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Roger Cook says he will consult industry on where development should be best placed, as the government expands its program to unlock land for housing.

A Perth electrician has been fined $15,000 after leaving switchboard components unprotected at a home in Mount Lawley, placing users at risk of severe injury or electrocution.

Mark Pownall and Nadia Budihardjo discuss changes in marine services, a Chinese premier's WA visit, Esplanade Hotel, beach shacks, basketball clubs, Forrest's Gaza aid, and the Power 500.

So embedded is alcohol in Australian culture that the health, safety and social downsides are often overlooked or downplayed.

KPMG's Australian arm will shed around 200 staff from its consulting business as part of a comprehensive restructure, in a move expected to save it around $80 million a year.

Duncan Craib-led Boss Energy has begun production at its US-based Alta Mesa uranium project in Texas.

Predictions for a poor growing season have been thrown at the window by Western Australia's peak grains industry body after a fortnight of well-timed rains across the state's south.

The Australian Marine Complex building sold to engineering consultant AME, following its divestment of a nearby property.

Former government minister Tony McRae has resigned from his role as chief executive of the Martu peoples' representative body.

VRX Silica has finalised a comprehensive top-down review of its organisation and elected to implement a series of cost-saving initiatives, effective immediately.

WA agriculture groups have painted a bleak picture for the future of the state's farming towns due to the federal government's decision to ban live sheep exports.

Home prices in Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide are growing much faster than in cities such as Melbourne and Hobart and the latest data indicates those trends could stick around for some time yet.

Euroz Hartleys will donate 100 per cent of its brokerage commissions from today's trading to Breast Cancer Care WA, Ocean Heroes and Perth Children's Hospital Foundation.

Founded in Perth, manufacturing in Australia, this robotics and AI startup is heading towards unicorn status.

Store sales may save $8.8b Chemist Warehouse deal

Christian Hauff and Jodi Millhahn have been announced as new owners of the Perth Lynx, which participate in the Women’s National Basketball League.

Jack McGinn speaks with Nadia Budihardjo about the state of carbon capture projects in WA and beyond.

The ASX200 has finished 0.4 per cent higher after US inflation eased in May, even as the Federal Reserve predicted just one rate cut in 2024.

Western Australia has the fastest growing population in the country, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported.

Perth-based MMA Offshore has provided a trading update as the end of the 2024 financial year looms.

The opening up of Esperance's port could unlock a new iron ore precinct in WA's Goldfields and remote Mid West.

Proving the technology works is the first step in efforts to develop carbon capture projects.

A surge in private credit should have alarm bells ringing in WA, especially among those for whom the name “Rothwells” is triggering.

Roy Hill has escalated a mining lease dispute to the Supreme Court of Western Australia, over tenements in the Pilbara.

The federal government's investment into international women's sport has continued, following Thursday's $15 million funding commitment for the 2026 AFC Women's Asia Cup.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Protection has voiced concerns over Sigma's proposed acquisition of Chemist Warehouse, including potential barriers for other pharmacy retailers to expand.

West Perth-based junior Aurum Resources has announced it will raise $20 million in order to accelerate exploration activities at its Boundiali gold project in Côte d'Ivoire.

The global fund manager has made the call amid a strong retail market.

A West Leederville settlement agent has been permanently disqualified from the industry after withdrawing more than $29,000 from a trust to her own bank accounts.

Hastings Technology Metals says it has shaved around $30 million off the price tag of its Yangibana rare earths project.

Fortescue global growth director Julie Shuttleworth has left the organisation after more than a decade, the latest high-profile departure from the Forrest empire's group of businesses.

The PwC tax leak scandal has gone beyond Australian borders and everyone deserves to know who exactly was involved, a senator says.