Australia's share market has posted its best-ever close as confidence around company earnings and future interest rate cuts washed out global growth concerns.
WA Country Health service chair Neale Fong has called for primary care to be returned to state government's hands and out of its federal counterpart's jurisdiction.
Mines Minister David Michael continues to pour cold water over any suggestion of lifting WA's uranium ban, as developers talk up the politically fuelled commodity at Diggers & Dealers.
The Australian government will be able to buy Austal's Henderson shipyard and take over its local defence-focused operations if a foreign bidder gains control of the ASX company.
The PM's recent business-focused diplomatic mission to China coincided with the start of a significant show of military strength by the US and Australia.
Greatland Resources has rejected a media report which claimed it was under the scrutiny of the corporate regulator, following a recent production guidance reduction.
Ground has broken for construction of Western Australia's latest big battery in Merredin, a $220-million project which could improve power reliability in the state's east.
WA-based Rent.com.au has inked a $10 million funding facility to launch a new product, offering a move-now-pay-later loan designed to cover rental costs.
Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King isn't ruling out taking an equity stake in a rare earths producer as she considers a range of mechanisms for the $1.2 billion critical minerals stockpile.
Perth resources technology player Alloy Steel International has been acquired by its Nasdaq-listed minority shareholder in a deal that takes control of the business from the founder's family.
Regis Resources managing director Jim Beyer says the stalled McPhillamys gold project is worth fighting for, as his company pursues legal action to overturn a government block on it.
Some Western Australian universities have weighed in and welcomed the federal government's increased threshold for international students' intake for 2026.
Macmahon Holdings has booked a further $144 million in civil works contracts, including provisions to deliver further upgrades to Marble Bar Road in the East Pilbara.
Arafura Rare Earths boss Darryl Cuzzubbo has beckoned the prospect of a price floor in the government's critical minerals stockpile, which he says could break China's price control.
Global aluminium giant Alcoa hopes to diversify its Western Australian production mix as soon as next year, announcing a plan to enter gallium production in the state's South West.
Two major government agreements announced today with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Austal have confirmed that Henderson will play a key role as Australia's shipbuilding precinct.
All three major US stock indexes ended more than one per cent higher as investors sought bargains after the previous session's selloff and increased bets for a September rate cut in the wake of weaker-than-expected jobs data.
Lithium linchpin Ken Brinsden says Patriot Battery Metals' Canadian asset could be “as good as Greenbushes”, as he suggests the bottom of the market has been found.
WA-owned Nexus Airlines will cease its route connecting Broome, Kununurra and Darwin, alluding to a lack of state support after its US-owned competitor priced it out of the route.
Opposition leader Sussan Ley says she's listening to WA voters and learning how the challenges the state faces are different to those over east, during a visit to the Kimberley.
Leaders from the Toronto Stock Exchange are on the ground at Diggers & Dealers looking to educate and lure local miners to their bourse amid an increase in dual-listing interest.
A bonanza gold price has not dampened the appetite for discussion around mergers and acquisitions in the current market, with some more willing to comment than others.
