Woodside hopes to make ethanol from carbon emissions through a deal with two US businesses, while BP recently signed Honeywell for green diesel technology at the old Kwinana refinery site.
On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Matt Mckenzie and Jordan Murray assess whether the federal government should cut fuel excise, and discuss calls for petrol price controls.
Neighbourhood chat app Nextdoor has defended its marketing strategy after Perth users claimed their personal details were being used without their knowledge.
Ardea Resources' Kalgoorlie nickel project has been granted major project status by the federal government amid a heightened period of activity for the commodity.
Perth-based financial advisory firm PMM Group has mounted a $2.8 million legal claim against the company of Perth businessman Rodney Charles Carter over an alleged share sale gone wrong.
The state's peak planning body has backed the housing authority's plan to build a $95 million affordable housing and arts precinct in Fremantle, featuring 277 residential dwellings.
In a major speech two weeks out from the federal budget, Josh Frydenberg says the government will tackle the deficit while helping families with cost pressures.
On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior editor Mark Beyer gives an update on where the state government is at with two separate inquiries into Crown; one covering its operations, and the other its potential overseas suitor.
Good Drinks Australia has signed a deal to distribute Magners Irish Cider, after the drink brand's previous supplier Coca-Cola Europacific Partners left the alcohol business.
Prominent psychologist Tracy Westerman has mounted a lawsuit against Communities Minister Simone McGurk over allegations the minister made defamatory comments about her.
COVID WRAP: WA recorded 7,151 new COVID cases and one death overnight, as the state's peak building body called on the state government to end the vaccine mandate.
The state and federal governments have poured an extra $150 million into the $1.7 billion Perth City Deal to safeguard its projects as costs spike, with Multiplex to build the new ECU CBD campus.
The national unemployment rate is now lower than Western Australia's, with a rate of 4 per cent across the country slightly less than 4.1 per cent out west.
The company building the Hazelmere wood waste-to-energy project has entered administration, after work on the plant stopped around Christmas amid rising cost pressures.
