Mark Pownall, Tom Zaunmayr and Claire Tyrrell discuss the big events of the week in WA business and politics, spanning gas tax speculation, renewable energy, lithium's contradictions, Perth house prices, and more.
The liquidators of collapsed medical cannabis group Melodiol have zeroed in on controversial payments linked to banned director Adam Blumenthal in their hunt for potential recovery actions.
Woodside Energy has appointed Breyden Lonnie as its executive vice president and Australian chief operating officer, filling the role vacated by new CEO Liz Westcott.
A subsidiary company holding a 10 per cent stake in the Shell-led Prelude LNG project recorded a $58.3 million impairment on its stake in the asset last year.
The Australian bourse has continued its losing streak into its eighth-straight day as oil prices rocketed and the realities of a prolonged energy shock hit home for Woolworths and other exposed businesses.
A regional development assessment panel has unanimously approved Synergy's contentious $500 million Scott River wind farm, despite significant public concern over the project.
An award winning Perth-developed device to treat chronic ear infections in children has received FDA approval, clearing the way for its launch in the United States.
Damon Neaves-led Finder Energy has announced plans to raise $30 million, as it aims to further accelerate activities at its KTJ oil project off the coast of Timor Leste.
Perth-based surveillance software firm icetana AI has raised $4 million in an oversubscribed placement to continue its growth in key markets like Japan and the Middle East.