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OPINION: The hardest part of business is seeing if anyone actually wants what you are making.

OPINION: Big retailers' struggles reflect the broader disquiet among investors and households.

The state's peak planning body has granted Stan Quinlivan three more years to redevelop the Ocean Beach Hotel, after the proprietor parted ways with project manager Edge Visionary Living.

Two Perth men have been charged over their alleged involvement with a cybercriminal group linked to breaches of over 1000 organisations, including the European Commission.

Shares in Boss Energy fell by more than 16 per cent on Thursday, following the release of its FY26 results and new feasibility study for its Honeymoon uranium project in South Australia.

Greenbushes co-owner IGO has swung back into the black with a $145 million profit, as improved lithium prices aid its earnings while it navigates challenges at the South West mine.

Henderson-based shipbuilder Austal has launched a campaign to hire 500 new workers over the next twelve months, as work ramps up on the firm's landing craft shipbuilding programs.

Billionaire Gina Rinehart has used a speech to the Bush Summit in New South Wales to accuse the Labor and Greens parties of being “held together” by “an appetite for your money”.

A mining executive wants to sue his yacht club after the Dalkeith-based association revoked his membership amid allegations he was speeding in a 72-foot sunseeker boat.

Capricorn Metals chair Mark Clark says the company is ideally placed as it moves to the next phase of growth.

The property fund has reported a drop in NPAT and an increase in its operating earnings, while it switches from its joint CEO model.

A legal fight is brewing between Nationals MP Lachlan Hunter and Greens MP Sophie McNeill over comments made following a “friends of Palestine” event held in Western Australia's parliament.

Mineral Resources is planning growth overseas and a foray into copper to latch onto booming demand for the red metal.

Telfer mine owner Greatland Resources generated an $862 million post-tax net profit from its first full year of mining, covering the entire cost of its 2024 deal for the asset.

Mining maintenance, offshore subsea work, and a surge in defence contracts have powered full-year results for three of WA's key industrial and marine specialists.

A seaweed product developed by ocean-tech firm Fremantle Seaweed has won approval for use as a feed supplement by Australia's beef cattle industry.

A green iron pilot plant under development in Western Australia would use Perdaman's hydrogen technology under a preliminary deal announced on Thursday.

More than $1 billion was spent on exploration by locally listed miners seeking to deploy their healthy cash balances into project development and growth, BDO finds.

A decision to drop prices on thousands of goods in the wake of household cost of living pressures helped the owner of Bunnings, Kmart and Priceline achieve another multi-billion dollar earnings

Wall ‌Street's main indices have closed slightly lower after a US inflation reading came in hotter than expected, while many investors stuck to the sidelines ahead of AI bellwether Nvidia's earnings ‌later in the day.

Mineral Resources will pay its first dividend in two years after recording its strongest ever result off the back of a resurgent lithium market and a growing iron ore operation.

Macquarie ditches KPMG's$1b contract

Australia's share market has handed back an early lead to end the session lower, after hotter-than-expected inflation figures raised the odds of incoming interest rate hikes.

The City of Perth council has postponed its decision over the chief executive's return, adding tension to the governance of the local government.

Two lobbying and advisory companies have joined forces in Western Australia to create a new service called Approvals Accelerator which will target some of state's biggest projects.

Jack McGinn speaks to Nadia Budihardjo about Business News' recent power and energy feature.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will push ahead with sweeping federal data centre regulations following a meeting of National Cabinet in Sydney today, despite mounting pushback from some state governments.

The Victorian property company's recent $80 million purchase of 180 hectares of land in Bullsbrook brings the total price tag of major transactions in the northern suburb this year to around $190 million.

The state government is appealing a landmark Federal Court verdict compelling Fortescue to pay the Yindjibarndi people $150 million in compensation for damaging their country without consent.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has emerged from Wednesday's meeting of the national cabinet and faced questions about his support for Western Australia's GST deal.

The emergence of gas-fired generation and a step-change for renewable projects are major developments in the state's energy transition.

OPINION: The premier and treasurer play GST hardball, but the prime minister is already neutralised.