On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior journalist Matt Mckenzie explains why Western Power will need to undertake a massive capital investment program, regardless of what an investigation into power outages over the summer break turns up.
The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre's new ‘Behind the Line' report provides the latest examination of poverty and disadvantage in Australia and offers evidence that rising housing costs are pushing many families into serious financial hardship.
National tyres wholesaler Total Tyres has lodged plans to build a $25 million complex featuring warehouses and offices in Hesperia's $500 million Roe Highway Logistics Park.
Global Lithium secured new investment from Mineral Resources, Pantoro is set to bank $45 million ahead of planned first gold production, while Westgold raised $100 million to step up output.
The state government has opened a new $29 million intensive care unit at Royal Perth exclusively for COVID patients, as WA records 4,037 new cases overnight.
The Port to Pub open water swimming event, which attracts thousands of swimmers each year, had been cancelled with only a week to go before the big day.
Freeze Frame Opera are the arts community's first responders, says Rosalind Appleby. And they have done it again, with a production of La Boheme that couldn't be more pertinent.
Whatever the findings of Michelle Shepherd's report into summer power outages, due to be delivered today, Western Power will be embarking on a massive capital investment program.
Subiaco-based SRG Global has announced plans to take over West Perth-based rival WBHO Infrastructure as part of a $15.2 million deal following the company's collapse late last month.
Griffin Coal's first disclosed financial results in four years have revealed the loss-making Collie miner retains the support of its lenders for at least 12 more months, despite slashing the value
On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie debate the Health Services Union's push for higher wages in the aged care sector.
The buyer of South Fremantle Power Station remains undisclosed but Synergy says it was not the business which initially approached the government last year.
A nine-year old licencing deal signed on behalf of WA medical researchers is continuing to deliver returns, with US company Sarepta Therapeutics paying $11.5 million in royalties last year.
More details have emerged about the legal battle between Cygnet West and franchisor-turned-rival Colliers, with confirmation the action was prompted by the sale of the Baileys Motel.
Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the McGowan v Clive Palmer defamation case, Forrest poaching, office vacancies, economic outlook, Andrew Roberts, Nathan McMahon, project approvals, land developers and junior miners.
Salt Lake Potash's Lake Way project, which was predicted to be one of the first producing potash assets in the state before its collapse last year, has been put on the market by receivers.
Researchers may finally know the extent of microplastics concentration in the human body as a result of a new partnership between Minderoo Foundation and the University of Queensland.
The fate of prominent businessman Nev Power's company Airpower will be heard by the court later this month, in light of his breach of the State's COVID-19 travel restrictions.
From the poignant to the political, many works in this year's iteration of ‘Sculpture by the Sea' are about more than its coastal setting, discovers Kim Kirkman.
A $220 million redevelopment proposed at the Ocean Beach Hotel site in Cottesloe, featuring 200 apartments and a 121-room hotel, has been released for public comment.
A day after the announcement of Guy Debelle's resignation, Reserve Bank governor says there are strong internal candidates for the deputy governor role.
Madeleine King, Matt Keogh and Patrick Gorman are among those to have paid tribute to the life and career of Senator Kimberley Kitching, who passed away last night aged 52.
