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A WA firm chosen to build a workforce village in Kalbarri has gone bust one month after being dropped as preferred proponent by the state government.

There are legitimate reasons to vote no if you so choose, but those put forward by the anti-Voice camp aren't it.

Vanadium explorer Technology Metals has won support of major shareholders for a $217 million merger with fellow critical minerals company Australian Vanadium Limited.

RAC Group ended the financial year with a $46 million profit, significantly up from the $7.97 million recorded in the previous reporting period.

Tony Poli-chaired Aigle Royal Group has received approval to build a multi-million-dollar commercial precinct around its $80 million Costco warehouse.

ANZ has been ordered to pay a $15 million penalty after admitting to misleading more than 186,000 customers over fees and interest charged.

Chris Ellison's Mineral Resources plans to raise more than $1 billion through five-year senior unsecured notes to generate capital expenditure funds.

Strike Energy has become the Perth Basin's newest gas producer, commissioning gas into the state's Parmelia pipeline from its Walyering joint venture project.

There's been a dip in in consumer confidence as rising petrol prices nudge inflation expectations, which could be of note to the Reserve Bank.

Labor jobs plan ‘ruined by IR laws'

Mining magnate Andrew Forrest's father Donald Forrest has died aged 95 surrounded by family at his “ancestral home” Minderoo Station.

Qantas will invest a further $80 million in customer improvements across financial year 2024 in addition to the $150 million previously budgeted, which will be funded from profits.

Senior journalists Tom Zaunmayr and Jack McGinn discuss the emergence of the oyster industry in WA.

Twelve-storey developments, new hospitality venues and enhanced cycling connections headline a new masterplan designed to revitalise Fremantle's harbours.

The local share market has staged a remarkable recovery, bouncing off a low hit six months ago in early trading and rebounding in the afternoon to finish the day flat.

Two Perth homeowners have taken lavish property developer Ricky Hirsch's company FTD Construction to the State Administrative Tribunal over building delays.

Strike action at Chevron's operations off the state's coast has come to an end after the LNG producer and the union have agreed to finalise agreements.

A development assessment panel has approved Golden Group's proposal to build 74 townhouses as part of the $4 billion Belmont Park redevelopment.

The main players are not investing heavily in their own industry, instead they are finding better opportunities.

Resource Capital Funds has struck a deal to sell resources-focused engineering consultant Ausenco to a trio of US investment firms for around US$578 million ($900 million).

Allen Caratti has succeeded in preventing Hotchkin Hanly from representing his opponent in court, claiming the law firm had previously acted for him and former partner Tina Bazzo.

The previous owner of Blackburne's City Beach property is taking his former lawyers to court, alleging a breach of duty occurred during deal negotiations over the western suburb asset.

In this podcast, Mark Pownall and Jack McGinn discuss the latest on Chevron's IR deal, WA's top builders, potash deal, road funding, battery contacts, Synergy, Water Corp, tower plans, barramundi and Twiggy's mansion.

Residents of a new multi-dwelling development in Exmouth have moved in as development of the final superlot at the tourist town's marina looms.

Mining giant Rio Tinto is working with traditional owners in the Pilbara after finding damage to an ancient rock shelter near its Nammuldi mine site.

In the 2010s the state government backed three North West oyster trials. One failed, one is facing uncertainty, and one is on the cusp of success.

A Senate inquiry sparked by the government's controversial decision to deny extra flights continues in Perth after receiving submissions from farmers.

Fury at state pandemic probe let-off

Chevron Australia and Offshore Alliance members have agreed to draft revised enterprise agreements, paving the way for an end to strike action off WA's coast.

Claire Tyrrell and Jack McGinn discuss the plans of Forrest empire property division Fiveight and its inaugural chief Paige Walker.

The local share market has fallen 1.4 per cent to close at its lowest level since early July after the Federal Reserve sounded hawkish on interest rates.

Aerison Group creditors will have an urgent meeting to discuss a bid from APCINFRA after a proposed arrangement with Pacific Industrial Company fell through.