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Work will start on a game-changing redevelopment of Forrest Chase in coming months, with fund manager ISPT expected to receive planning approval for a major revamp of the CBD mall later this week.

Austal's littoral combat ship program with the US Navy has earned the shipbuilder an $8.5 million contract extension to provide studies and review efforts to reduce costs.

The share market has started the week on the backfoot as cautious investors sit on the sidelines in the lead up to this week's US Federal Reserve meeting.

The Australian dollar is weaker as a decline in American consumer confidence fails to stop the greenback from rising against the euro.

EXCLUSIVE: Shopping centre owner AMP Capital has lodged plans for a $600 million expansion of its Karrinyup mall, taking it to more than 113,000 square metres of total floor space and adding 150 apartments to the mix.

Whispers of tax reform are once again being heard, with the white paper expected later this year causing a flurry of anticipation over what changes might be forthcoming. Will they be innovative, exciting even? Or will they fail to impress?

Mining giant Rio Tinto's tax bill has increased to $A6.2 billion despite weaker commodity prices.

Gold has pared early gains, on track to break a nine-day streak lower despite the US dollar's extended rally as the precious metal market appeared reluctant to extend losses ahead of the US Federal Reserve meeting next week.

Woodside Petroleum has been forced to halt production at its Pluto LNG plant in the Carnarvon Basin after a cyclone detached a nearby drilling rig.

Matching the right talent with the right business culture is all in a day's work for Kelly Quirk.

Personal experience is the driving force behind Kelly Haywood's determined efforts to motivate and inspire others to help prevent suicide.

Kia Dowell's company aims to get businesses working together by way of traditional Aboriginal teaching principles.

An innovative escape system for underground mines is just the beginning for resources sector entrepreneur Steve Durkin.

When your next inflight meal arrives fresh and on time, you've got Salim Hazife and his team to thank.

A passion to utilise Australia's abundance of renewable energy sources drove Mark Tuke to establish Sun Connect.

An enterprising approach to after-hours health care has brought rewards for Ilya Mayo.

OZ Minerals has sold its 19.2 per cent shareholding in copper miner Sandfire Resources in a transaction worth $125 million.

Failed property investment company Westpoint Group and its director Norm Carey have been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling $133,000 for making false or misleading representations regarding a residential property development in Rivervale.

Western Australian farmers are projected to enjoy the highest rate of return in the nation, excluding capital appreciation, for 2014-15, according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences.

The share market has been dragged lower by the big banks and miners, while internet provider TPG Telecom shone due to its $1.4 billion takeover deal with iiNet.

EXCLUSIVE: Construction giant Brookfield Multiplex has taken the inside rail from rival Probuild to win the main construction contract for Woodside Petroleum's new headquarters at the Old Emu Brewery site on Mounts Bay Road.

Four Perth tech stocks are set to join the All Ordinaries Index, highlighting the tentative emergence of new industries.

State upper house member Rick Mazza has taken a leading role in the debate about the state's potato bureaucracy, the Potato Marketing Corporation.

Energy giant BP will hold onto its Perth bitumen business but will sell the rest in the country to Puma Energy for an undisclosed amount.

Quick service restaurant franchise Zambrero is making good on a 2013 pledge to open 50 stores in Western Australia by 2018, announcing plans to open 15 new outlets in the next 12 months.

Rare earths miner Lynas Corporation has almost doubled its half-year loss as it looks to cut more costs in a difficult market.

Cyclone Olwyn passed over Barrow Island last night but left in its wake controversy over safety on the island, with unions criticising preparations for the cyclone, which hit one day after a worker

Emeco Holdings has diversified its business outside the mining sector by purchasing truck and trailer rental company Rentco, which was founded in 1994 by Perth brothers Bob and John Shier, in a structured deal worth at least $52 million.

An iPad app that helps children (or people with learning difficulties) to read. Friendly Phonics is a unique concept around correctly drawing letters and revealing exclusive, hand-painted artwork. The encouragement of repetition is the key to how it works.

The share market is lower, with falls in all sectors, despite a strong lead from Wall Street.

Sydney-based TPG Telecom and its competitor iiNet scored a rare double today after announcing a friendly takeover offer, with shares in both the bidder and its Subiaco-based target rising strongly as investors welcomed the combination as a logical strategic fit.

While acknowledging the issue of patient safety, Labor's attack on delays at Fiona Stanley Hospital are equally concerned with the privatisation of services.