.

AWE has urged shareholders to take no action on a takeover offer from the state-run energy giant China Energy Reserve and Chemical Group, which remains unchanged from its initial bid of 73 cents per share, after it lodged its bidder's statement.

A group of shareholders in life sciences company eSense-Lab has requisitioned a general meeting to remove three directors, including chief executive Haim Cohen, while also seeking to appoint MMJ Phytotech managing director Andreas Gedeon and Otsana Capital founder Faldi Ismail to the board.

The Quintis story is another example of the failure of tax-driven plantation schemes to deliver for investors.

The Quintis insolvency could play out very differently from other failed agribusiness investment schemes.

One year into his new job, Cash Converters chief executive Mark Reid is on a culture change journey.

Shares in telecommunications provider Swift Networks rose nearly 10 per cent today after the company released strong half-year results that show increasing revenue growth and profit margins.