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The real estate investment trust's recent $10 million Canning Vale purchase brings its WA industrial assets to $250m.

Matrix Composites & Engineering has booked its largest purchase order in four years for a $14 million drill riser buoyancy system.

The state government has exempted commercial nurseries and tree farms, led by Benara Nurseries, from cuts to groundwater allocations but horticulture producers will need to adapt.

West Australian chemicals manufacturer Coogee will add a $60 million fuel storage development at its Kwinana Beach site after being given the green light this morning.

Businessman Nicholas Ivanina has been forced to surrender almost $4 million in assets, including cash and an apartment, following a major international investigation led by federal police.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss local energy news, Meg O'Neill's outlook, Albo's new ministry, CBD property, Jutland Parade, Peter Briggs, Paul Lionetti, Rottnest and lithium's plunge.

Meteoric Resources managing director Andrew Tunks will step down as managing director after overseeing the $30 million deal.

The Fremantle restaurant that has been in the same family for two generations and hosted high-profile guests including Bob Hawke and David Bowie has sold.

Developers Hesperia and Birchmead Property Group received approval to build a $75 million office development near two hospitals in Murdoch.

The government will consider using whatever mechanisms are available to counter constrained gas supply on the east coast as price hikes begin to bite.

Market conditions are leading to a proliferation of townhouse developments across Perth.

Inflation yet to dent sales: Wesfarmers

Perth will host the Super Netball League grand final at RAC Arena next month after the event was reportedly sold to the highest bidder.

The social assistance and allied health sector is one of Western Australia's fastest growing industries and biggest employers in the state.

The property is one of several CBD properties to hit the market in recent weeks.

Journalist Madeleine Stephens profiles the growth of a local meadery and details an uptick in demand for the medieval drink.

Long-serving not-for-profit leader Jenny Allen is to step down as chief executive of the Foundation for WA Museum, handing the reins to a recent appointee to the charitable organisation.

The local share market has dropped back below 7200, with losses for every sector except utilities and energy.

The building giant has stopped making new sales from its Commodore Homes brand while demand exceeds supply.

One of the state's largest logistics operators is facing allegations of negligence over the mysterious disappearance of $1 million in silver bars it had been contracted to transport.

A state government development board has given Kerry Stokes-backed developer Flagship the green light to build a 27-storey tower, valued at $180 million, in the CBD.

Fresh from winning approval for its new production facility, Margaret River Brewhouse has a new investor in the form of an ex-partner from one of London's 'magic circle' law firms.

A new, co-authored report has presented two different views of the future of public higher education.

Western Areas shareholders have voted largely in favour of a friendly takeover from IGO, drawing the $1.26 billion deal near to a close.

If a bitterly divided Liberal Party can't unite on policies and candidates to win back mainstream voters, its chances at the 2025 state election are doomed.

CPB Contractors has been tasked with building a two-kilometre-long fence at BHP's iron ore operations in Port Hedland in a bid to ease dust emissions in the area.

Mining entrepreneur and avid classic car collector Peter Briggs has passed away at the age of 83.

Amber-Jade Sanderson has reluctantly conceded the government is partly to blame for the negative perception of the state's health system, after lobbing similar criticisms in opposition.

A Perth brewery is hoping to make a medieval drink popular again.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers remains coy on whether the Labor government will pull a gas trigger to shore up domestic supply, as energy prices spike.

Taxpayer subsidies a boon for billionaires

BHP has pushed the button on a $50 million project to automate iron ore shiploading at its export operations at Port Hedland, lauding the move as a world-first.