Australia's share market has notched its best week since October 2022, despite slipping ahead of key US-Iran ceasefire talks and with little sign Iran's Hormuz Strait blockade is easing.
Monadelphous has secured a suite of construction and maintenance contracts worth a total $145 million, including work at Rio Tinto's Paraburdoo iron ore mine in the Pilbara.
State-owned energy provider Synergy has launched an investigation into claims of a massive data breach allegedly involving over 900,000 sensitive document, including the personal records of customers.
Mark Pownall, Sam Jones and Gary Adshead discuss the news of the week, including fuel movements; BHP industrial action; El Caballo Blanco's future; ECU's $72m purchase and more.
Woodside Energy has touted the oil potential of the United States, after its joint venture partner Occidental made a discovery at the Bandit prospect off the coast of Louisiana.
An AI-powered camera system which maps snail populations for pest control is among a record-setting number of WA startups chosen to participate in Founders Factory's Nature Tech Accelerator.
Councils in WA's grain belt want the state to impose bigger setbacks and stronger end-of-life rules on wind farm proponents and let locals decide how to use community funds.
WA's largest super fund GESB's former chief Ben Palmer has emerged as the managing director of a new funds management division launched by Affinity Capital Group.
US stocks rose Thursday, even though oil prices did too, as financial markets moved more modestly a day after surging on optimism about a ceasefire in the war with Iran.
Specialist electricians working for BHP in the Pilbara have locked in April 16 as the date for the first industrial action to be taken in the mining region in two decades.
Australia's share market has edged slightly higher, as a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran hangs in the balance and a key oil transit route remains restricted.
A private school is one step closer to building the next stage of its college in Perth's north east, after an assessment panel approved the $49.2 million plan.
Two WA projects have been chosen by the government for a pilot program to build economic resilience and sovereign capability amid the crippling fuel crisis and critical minerals spotlight.
Chevron has restored domestic gas supply from its damaged Wheatstone facility following Tropical Cyclone Narelle, but export production remains a work in progress.
ANALYSIS: Recent research found that one-in-eight Indigenous households face unmet housing needs about twice the rate experienced by non-Indigenous households.
New home completions in WA have slipped to their lowest level in almost two years, magnifying calls for the state to pause major infrastructure projects and focus on boosting housing supply.
