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ESG has evolved over decades and some businesses may struggle to get up to speed with its requirements.

Brookside Energy has booked a maiden operating profit for the quarter on the back of an 800 per cent surge in earnings following first production at its flagship Jewell Well.

Changes include revisions to the colour scheme that drew criticism from a state design review panel.

Potash hopeful Agrimin has sought further funds needed to develop its $637 million Mackay project in the Pilbara, as the company closes in on a final investment decision.

Laura Davis makes her return to Fringe after an international foray, and Erin Hutchinson welcomes her style of “positive pessimism”.

New figures show the federal budget bottom line is improving as more people get back to work and fewer people need welfare payments.

New research covering more than 600 businesses paints the most detailed picture assembled of WA's startup and tech sectors.

Fortescue given below-average ESG score amid transition

Mining magnate Clive Palmer has taken to the airwaves to confirm he intends to file a new legal action against the state government, this time for $50 million in damages.

Resonance Health will enter the Chinese market after being contracted by Chinese pharmaceutical company Hangzhou Zede Pharma-Tech Co.

A $4 billion-plus fertiliser plant proposed on the Burrup Peninsula has received ministerial approval, moving entrepreneur Vikas Rambal's dream project a step closer.

Standard & Poor's has affirmed Australia's AAA rating, saying its economic recovery from the COVID-19 shock should help narrow the budget deficit.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior journalist Claire Tyrrell gives an update on forecasted investor sentiment in Perth's property market.

West Perth-based Haranga Resources has relisted on the stock exchange after nearly two years off the boards, with its shares closing up 30 per cent.

Australia's share market is headed for its worst week in almost two years after investors despaired at confirmation of impending rate rises in the US.

Perth-based IT services company Cirrus Networks has landed another contract with the federal government, worth about $4.5 million.

An annual tech fest in the US threw up a vast array of creative solutions and devices.

Experts are predicting a return of international capital to Perth's property market, once the borders reopen.

Fees across WA's private schools have grown at the second-lowest rate of any jurisdiction in Australia this year, with schools in Perth's north-eastern suburbs notching the smallest increases.

Western Australia has recorded 10 new local cases of COVID-19 overnight, as growing clusters prompt the expansion of the mask mandate to the Wheatbelt and the Great Southern.

Woodside has elected to withdraw from its Myanmar operations after nearly a decade amid the country's deteriorating human rights situation.

Artemis Resources Limited has raised $9.5 million as it seeks a dual listing on AIM in London.

Iron ore producer GWR Group is looking to initiate a move into the battery metals market by acquiring a large stake in Jindalee Resources' Prospect Ridge magnesite project in Tasmania.

There has been another twist in the 120 Marine Parade saga, with developer Gary Dempsey mounting a lawsuit over the land sale that derailed his $22 million apartment plan.

Kanopy founder Olivia Humphrey has launched her next business, Storyd Group, which is investing in films by female creatives and tech start-ups.

Preserving the state's mineral wealth will be of paramount importance in the months ahead.

For most Western Australians, learning to live with COVID-19 will mean looking to the eastern states, if not the rest of the world, for direction.

Dozens of new public schools will be built across Perth in the coming years, with the state government having approved millions of dollars' worth of developments and refurbishments.

Defence Minister Peter Dutton says there are "many worrying signs" from Russia on the Ukrainian border as Europe looks to Australia as a potential gas supplier with Kremlin tensions increasing.

Forrest fuels another nickel bidding war

Wyloo has stepped up its stake in WA nickel play Western Areas to just over 9 per cent, despite the target agreeing to a $1.1 billion takeover with IGO six weeks ago.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalist Simone Grogan highlights how a Williams-based business is making the case for clean produce here in WA.