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Westgold has moved a step closer to its merger with Canadian-listed gold play Karora Resources, after its $1.2 billion deal was ticked off by the Foreign Investment Review Board.

Pernod Ricard has sold most of its portfolio of international wine brands, including Australia's Jacob's Creek, Orlando and St Hugo, to a consortium.

Labor's hydrogen goal stalls as Fortescue trims ambitions

Isabel Vieira and Mark Beyer discuss Business News' latest corporate finance survey.

Local shares have closed at an all-time high for the eighth time this year, with all sectors gaining ground amid a global lift in sentiment as well as record gold prices.

Fortescue will cut 700 people from its global sites by the end of the month in a bid to “simplify” its operations.

OPINION: The benefits of experience obtained outside a university degree are gaining favour in a tight employment market.

Senator Linda Reynolds has secured a minor win over her former staffer Brittany Higgins after a court ruled that details of the latter's $2.4 million trust could be revealed.

OPINION: Spectacular scenery outside and an educational in-cabin offering are two features of flights to the frozen continent.

Western Australia is building more homes than last year, but the rate of completions is dropping.

WA Labor state secretary Ellie Whiteaker has been preselected to lead the party's Senate ticket at the next federal election.

The Liberal Party of WA has accused Premier Roger Cook of being “in hiding” as other state and federal governments respond to serious allegations against the CFMEU's Victorian division.

Business News' corporate finance survey reveals the leading financial and legal advisers working on major transactions in WA.

The City of Perth council is set to decide on starting a transformation of the Langley Park foreshore, which could cost up to $2 billion.

Invasive species experts have welcomed the state government's move to implement a cane toad containment zone west of Broome.

Alcoa's proposed takeover of its joint venture partner Alumina Limited has cleared another hurdle after its stockholders voted to support the $3.4 billion deal.

Renowned Western Australian mining veteran Terry Streeter, who started investing in resources stocks more than 40 years ago using funds from his grocery business, has passed away aged 80.

Stockbroking firm Argonaut has boosted its team with the addition of three recruits led by dealmaker Rob Telford while also reporting strong growth in operating revenue.

West-Perth based digital entertainment system business Swift Networks has secured a twelve-month extension on its contract to provide services across three Chevron facilities.

BHP has toasted record iron ore and copper production in a boost to the mining giant after a week to forget for the company's nickel division.

The last mile to beat elevated inflation is proving challenging, the International Monetary Fund says, and could keep interest rates higher for 'even longer'.

PM to push aside union bosses

The ASX200 has finished 0.2 per cent lower, dragged down partly by losses from BHP and Rio Tinto, but still notched its second-highest close ever.

Claire Tyrrell speaks to Nadia Budihardjo about developers establishing a building arm.

Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting and its joint venture partners have put a $5 billion price tag on developing a major magnetite mine in the Yilgarn.

Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti is reluctant to comment on the state branch of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union despite moves made by other Australian leaders.

Perdaman, Programmed Facility Management and Pact Construction are among the donors who have chipped into the Liberal Party WA's war chest ahead of the 2025 state election.

Several developers have added construction divisions to their businesses, as fewer builders take on apartments.

ANALYSIS: It was no coincidence that representatives of both China and the US were in Perth within days of each other.

Two West Perth offices have sold for a combined $4.96 million to separate buyers.

KPMG Australia will undergo a restructure of its legal arm by axing its separate commercial law practice, announcing the move a month after flagging hundreds of job cuts.

WA-founded carbon farming project developer Carbon Sync has launched Australia's first free carbon credit calculator to enable farmers to estimate their potential income through soil carbon farming.