Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the Trump presidency; Project setbacks for Santos and IGO; Port Hedland iron; Freight rail buyback; Hotel occupancy rates; Elders Wool Stores redevelopment; Escalante's latest investment.
The state's Environmental Protection Authority has signed off on a request by Gina Rinehart's Atlas Iron to amend the proposal for its Ridley magnetite mine, expanding the project footprint.
OPINION: It was a better week for the Liberal and National parties in WA, but Labor still looked much more polished as its charges rolled out a heap of fresh election commitments.
Ventia-employed court security and custodial officers walked off the jobs this morning as part of strike action for better pay from the facility management giant.
Engineering company Monadelphous Group has announced its net profit after tax for the first half of the 2025 financial year is likely to be higher than consensus predictions.
Shares in a junior explorer linked to former Azure Minerals boss Tony Rovira soared 48 per cent on no news this morning, before the company entered a trading halt pending exploration results.
Apprentices will get a hip-pocket boost as the prime minister prepares for an election, but some question whether this will tackle workforce shortages.
IGO and joint venture partner Tianqi have called tools down on work and activities on the expansion of the troubled lithium hydroxide plant in Kwinana ahead of a forewarned write-down on the asset.
The benchmark S&P 500 rose to a record closing high overnight as investors assess a mixed bag of corporate earnings and digest comments from President Donald Trump, including a call for cuts in interest rates and oil prices.
The federal government has tipped $2 billion its clean energy lending agency in an effort to spur investment in the sector and capitalise on the net-zero transition.
Telstra will cut its data and AI provider list down to just two as part of a proposed joint venture with Accenture which will also see 726 jobs migrate to the JV.
ANALYSIS: Labor's plan to buy back the rail freight network adds to multiple moves across the water, roads, health and prison industries to reverse the privatisation of assets and services.
More than a dozen Rivers clothing stores across the state will shut shop after a buyer couldn't be found for division under the troubled Mosaic Brands umbrella.
Westgold Resources is confident its production output will increase in the second half of the financial year, following a strong market reaction to its first half production figures.
The coast-to-coast connection spans from Brisbane to Perth, and will offer data transfer speeds of up to 400 gigabits per second on a single optical wavelength.
