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Broome Port Authority has secured Royalties for Regions funding for an upgrade that will bolster its ability to compete with Darwin as a supply base for offshore oil and gas projects.

Property group Stockland has secured rezoning approvals for a residential development worth almost $600 million in the southern suburb of Banjup.

Former Reed Resources and Mount Gibson Iron boss Luke Tonkin has joined Silver Lake Resources as director of operations, from today.

Buru Energy has been cleared of any wrongdoing related to disturbance of Aboriginal heritage sites in the Canning Basin.

Copper, gold and nickel explorer Thundelarra has launched legal action against a tenement holder in the Mid West who it claims has refused to comply with the terms of an earn-in arrangement.

RCR Tomlinson has been awarded more than $125 million in new contracts across its resources and infrastructure businesses.

The Barnett government is struggling to take the public with it in terms of proposed cuts to spending.

Investor nervousness has weighed on the local market as the deadline approaches to resolve the US political deadlock over the debt ceiling.

Jaxon Construction has won contracts for an apartment project in central Perth and a community centre in Cockburn, taking its new contract wins for the quarter to $78 million.

Rio Tinto has sold a rare Argyle diamond for a record $2 million as overseas buyers snapped up dozens of precious stones in this year's Pink Diamonds Tender.

The corporate watchdog has issued fines to two Perth miners for failing to comply with their obligations.

Gindalbie Metals has appointed former Rio Tinto executive Dale Harris as its new managing director to succeed the departing Tim Netscher on a package that is about half of what his predecessor received.

AusGroup managing director Laurie Barlow has resigned after the construction firm flagged that it would deliver a first-quarter net loss.

At least 200 jobs will be cut at Perth's Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital but the Western Australian government says patient care will not be affected.

The Australian share market has opened lower, as the US political impasse over the debt ceiling goes down to the wire.

From Saturday, 12th of October:

Gold futures have slumped to a three-month low as the belief that US political leaders would reach a compromise to raise the country's borrowing limit reduced demand for a rainy-day asset.

The Australian dollar is half a US cent lower following disappointing Chinese data and continuing uncertainty over the US political stalemate.

Obviously I'm missing something, because it's clear my idea of what constitutes 'the news' is far removed from the views of many of my fellow Australians.

With five bakeries now bearing the Jean Pierre Sancho name, Corentin Laumaillé has hit 'pause' on his expansion plans...for now.

Property developer Paul Blackburne is finalising plans for a major apartment development in Swanbourne, after completing the purchase of a site on Alfred Road.

Colin Barnett will surely take a consultative approach when it comes to a review of state mining royalties.

The Australian share market has posted its largest one day gain in more than three months due to signs the US will avoid a debt default by raising its debt ceiling.

The corporate watchdog has rejected criticism that it has been slow to investigate allegations of foreign bribery by big Australian companies.

Perth auditor Kevin Somes has been reappointed as chairman of Subiaco-based Great Western Exploration after he was acquitted of charges brought against him by the corporate watchdog.

Fairfax Media will scrap the print edition of BRW Magazine from the end of November as it moves away from its traditional print-based mastheads and bolsters its online business.

Galaxy Resources has achieved record production and sales for the month of September at its Jiangsu lithium carbonate plant in China.

Former Westrac chief executive Jim Walker has been appointed to the board of Macmahon Holdings as a non-executive director.

Western Australia's nickel miners believe the industry has hit rock bottom, and will be buoyed by a surge in demand by the end of the decade.

Broadcasters Seven West Media and Prime Media have agreed to continue their affiliation for another six years.

One of Australia's most successful information technology entrepreneurs has strengthened his business case for building a submarine cable from Perth to Asia.