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Shares in Zoran Bebic-led Monadelphous opened positively on Wednesday, after securing $150 million worth of resources sector-based contracts.

The state's residential builders are facing challenges that could hamper the industry's growth in the short term.

The West Perth financial planning firm of banned advisor Rhys James Rolls Reilly has collapsed into liquidation, six months after corporate regulators expelled him from the industry.

Western Australia has again been ranked as the second worst state in the country for doing business, with high payroll tax rates a major concern.

A Singapore-based hotel group has purchased Australian Development Capital's Holiday Inn West Perth for $26.75 million.

Warburg Pincus has again sweetened its offer, while Avid has told Ingenia it does not want it to go through with the acquisition of Peet.

Australia's sovereign shipbuilder Austal has inked a long-term partnership with RSL WA to support its Goldsworthy Veterans and Families Centre and promote veteran jobs in Western Australia.

Lithium miner PLS Group will buy renewable energy from Fortescue over 20 years, signing on for a minimum of 325 gigawatt hours of power at its Pilgangoora site.

Callum Giuntoli says the thrill of the hunt keeps him excited about an industry facing headwinds.

Zenith boss Ned Kocic grilled over $1.5m salary

The state government will move to legalise plug-in solar panels and batteries for apartment and rentals, mirroring power systems used in European households.

The eight-storey apartment project in Claremont is the second stage of Norup's $200 million revival of plans that Iris Residential had dropped.

NSW developer Perifa has partnered with JJ Leach to deliver the apartment, hotel and retail project.

Sam Jones and Tom Zaunmayr discuss how community co-ops are saving country towns.

Australia's share market has overcome a shaky start for a second straight session, after renewed hope in the artificial intelligence trade buoyed copper miners.

The City of South Perth council will “shortly” decide how to move forward after its chief executive resigned, days after an appointed monitor finished her term.

Brightstar Resources has announced its second major capital raise in the space of eight months, with ASX-listed Genesis Minerals a big contributor to the placement.

Perth-based Global Advanced Metals has disclosed a big lift in annual profit to $US51 million, boosted by the sale of a package of royalties to a giant Canadian pension fund.

Greg Tunny maps out sovereign manufacturing scale following the company's ASX listing.

OPINION: The use of AI for military purposes offers opportunity while requiring great responsibility.

The state government has launched a plan to reduce soaring industrial power costs, including a 75 per cent SWIS renewable energy generation target and a $150 million energy investment fund.

Lawyers have questioned experts over Gina Rinehart-led Hancock Prospecting's helipad proposal in West Perth, in an ongoing dispute in the tribunal.

Western Australia's largest gas-fired power station could be built near Mandurah to power the grid and a major agribusiness precinct next door.

European sustainability rules could burden agribusinesses with extra costs without delivering benefits promised under a free trade deal, the PGA of WA has warned.

Despite “production plans exceeded” during the first quarter of FY27, shares in Perseus Mining dipped slightly early on Tuesday.

Chevron and South32 have signed a five-year deal for gas supply to the latter's Worsley Alumina operations.

Plans for a 92-turbine wind farm in the southern Wheatbelt have been lodged with the state's environmental watchdog.

Australia's updated critical minerals strategy will place greater emphasis on processing and refining, according to Federal resources minister Madeleine King.

One of the founders of Dome Café Group has teased a ‘big' new venture while recounting an eclectic journey to a crowd of Perth businesspeople.

The Australian Defence Force will be granted legal authority to take down rogue drones over sensitive military bases under sweeping legislative reforms introduced to federal parliament today.

Many small farming towns in Western Australia's regions struggle to attract sufficient private or government investment to deliver the amenities residents and visitors desire.

Woodside Energy will walk away from the Greater Sunrise development project in Timor-Leste, striking a deal to sell its share to a state-owned entity for $US200 million.