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Fremantle Biennale has launched its fourth iteration SIGNALS 23, announcing more than 70 events and putting the historic Elders Wool Stores to use for the first time in over 30 years.

Pub group LocalsCo has lodged an application for the first stage of a major hospitality play including the art deco Geraldton Radio Theatre in the port town's west end.

The property fund says its agricultural assets and credit arm have helped the company grow its assets under management to $21 billion.

Healthcare tech and services company Resonance Health has won a $6.33 million contract from a multinational pharmaceutical company, subject to clinical trial approvals.

Mineral tech company Orexplore Technologies' shares skyrocketed to a trading peak of 150 per cent after announcing a deal with mining giant BHP.

Western Australia's chief justice has lambasted the quarrel over legal costs in a court dispute between Peter Hood and Tom Henderson-backed MAK Water and its former staff.

The effectiveness of public advocate bodies, including the way in which they are funded, needs to be reviewed.

Businesses are being urged to stock up inventories as the prospect of more freight disruptions looms over WA coming into the wet season up north and fire season down south.

Failed building business Modco Residential's glamorous co-founder Cynthia Lu is claiming she is owed $2.5 million from the collapsed residential building company.

Perth architect Barry Baltinas has added another Cottesloe project to his portfolio, a seven-storey development next door to another one of his Marine Parade build.

US stocks lost ground on Thursday as economic data suggested US interest rates might stay higher for longer than investors hoped.

Big business is at risk of walking into a culture trap that could prove expensive for investors.

$A set to fall to US60¢, jobs market cools

A City of Melville councillor is suing former Keating government minister and mayor George Gear, alleging defamatory matters were published to the city's elected members and staff.

The final day of opening submissions from the eldest Rinehart children draws to a close with correspondence between John Hancock and the family empire in the spotlight.

Claire Tyrrell and Nadia Budihardjo discuss a planning policy over residential property and how its led to multiple tribunal disputes.

City of Perth councillor and former deputy lord mayor Di Bain has resigned from council ahead of the upcoming local government elections.

Western Australia's second largest gold miner says turnover among some of the specialist skilled trades in the sector has increased to 50 per cent.

Jules Pemberton-steered NRW Holdings brought in $104.4 million in profit after tax amid significant cost inflation and skilled labour pressures on its construction projects.

The Australian share market closed down 0.7 per cent to a five-week low, while the local currency had dropped under 64 US cents on a weak jobs report.

A new data centre switched on in Australia's mining heartland could turbocharge the industry's investment in automation and remote operation technology.

The state government's Building and Energy department has released its findings from an investigation over pipe leaks across Perth homes, with the results welcomed by builder BGC.

This year's collection is as captivating as any Penfolds has released in the past 20 years.

Embattled builder Modco Residential could allegedly owe about $5 million to up to 50 creditors as its co-founder spruiks interest in reviving the collapsed residential building business.

Last-minute changes to new medium density housing codes have drawn the ire of local governments as stakeholders wait on an updated timeline for the revised code's implementation.

The property fund's WA assets account for $18 million of the reduction in book value.

A development panel has approved a $25 million seven-storey apartment proposal to be built in Jolimont despite safety concerns from the local council.

Liontown Resources has awarded a $1 billion underground mining services contract to Byrnecut as the market waits to hear whether it's stretched the Kathleen Valley project budget.

The state government has deferred the closure of one of its coal-fired power stations after a report forecast a big shortfall in energy supply within three years.

A collapsed father and son building company has been hit with a $25,000 fine for carrying out unauthorised work and demanding premature payments for work on four Perth properties.

The nation's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points to 3.7 per cent in July, but the figure for Western Australia bucked the trend.

Ground has broken on construction of a 100-megawatt battery at Alinta's Wagerup power station which will help smooth out supply for power in the state's South West.