Twenty-eight workers lost their lives on the job across Western Australia in 2025, pushing the state's workplace fatality rate above the national average during the deadliest year for Australian workplaces in more than a decade.
Perth's leading insolvency practitioners expect further consolidation in Western Australia's disability support services sector amid continual financial pressure.
Mine operator FQM Australia Nickel has been fined more than $800,000 over an incident at its Ravensthorpe plant, which caused a worker to require spinal fusion surgery.
A Perth company fined $975,000 over a workplace death will pay nothing while its two directors are due to get a $158,000 distribution from the company's liquidators.
The anti-corruption watchdog has found serious misconduct over almost $12 million of local government spending after an investigation into a shire senior officer.
A subsidiary of Meneghello Industrial Group has been fined $90,000 and ordered to pay $50,000 in prosecution costs over environmental harm caused by emissions from its Landsdale operations.
A Perth builder and its nominated supervisor have been fined $25,000 over defective work that caused a roof to detach and collapsed on to the neighbouring house.
Detectives are continuing to probe the affairs of late investment promoter Stephen Robert Bruce after charging his wife with seven counts of gaining a benefit by fraud.
The competition watchdog has again opposed IAG's $1.35 billion proposal to acquire RAC's insurance business, doubling down on its stance the deal would substantially lessen competition.
Former Eagles player Andrew Donnelly and wife Natasha have been given another week to find legal representation to fight the taxation office's claim of a $1 million debt.
Stephen Bruce victim claims may fall over as the state looks to abandon sentencing of the investment promoter who is believed to have died in a July car crash.
An inquiry report into the City of Perth will be made public but previous findings will remain confidential, as Local Government Minister Hannah Beazley responds to transparency concerns.
Insolvency practitioners have taken control of entities of ASX-listed gold miner Matsa Resources after its mining contractor downed tools over alleged unpaid invoices.
The Supreme Court will summons lawyer Ben Caratti to provide documents for a probe into the assets of his property developer parents Tina Bazzo and Allen Caratti.
A judge has blasted self-styled whistleblower Alexander Cokic for trying to get compensation from his former employer Tronox after losing an injunction battle.
The Royal Hotel in the CBD owes more than $2 million to the tax office and was likely insolvent since early 2024, administrators claim in their report.
Gold Valley Iron Ore and director Yuzheng Xie have successfully appealed their penalties, in which they were fined more than $2 million over unauthorised mining.
Former WA director Joanne Pellew, the founder of labour hire company Ochre Workforce Solutions, has been sentenced to more than three years imprisonment for Corporations Act offences.
An investigation into a workplace incident at a Mineral Resources subsidiary's workshop, in which an employee's hand was seriously injured, is ongoing.
PrivateInvest Capital Securities Limited and director Mark Roberts are being chased for $17.2 million by Finito Nominees Pty Ltd over the development of an apartment complex in Burswood.
Former Beacon Minerals project manager Alex McCulloch has been handed a 12-month jail term for insider trading but is unlikely to serve time behind bars.
Consumer Protection is prepared to take enforcement action against now-collapsed Bella Modular if necessary after the modular home and granny flat builder collapsed.
The corporate watchdog has determined not to take enforcement action against Mineral Resources or its founder Chris Ellison after concluding a formal investigation.
Former Eagle Andrew Donnelly has denied he was an officer of his wife's company, fighting ASIC's claim that he was to be responsible for providing documents to the appointed liquidator.
