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The WA Football Commission has flagged the potential for a higher draft age for AFL players, along with giving control over the state's colts competition back to WAFL clubs.

Australia's share market has had a negative week, finishing lower by 0.25 per cent after a flurry of coronavirus-hit earnings reports.

In their weekly podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss COVID restrictions, Nev Power, gas developments, downstream processing, infrastructure winners, MinRes and other results, plus vacancy rates and a sneak preview of what's in next week's magazine.

Perth-based developer Okeland Communities has launched an expressions of interest campaign for the sale of its 700-hectare masterplanned community in Queensland.

Interest rates are expected to remain at record-low levels for at least three years, Australia's leaders have been told.

Lynas Corporation has moved closer to building its onshore rare earth processing facility, announcing it will lease 135 hectares of industrial-zoned land from the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Creating flight corridors with COVID-safe countries and attracting financial services to Perth from Hong Kong are on the agenda for COVID recovery chair Nev Power.

Premier Mark McGowan has declared he won't be silenced after his bitter feud with Clive Palmer escalated to defamation proceedings.

Barley farmers will have to work harder to rebuild a share in a well-supported international market, with new competitors emerging.

Giving students the opportunity to use their problem-solving skills in real world settings has been the foundation of All Saints' College's initiative ‘The Agency', which allows students to undertake work opportunities within the school.

D-Day for Chevron's crack study on Gorgon

Tesla's remarkable 290 per cent share price rise over the past four months has been dismissed as speculative overkill, but even if that's true it is hard to ignore the pace at which its electric-powered cars are selling - and the amount of battery metals they're consuming.

The Supreme Court has approved a settlement of the long-running Bell Group dispute that will see $1.9 billion distributed to five major creditors.

An investment bank spots dangers and opportunities as globalisation stalls and governments emerge as the richest players in the economy.

Politics is stifling effective management of important defence industry work.

Australian shares have had their second worst session of August, with national airline Qantas reporting a $4 billion revenue hit from the COVID-19 crisis.

The world's largest track mounted rock crushing and screening machine has arrived in Western Australia at a contracting business in Maddington.

Unemployment in the Mandurah region rocketed up 11.1 percentage points in five months, making it the highest in Australia.

Shandong Gold has received federal government approval to proceed with its takeover of Perth-based Cardinal Resources, despite increasing sensitivity around Chinese foreign investment.

Many tradies spent their money on jet skis during the boom. Others like Richard York put their money aside to build up their business.

Little Creatures co-founder Howard Cearns told Business News he had teamed up with property developer Adrian Fini to establish a film hub in Western Australia.

A new report has found Western Australia is likely to fall well short of its 2020 waste recovery targets, continuing a long pattern of failure.

Georgiou Group's work in hand has reached the highest level in several years after it won a major new roads project in Perth.

Fenix Resources is on track with development of its low-cost, high-grade iron ore project in Western Australia, after receiving commitments to raise $15 million.

A three-storey vertical garden was just one of the features Stirling Capital and MJA Studio hoped would challenge perceptions of apartment living at its Verdant project.

Qantas chief Alan Joyce is confident the Morrison government will extend its support for the aviation sector during the coronavirus crisis.

Booming sales at Bunnings and Officeworks through the pandemic may have been a bright spot in Wesfarmers' full-year results.

Perth-based HealthEngine has been ordered to pay $2.9 million in penalties by the Federal Court. It comes after the tech company achieved rapid growth but incurred big financial losses.

It's time to rethink how we motivate students to achieve, and whether current strategies are doing more harm than good.

The frustration felt by tourism businesses about coronavirus restrictions and border closures is at boiling point, and jobs are on the line, a Senate inquiry has been told.

Charlie Gunningham discusses what sets startups apart from regular businesses.

Buyers eye Chevron's $5.8bn North West Shelf stake