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A partnership between two influential Indian businessmen has its sights on WA's healthcare squeeze.

Capacity constraints at one of the last abattoirs offering contract kills have left WA's independent meat industry at risk of collapse.

MinRes has revealed maiden resources for its Lockyer gas and Erregulla oil projects in the Perth Basin, as it reviews its path forward in the region amid a stalemate with government.

A new poll showing the federal Coalition ahead of Labor mirrors trends in other recent voter surveys, despite the government's cost-of-living relief measures.

Dutton in play to take power

Tungsten Metals Group executive chair Tony Adcock is optimistic ahead of the company's upcoming initial public offering.

Rio Tinto has increased its stake in ASX-listed Sovereign Metals to 19.9 per cent while spending $17 million on buying out a joint venture asset in WA.

Isabel Vieira and Charlie Gunningham discuss trends in the startup ecosystem.

The ASX200 has risen 0.3 per cent to finish the week up 1.1 per cent, with goldminers posting solid gains after the precious metal hit an all-time high.

John Caratti-controlled Harvard Nominees has offered to fund a liquidator's proposed legal action against grain farmer Giovanni ‘John' Nicoletti.

The push for gender equality in the mining industry has progressed but more needs to be done to break the bias, the Women in Mining conference was told.

WA's public sector staff would get an extra day off each fortnight on top of a 12.5 per cent pay rise under the latest wages offer by the state government.

The $40 million Lodge Wadjemup redevelopment on Rottnest Island is expected to start opening in stages by December, with the project to be fully finished by next year.

OPINION: In the first of a two-part series, John Matthew looks at how life in ‘the bush' has changed in recent decades.

Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss commodity price wins; Greatland Gold's Telfer deal; Perth wave park; EY contract; Little Creatures; and a magazine preview.

iiNet's story is one of a plucky Perth startup that became a leading Australian telco, but its legacy email addresses are on the nose at a leading accounting firm, which is banning them, along with those of Westnet.

James Clement-led Vysarn has completed its second acquisition in as many weeks, after entering a binding share sale agreement to buy Victoria-based CMP Consulting Group.

Singapore-based Olam Agri has lifted its bid to takeover Australia's biggest cotton processor Namoi Cotton, while increasing its stake in the company.

A Perth man has been sentenced to two years in jail, after dodgy tax dealings conducted in his name were referred to prosecutors by the Australian Taxation Office.

John Poynton has been appointed to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia's Prostate Cancer Future Fund committee, and revealed his own battle with the disease.

The Aged Care Bill 2024 has been introduced to federal parliament, proposing a $5.6 billion reform package, improved home care support, new elderly protection laws and increased funding.

US stocks have closed higher as investors digested producer price index for final demand data.

A hydrogen investment pact with Germany will support new commercial supply and access to the European market for the emerging industry.

OPINION: Little is likely to change until councils, the state government and developers see eye-to-eye on restoring Perth's diminishing tree canopy.

Aged care taps the rich

State-owned Lotterywest generated more than $1.4 billion in revenue last financial year, with sales up 13.4 per cent and $373 million worth of grants and allocations signed off.

Tom Zaunmayr and Nadia Budihardjo discuss the second tranche of local government reforms.

Lithium has been repositioned as IGO's core focus, ahead of copper and nickel, while it expects to brace for extreme volatility as supply and demand imbalances play out.

The S&P/ASX200 index finished 1.1 per cent higher, as uranium and nickel developers posted strong gains after Russia suggested it might limit exports.

The number of apprentices completing their four-year training last year has fallen, a national research body found.

West Perth digital system company Swift Networks has signed a deal to provide access to its entertainment platform at an Iluka Resources mine site.

Westbridge Urban's $78 million project on the site next to Regal Theatre in Subiaco is expected to start construction late next year, after receiving a panel's unanimous approval.