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The federal government hopes Australia will be the backdrop of more screen productions thanks to $400 million to help the industry recover from coronavirus.

A proposal to build a 301-apartment project along Stirling Highway has been refused by the Metro-West Joint Development Assessment Panel today.

Clive Palmer could face up to five years in jail after being charged with fraud and breaches of directors' duties following an ASIC investigation.

Azure Minerals will gain interests in four Western Australian gold assets from Creasy Group, with initial exploration to be funded by a $4 million capital raising.

Geraldton-based network company LogicIT has secured a $1 million state government grant to deliver high-speed broadband to the Mid-West and West Midland regions.

Western Australian universities are facing the prospect of diminishing returns as fee overhauls and fewer international students weigh on the sector's growth prospects.

Historic Heart of Perth Inc management is finalising its projects before handing the scheme to a community-run successor, having revitalised the east end of Perth since 2017.

Rio Tinto has reported a 1.5 per cent rise in iron ore shipments for the second quarter and says demand for the steelmaking ingredient is improving in China.

Scott Morrison is preparing to introduce another wave of coronavirus economic support with almost one million Australians now out of work.

When farming activity started in the Ord River irrigation area in the 1960s, the initial focus was on cotton.

Encouraging workers to move north into the Pilbara may require a fresh approach to tax, particularly on home ownership.

Visionary infrastructure projects can drive huge advancement in regional communities, but the challenge is investing money wisely.

We will need to look decades ahead to choose between bigger regional cities or a much denser Perth when WA has more than 5 million residents.

Perth hotel numbers top nation thanks to FIFO lift

Oil prices fell 1 per cent overnight after OPEC+ agreed to ease record supply curbs and as new infections of the novel coronavirus continue to surge in the United States.

Gold fell below the key $US1,800 level overnight as the US dollar strengthened and the European Central Bank kept its monetary policy on hold, prompting some investors to lock in profits.

The Preserve Gnarabup community group will gather for a public rally against the development of a five-star resort in Margaret River tomorrow, following its proposal to rezone the land.

The Federal Court has ordered private health insurer Medibank to pay $5 million in penalties for making false representations to customers.

West Perth-based Challenger Exploration says it will use funds raised from a $20 million share placement to explore the company's gold projects in South America.

Snowden has become the latest Perth-founded mining service to change ownership after being purchased by Datamine, a subsidiary of Canadian company Vela Software.

The Australian share market has closed lower as Victoria reported the most coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic and the country's unemployment rate hit a two-decade high.

The state government will invest $11.6 million into critical infrastructure upgrades at Geraldton Port, as part of Western Australia's wider post-COVID economic recovery.

Shares in King River Resources rose 20 per cent today after the Western Australian company said it would begin exploration activities next month, following COVID-induced delays.

The WA premier is benefitting from a well-received response to the pandemic but faces the real challenge at the state poll in March.

Helloworld Travel has announced a $50 million capital raising at a hefty discount to bolster its balance sheet as the travel company looks to survive the coronavirus pandemic.

Gibb River Diamonds is set to acquire its first gold asset after securing the option to buy Nexus Minerals' high-grade Edjudina gold project in the Eastern Goldfields.

A lift in the number of employed women is a positive in WA's June jobs data, as unemployment hit its highest level since 1994.

A $2 billion push to train school leavers and job seekers during the coronavirus pandemic will put the onus on businesses to hire staff.

Thousands of small to medium businesses in WA will be eligible for state government grants of $17,500 to help them recover from the economic impacts of COVID-19.

More than 10 years in the making, Fremantle's $1 billion pipeline of property developments is starting to take shape.

Gold prices edged up overnight, holding above the key $US1,800 level, as a surge in coronavirus cases and simmering US-China tensions bolstered safe-haven demand, but a strong equities market capp

Oil prices rose 2 per cent on Wednesday, supported by a sharp drop in US crude inventories, but further gains were limited as OPEC and its allies are set to ease supply curbs from August as the global economy gradually recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.