A Perth clinical research company wants healthy adults and elderly volunteers to participate in one of the world's first human coronavirus vaccine trials.
Brent crude fell below $US20 a barrel and US crude plunged 25 per cent, driven lower by skittish investors fleeing the US benchmark due to lack of available storage to deal with a coronavirus-induced collapse in demand.
Gold fell on Monday as US Treasury yields rose and plans by many countries to ease coronavirus-induced lockdowns whetted investor appetite for riskier assets, but unprecedented stimulus measures from governments provided underlying support.
Two consortia, led by major contractors Laing O'Rourke and CPB Contractors, have been shortlisted to build the Morley-Ellenbrook Line, but the decision has sparked competing claims about the opport
Mustera Property Group has been given the green light to proceed on its Forbes Residences proposal in Applecross, following two rejected development applications and a revision from 20 storeys down to 13.
The state has recorded one coronavirus death and two infections overnight. Roger Cook has urged Western Australians to only leave home for essential purposes. Scott Morrison says social distancing measures will not apply in classrooms.
The State School Teachers' Union of WA is encouraging parents to keep students home where possible, highlighting increasing divisions over the state government's plans to recommence face-to-face learning next week.
Mineral Resources today said COVID-19 has had minimal impact on its mining operations but has downgraded its forecast iron ore shipments for the full financial year, due to weather conditions having affected its Koolyanobbing operations.
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Shares in a West Perth-based oil producer with operations in Kazakhstan have increased 70-fold this week, despite the company shutting down production and the collapse in global oil markets, leading to an ASX intervention.
Graphite company First Graphene is planning to raise $6.2 million from a rights issue to expand its production facility in Henderson and increase marketing initiatives.
Pilbara Ports Authority is shifting its Perth office from West Perth to the CBD, continuing the tenant exodus from the near-city suburb as it moves its premises to a full floor at 999 Hay Street.
Western Areas says it remains on track to meet its full-year production guidance after reporting steady nickel production and sales over the March quarter along with a healthy financial position.
STA Travel has been ordered to pay $14 million in penalties for misleading advertising related to a product that purported to let consumers change the dates of their flights without fees.
Rio Tinto will spend $9.2 million exploring Antipa Minerals' Citadel project in Western Australia this year, following a review of the joint venture agreement that considered the impacts of COVID-19.
Oil has extended its rebound after major oil-producing nations said they would accelerate planned production cuts to combat the dramatic slump in demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gold prices jumped as much as 1.5 per cent to more than a one-week high overnight, after hopes of more stimulus from the United States to cope with a coronavirus-led lockdown.
Mark McGowan says parents are within their rights to ask for reduced school fees if their children aren't being taught in person, after numerous private and independent school bodies said in recent days that they would not resume face-to-face learning as normal in term two.
The Australian share market has treaded water for a second straight day, with gains for mining and energy stocks outweighed by losses for the rest of the market.
The WA premier has refused to be drawn on when the government will lift COVID-19 restrictions despite more evidence of their economic damage and another day of zero new infections.
Mark McGowan has vowed to press on with the reappointment of John McKechnie to the state's top anti-corruption body, after the committee overseeing the CCC again declined to provide support to the nomination.
The operator of Mirrabooka's Xtreme Ice Arena, Roselink Enterprises, has entered court-ordered liquidation, after a legal dispute with a member of the wealthy Caratti family.
Developer and syndicator Lester Group has splashed $58 million on large-format retail precinct Midland Megaplex, while Fortescue Metals Group has expanded its warehouse and office footprint in the eastern suburbs.
Agricultural exporters from Western Australia, including beef and pork producers, have received further assistance, with the state government joining the federal government in subsidising international flights to carry their goods.
A $154 million package to support tenants and landlords and boost the construction industry has been unveiled by the state government, in its latest effort to reduce the economic carnage of COVID-19.
Galileo Mining has received commitments to raise $5 million through a share placement, including from IGO, as it seeks to ramp-up exploration activities at its Fraser Range project in Western Australia.
