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A former geological consultant to Beacon Minerals has pleaded guilty to insider trading, over almost 6.7 million shares, in the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss RAC's $1.35bn insurance sale; the Women's and Babies hospital; CEO moves; apartments; the Burswood precinct; industrial estates; and a mag preview.

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Perth's property agencies are shaking up their operations to position themselves for growth.

Volunteers from a range of industries were named winners at this year's annual WA Volunteer of the Year Awards.

Blue Diamond Australia has secured planning approval to build a multi-million-dollar ammonium nitrate plant in the state's Mid West.

Fortescue hopes to build as many as 200 wind turbines across almost 100,000 hectares in the East Pilbara to supply electricity to its mines in the region.

The Motor Trades Association has called on the competition regulator to block the takeover of RAC Insurance and its counterparts in QLD and SA by two industry giants.

A foreign entity with Australian roots has emerged as the buyer of Augusta's pub in a deal which pushes the group's acquisitions in the state's southern tip above $30m in two years.

A development assessment panel has been unable to decide on a $400 million solar hybrid project in Narrogin, returning the proposal to the applicant for another month.

Engineering firm Monadelphous has announced a series of new construction and maintenance-based contracts, valued around $180 million.

Wall Street stocks ended mixed overnight.

Super tax a ‘disaster' for VC sector

The state government has opened the consultation gates on the controversial Burswood motorsport and entertainment precinct, bringing in a key government official for the job.

Capricorn Metals chief executive Paul Criddle has resigned from the company, after an assault charge against him was dismissed in court.

The founding family of Zorzi Group have sued a Perth entity over a Melbourne property, in a dispute related to the collapsed builder's parent company Western Alliance.

The Australian share market has overcome an early dip to notch its seventh straight session of gains.

Former De Grey Mining chair Simon Lill will lead the board of a gold-focused spin-off from Gina Rinehart-backed Delta Lithium, to be listed as Ballard Mining.

ANALYSIS: Australian Rugby League Commission chair Peter V'landys and NRL powerbrokers secured an early triumph on Thursday.

Kathy Skantzos and Claire Tyrrell discuss environmental offsets within the property sector.

Brendan Gore will step down as chief executive at the land development company in July, following two decades at the business.

Macmahon subsidiary Decmil Group has been awarded two contracts, worth a total of $80 million, over work in Western Australia and the east coast.

Premier Roger Cook has urged recently re-elected prime minister to address Woodside Energy's North West Shelf extension request quickly, following a series of delays.

Scentre Group has successfully sought a four-year delay to redevelop the shopping centre, pushing the project out further.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has reported surprisingly strong jobs growth in the month of April while the country's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was steady at 4.1 per cent.

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Environmental offsets have become increasingly difficult for property developers.

Clive Palmer's Mineralogy has launched another action against Chinese miner CITIC, in hopes to revive its claim for a $5 billion loss over royalties on low-grade ore.

Southern Ports is diversifying its export trade commodities, via its partnership with Gold Valley.

The RAC has become the latest state-based motoring group to sell its insurance business, with Sydney-based IAG paying $1.35 billion for the WA business.