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WA Kaolin has had a positive start to its first day of trading after raising $22 million from its initial public offering, with its share price closing up 25 per cent.

Business must be good if your company name becomes a verb, as it has with Zoom.

Veris has been contracted by APA Group to survey a recently announced $460 million gas pipeline in Western Australia.

Construction company Hanssen, earthworks contractor Screenwest and nickel miner First Quantum Minerals have each been fined in the past week over workplace safety breaches.

Shares in Perth-based Stealth Global Holdings surged 80 per cent today after it announced the purchase of a hardware and tool supplier for $3.8 million.

Bega Cheese will buy food and beverage company Lion for $534 million and substantially bolster its product range and retail presence.

Brian Ellis and Nigel Hallett face accusations of serious misconduct in the Corruption and Crime Commission's latest report into electoral and parliamentary allowance abuse.

Telstra Corporation will appear before the federal court after admitting to ‘unconscionable conduct' when selling post-paid mobile contracts to Indigenous consumers.

The state government has intensified its lobbying for full-cycle docking with a national television, newspaper and radio advertising campaign aimed at bringing the work to WA.

The High Court of Australia has dismissed all special leave applications challenging the registration of the South West Native Title Settlement Agreement.

Australian coal worth more than $700 million is being held up at Chinese ports because of apparent problems with environmental standards.

A survey of about 1,200 residents across Perth has revealed the majority either support or are open to the idea of medium-density developments.

A senior minister, business group and Labor frontbencher have defended Mathias Cormann's bid to take a senior international role with a major economic body.

Sentinel Real Estate has announced plans to build its third build-to-rent project in Australia, at 194 West Coast Highway in Scarborough.

Could fully funding every primary school in Australia fix inequities in the education system?

Leading CEOs form climate change club

ASX investors can almost claim gains for 2020, after the share market closed within a point of where it started the year.

The spinout company of Cassini Resources has begun its first day of trading, with its share price more than doubling to 46 cents.

Gas demand in the Goldfields will underpin a new $460 million pipeline connecting Western Australia's two key gas trunklines.

With the extended Christmas shopping hours already announced, there is momentum to push for permanent retail reform.

Perth-based Greenland Minerals has launched a $33 million capital raising to fund the development of its flagship rare earths project.

Restaurants, gyms and beauty parlours will be required to keep contact registers from next month despite the state government refusing to say when WA's border will fully reopen.

China's Shandong Gold has matched a new bid to buy out takeover target Cardinal Resources, having offered to pay $1.05 per company share.

Organised workplace play can help connect colleagues working from home, improve mental wellbeing, and boost overall happiness.

Telethon Kids Institute's Asha Bowen has been named as the Emerging Leader in Science at the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.

The Supreme Court has delivered a tactical win to the WA government in its legal battle with Clive Palmer but strongly criticised legislation that is subject to a High Court appeal.

Perth-based Nuheara and technology leaders Bob Cross and Greg Riebe received honorary prizes at this year's Lateral INCITE awards.

Perth's major accounting firms have about 70 per cent of their staff back in the office after COVID, but lots of variation sits behind that number.

Staff numbers at WA's accounting firms have experienced their largest fall in more than 20 years, though the change was highly variable.

Perth-based lithium miner Galaxy Resources has sought up to $161 million to fund the first stage of its Sal de Vida development in Argentina.

Retailer Harvey Norman has experienced a revenue boost since the start of the new financial year, putting it on course for a strong rise in pre-tax profit.

Scott Morrison has defended using public money to fly former finance minister Mathias Cormann around Europe.