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Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA vice-president Nicki Ivory will step up to lead the board, replacing outgoing president Nicolle Jenkins.

CIMIC Group subsidiary UGL has secured more than $200 million in various energy and resource contracts in WA.

The Perth property investment house's move into direct ownership is paying off.

Plans to invest in LNG import terminals and boost exploration on the east coast could be jeopardised by a shock intervention in gas markets, Woodside Energy has warned.

The eighth interest rate hike in a row has been met with indifference by consumers, with households likely banking on a pause at the next Reserve Bank meeting.

On the ground in rural America, where politics is done a little differently.

Gas plan threat to investments

ANALYSIS: There are warnings price caps may worsen shortages as Australia's energy mess looks set to get worse.

Mineral Resources has recruited Professor Colleen Hayward as a non-executive director, making it one of the few major ASX companies to have an Aboriginal person on its board.

Senior editor Mark Beyer discusses some of the highlights from his recent conversation with Nearmap's Rob Newman.

Mitsui E&P Australia and Beach Energy say subcontractors working for Clough on the Waitsia gas project have been paid.

A $16 million apartment building proposal has been approved by a regional planning body, nine months after the initial design for the Dunsborough project was rejected.

Fresh from the $1 billion sale of Perth-founded Nearmap, Rob Newman has mused on what makes a successful tech hub.

The turnaround time for ships using Fremantle harbour has more than doubled in recent years, adding to pressure for major infrastructure upgrades additional to the planned Westport project.

Emma Buswell cleverly knits together laughs with social commentary in a new exhibition that takes a tongue-in-cheek look at one of Perth's upmarket suburbs.

An increase to the Keystart price limits to home values of $560,000 has been welcomed by industry.

The ASX has started on a weak note, losing 0.45 per cent ahead of a busy period of economic data and central bank meetings.

Genesis Minerals boss Raleigh Finlayson has locked in another part of his ambition to consolidate the Leonora region after striking a deal to buy neighbouring gold company St Barbara.

The ASX has started the week on a weak note, with most sectors down at noon ahead of a busy week of economic data and central bank meetings.

Plans for a mid-tier public transport network connecting infill suburbs is gaining traction with industry.

A rise in the bread price is no cause for panic, but an example of the cost of business.

The treasurer says Australia could miss out if it doesn't act fast to improve the conditions for environmentally-conscious investors.

Chalmers takes aim at ‘greenwashing'

Western Australia's highest court has dismissed an appeal by Mineralogy in one of the many lawsuits between the Clive Palmer-owned mining company and CITIC Limited's subsidiary Sino Iron.

Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie talk about the upcoming cabinet reshuffle and takeaways from the federal government's energy market interventions.

A new lithium hopeful chaired by former Tianqi Lithium Australia boss Phil Thick has made a solid start to its first day on the local bourse.

DUG Technology has secured contracts valued at $US24m ($A35m) five months into the financial year, setting it on track to exceed its total revenue for FY22.

The local share market has finished Friday 0.5 per cent higher, but three midweek days of losses made this its worst week since late October.

A plan promising a cap on gas and coal prices, potential subsidies for miners, and $1.5 billion for households, has been labelled a “radical intervention” by industry.

Property investment group Baron Vanilla Management has acquired a West Leederville aged care facility for $12 million.

Clough's administrators say they have fielded “multiple enquiries” from interested suitors after securing short-term funding to pay workers on projects caught up in the Perth engineer's collapse.

ANALYSIS: Factional interests, ambitious backbenchers and demographic representation loom as key considerations for the premier as he mulls over who to promote to cabinet this month.