A review into a series of electricity outages which left thousands of customers without power for up to 12 hours over Christmas has found demand during heatwave conditions went beyond Western Power's capacity.
Santos and its junior exploration partner Carnarvon Energy have struck a discovery believed to host 43 million barrels of oil east of Western Australia's Dorado field.
A proposal for a two-storey house on the former Taj on Swan site has been refused by the council, but the applicants were offered another chance if the design plans are revised.
On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalist Jordan Murray talks about how councils, industry bodies and former policymakers are responding to the state government's reform of local government.
A plan hatched by a consortium of senior managers at DRA Global to remove the engineering company's chair and chief executive last month has been elevated to the takeovers panel.
Peter Fiore has struggled to distance himself from an alleged $1.2 million scam involving the Regal Theatre, but has continued his push for freezing orders over his assets to be lifted.
Family members of the late Judy Wheeler have donated $300,000 to the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts in her honour to fund a new 10-year commissioning program.
More than a dozen law firm partners in Perth including Paul Evans, Paul Lingard and Spencer Flay are on the move in an extraordinary period of change for the sector.
Defence industry commitments have continued apace this week, with the federal government pledging $244 million to overhaul RAAF Base Curtin ahead of next week's budget announcement.
The gold miner is set to moves its headquarters to the building, which has a troubled history that included Mineral Resources backing out of a move there.
On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior journalist Claire Tyrrell dissects the circular argument that WA's skills shortage is exacerbating shortages in Perth's rental market.
Theia Energy's plan to drill two exploration wells in the Canning Basin, including through fracking, will be subject to the highest level of scrutiny by the environmental regulator.
