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Galan Lithium boss Juan Pablo Vargas de la Vega says the company remains confident of meeting key upcoming targets at its flagship Hombre Muerto West lithium project in Argentina.

Three Western Power employees, who were stood down earlier this year after providing character references for a convicted rapist and work colleague, “no longer work for the business” following an investigation.

Mark Beyer speaks to Justin Fris about health fund HIF and its focus on WA.

Detectives are continuing to probe the affairs of late investment promoter Stephen Robert Bruce after charging his wife with seven counts of gaining a benefit by fraud.

The Australian share market has dropped sharply, falling back into the red once again for the year as bond yields spiked to their highest levels in decades.

ASX-listed GenusPlus Group will extend its working relationship with Atmos Renewables, after securing a significant design and construction-based contract.

ANALYSIS: Western Australia has undergone enough commodity cycles to know that rising prices can quickly become a rising tide of optimism.

Lease Equity boss Jim Tsagalis has secured the former ANZ Town Hall, after the Perth CBD asset was entangled in a legal dispute.

Defence ministers from Australia and other Pacific nations have jointly condemned China's recent ballistic missile test following a meeting in Fiji this week.

Indigenous workers in white collar jobs are paid on average 20 per cent less than their non-Indigenous colleagues, according to a new report.

Businesses in the heart of Fremantle have capitalised on the Dockers' grand final fever, launching purple products and festooning their storefronts as foot traffic is set to surge on Saturday.

Satterley Property Group has scrapped its fast-food development project in Alkimos and has received the green light to build a multi-million-dollar Harvey Norman centre on the site.

NRW Holdings' decision to expand into the data centre industry continues to pay off, following the award of another significant contract.

Black Cat Syndicate has got its claws into broker Barclays Capital Asia's disclosures in their fight about alleged breaches of market integrity rules.

A lift in the jobless rate to 4.6 per cent has complicated the picture for the Reserve Bank of Australia ahead of next week's interest rate decision.

Outdated building practices and regulations are frustrating efforts to boost the housing supply, according to Assistant Minister for Competition Andrew Leigh.

Global tech company Sew Eurodrive has sold its Welshpool warehouse to a local mining equipment supplier, which acquired the 2,300-square metre site as part of a growth plan.

Weeks after discovering one of its artificial intelligence agents had hacked into a Medicare website, OpenAI chose to notify the Australian government via a mid-level public email inbox.

OPINION: The state government is chasing pipedreams while genuine economic opportunities sit on the coal town's doorstep.

The state government has purchased more than $100 million of agricultural land to turn into plantation timber farms since 2018.

Wall Street has ended lower, pulled down by Alphabet and Amazon, as Treasury yields climbed and Iran's ‌president said the country would never surrender to US pressure.

The new chief executive at health fund HIF is shifting its strategy and financial management.

Business insolvencies hit record high

The Property Council says the government should treat the supply of industrial land like housing by helping fund utility connections.

The mining sector has kept the local bourse above water - although just barely.

Fremantle Mayor Ben Lawver says the port city is preparing to draw 40,000 fans for the Fremantle Dockers' Grand Final clash – a figure he believes could prove conservative.

Tom Zaunmayr speaks to Justin Fris about how WA's small business sector is navigating a series of challenges.

Sacked City of Perth chief executive Michelle Reynolds has engaged high-profile defamation lawyer Martin Bennett, as she prepares to fight her dismissal by the council on Tuesday.

Former WA premier Mark McGowan has joined Ryan Stokes-chaired Southern Cross Media as a non-executive director.

A damaging wages breakout is unlikely despite persistent high inflation, according to a Reserve Bank of Australia board member.

Shares in Subiaco-based AIC Mines rose by more than 15 per cent on Wednesday, following news of a major copper project acquisition in North Queensland.

The private healthcare provider is set to formally acquire Healthscope's Mount Hospital on Thursday, after the state government and Bethesda struck a deal earlier this year to ensure the facility's viability.