Regulation

A senior WA CFMEU organiser with a long criminal history has had his right-of-entry permit revoked after the WA Industrial Relations Commission found he engaged in “aggressive and intimidatory conduct”.

The suspended explorer scrapped its Murchison gold deal after shareholders demanded clarity on a potential mine liability.

Banned director and corporate adviser Adam Blumenthal is fighting the scope of a planned document haul by the liquidators of failed medical cannabis play Melodiol.

Liquidators of collapsed medical cannabis player Melodiol have won the go-ahead to use an SMS message to spearhead a summons aimed at banned director Adam Blumenthal.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has ordered six foreign NTU shareholders to dispose of shares, escalating the long-running rare earths standoff.

Coles misled shoppers with illusory discounts, a court has ruled after a landmark case brought by the consumer watchdog.

The design unicorn received a $792,000 fine after four of its entities failed to lodge their financial reports on time.

Rare earth miner and processor Tronox has won a permanent Supreme Court injunction against self-styled whistleblower Alexander Cokic.

Wiluna Mining has been fined $575,000 over an incident at its gold open pit that caused permanent spinal injury to an 18-year-old apprentice.

A Perth electrical company and its nominee have been fined $30,000 over unsafe work at a Thornlie property, where someone received an electric shock.

The man accused of killing former Mineral Resources executive Tim Picton has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter.

Peter Bartlett's FMR Investments has won a legal battle with his ousted lieutenant Patrick Keogh over a secret gold stockpile processing operation.

A Western Australian signage business has been fined more than $21,000 after failing to backpay a worker who worked for the company for a decade.

A trucking company has been fined more than $500,000 over a safety failure that led to a truck driver's death on the Great Northern Highway.

The competition umpire will further scrutinise IAG's proposal to acquire RAC's insurance business, warning it could “substantially lessen” insurance market competition in WA.

A former Beacon Minerals project manager has pleaded guilty to insider trading involving 11 million shares in the company.

UPDATED: Details of alleged war crimes by Ben Roberts-Smith, including using a grenade to cover up the murder of two Afghans, have been revealed after he was given bail.

A Perth agent has been permanently banned from the real estate industry after he failed to stop more than $700,000 being transferred out of the agency's trust accounts.

Police have decided not to pursue the assets of tech billionaire Laurence Escalante, who is facing drugs and assault charges brought against him in January.

An upcoming judgment over billions of dollars of iron ore royalties and shared ownership of mining tenements is expected to be short-lived with parties almost certain to appeal.

Third-party testing of Burk Fuel's petrol sold across Perth has revealed discrepancies in fuel grades.

The state aims to enter a bilateral environmental regulatory agreement with the Commonwealth by late 2026, pushing out the timeframe previously flagged by Premier Roger Cook.

Conversations with WA Police detail the business model for WA's $200 million illicit drug trade.

The federal court has handed down its highest penalty for a competition law breach, ordering Qteq and its Perth-based director Simon Ashton to pay $6 million.

Property mogul Allen Caratti-owned Mammoth Contracting has been fined $17,000 after being caught illegally dumping waste on CCTV cameras.

Fuel suppliers will have "the book thrown at them" if they are found to be profiteering off the conflict in the Middle East, the government says.

The founder of collapsed residential builder Inspired Homes has been fined more than $30,000 over defects in several Perth properties.

The tax office is pursuing the founder of collapsed builder Modco Residential, Yusuf Khan, over almost $7 million in alleged unpaid taxes, interest and penalties.

The Director of Public Prosecutions has dropped its case against former directors of collapsed company Capital Mining, bringing an end to the legal dispute.

Australian companies with a clean compliance history are being targeted by black market operators and stolen to aid in fraud, according to a leading Perth accounting firm.

A WA man has been charged with acting in preparation for a terrorist act which allegedly included a mass casualty attack at Parliament House, police headquarters, and Muslim places of worship.

A Western Australian farm owner has been fined $22,000 over the death of a shearer who was caught in a decades-old wool press.