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Australia's first art-hack will occur during the Perth International Arts Festival, challenging some of the best artistic and creative minds.

A group of local philanthropists has launched a new gala event into Perth's busy market with the inaugural Purple Hearts Ball to be held next week.

Retailer Ray Della-Polina says there are lessons for the business community in the failure of his Malz business.

Lend Lease says it is still working towards submitting a development application for the first stage of its long-awaited $1 billion Waterbank project in East Perth; but according to its half-year report, the developer doesn't expect the project to contribute to its earnings until the 2019 financial year at the earliest.

Perth-based uranium developer Toro Energy has announced the appointment of Fiona Harris as the company's new chair, while also announcing a reduction in the number of directors as a result of the current market conditions.

WA Skills Training has secured an estimated $2 million per year deal with the Malaysian government to deliver training for both Malaysians and Australians seeking work on major resource projects.

Fremantle-based MMA Offshore has announced a lift in interim revenue and profit, but its shares slumped today on a lower dividend and predictions of a weaker second half.

Troubled mining services company Boart Longyear is confident demand for its services will pick up eventually, despite posting a $US333million first-half loss during the 2014 calendar year.

Joondalup's CBD is set to be transformed by a pair of major projects, including the suburb's first high-rise building.

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Strength in the financial and property sectors has lifted the share market.

The financial incentives for higher cost mid-tier miners to either share infrastructure or merge is at an all-time high, according to accounting firm EY.

GR Engineering Services has recorded a reduction in net profit after tax despite substantially higher revenues during the first half of the financial year.

Quintessential Resources is set to relist on the ASX tomorrow after morphing into technology incubator Yonder and Beyond, but plans by three travel businesses, including George Michalczyk's Motive Travel, to undertake a backdoor listing through Red Gum Resources have fallen through. Click through to also see the BNiQ listing of 26 WA backdoor listings.

Aspen Group has taken an interim net loss of $18.2 million, largely on the back of reduced utilisation of its resources-exposed accommodation assets in the north of the state, offsetting a strong p

A group of young local entrepreneurs is preparing for the official opening of a new Northbridge music venue, having identified an investment opportunity and a gap in the local live music market.

The housing boom will continue to drive earnings in the medium term, says global construction group Lend Lease, which lifted half-year profit by 25 per cent to $315.6 million on the back of strong demand for apartments.

Mining and civil engineering contractor Maca has posted a 6.4 per cent increase in profit to $34.7 million for the six months to December, despite revenue taking a hit from recent mine closures, as the company shifted its focus onto gold projects in South America.

The board at Balamara Resources took drastic action last week in light of the dramatic fall in the company's share price during the past 12 months, with managing director Mike Ralston announcing the intention to de-list from the ASX.

There's a flipside to being undervalued, according to Minotaur Exploration managing director Andrew Woskett, whose business has a $21 million market cap.

A depreciating currency and encouraging demand over the medium term spells good news for the state's mining juniors, if they can ride out short-term fluctuations.

Standout junior explorers are finding investors for their mining projects, while others are cutting back on exploration and development to counteract a tough corporate finance market and increased government fees.

Macmahon Holdings' shares have been smashed in early trading, falling by about 40 per cent after it was disclosed late on Friday that it had lost a major contract at Fortescue Metals Group's Christmas Creek mine.

The Australian share market has opened flat as investors exercise caution until they get a clearer picture of how Greece's debt situation will unfold.

Engineering group UGL has suffered a first-half loss due to one-off write-downs and provisions as the slowdown in resource sector investment continues to bite.

Western Australia is ideally located to capitalise on the booming export of education to China, but it needs to be at the forefront of government policy in the coming years, according to the principal of the state's largest independent school.

The Australian dollar is higher, as market sentiment improves on the back of a positive outcome in the Greek bailout negotiations.

Gold prices have fallen as a deal between Greece and its creditors took shape, easing worries about the eurozone and driving investors out of the haven metal.

Everything old seems to be new again in the resources sector, with a number of old projects being rebirthed under new management.

Power generation company Pacific Energy has trimmed its full-year earnings guidance after reporting a lower than expected interim profit, but says a contract at the Tropicana gold mine will help it return to growth in 2016.

East Perth-based financial services group Pioneer Credit has delivered an interim profit after tax of $1.6 million, but said it was still on track to achieve a FY15 profit of $6.6 million in its first full financial year as a public-listed company.