Adbri's Kwinana cement project is looking at cost overruns in the order of up to $90 million-plus, joining a litany of WA projects hamstrung by labour constraints and high input costs.
Revenue and profit at local independent food player Spudshed were boosted by pandemic-related buying, although Tony Galati's company joined the ranks of those concerned about labour shortages.
Stockbroker Gary Castledine has been handed a suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to allegations of insider trading stemming from a decade-old incident.
Senior journalist Claire Tyrrell talks about Sheffield Property's merger with Cushman & Wakefield, and growing support for Perth to develop a mid-tier public transport strategy.
The local share market has risen 1.0 per cent to a fresh seven-month high after Jerome Powell suggested the Fed might soon moderate its rate-hiking campaign.
A lithium explorer led by Atlas Iron founder David Flanagan is on track to raise $60 million to fund exploration and development campaigns at two WA projects.
Cox Architecture has been tasked with progressing the design of the $35 million Perth Cultural Centre rejuvenation project under a new contract from the state government.
Specialist labs, glasshouses and an emergency management operational centre will be built at Murdoch University, courtesy of $320 million in state government funding.
A comprehensive national survey has found one third of Australians have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace, with the IT, media and arts sectors the worst offenders.
A $135 million project of two towers in Leederville has been approved with flying colours and was labelled a "benchmark" of development planning at an assessment panel meeting.
Kwinana-based company Steel Mains will manufacture large steel water pipes in Western Australia for the first time under a $58 million contract with Water Corporation.
The manufacturing sector has finally contracted after three months of flatlining, in a sign that less than favourable economic conditions are now hurting.
