Mark Beyer

Perth's top corporate lawyers have been busy helping their clients navigate the fallout from COVID-19.

Virgin Australia is resuming a minimal national schedule while Qantas is expanding its domestic passenger services, with the new schedules including eight regional centres in Western Australia.

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss markets settle, rent relief, JobKeeper legislation, interstate FIFO, Seven Group, Lumiere apartments approved, distillery distinction, and our Great for the State feature on WA's health system.

Stockbroking and funds management group Euroz expects to report a loss of $16 million for the nine months to the end of March but said its trading activity is still profitable and it intends to pay a final dividend.

Spanish engineering group ACCIONA has been named as preferred proponent for the construction works for the $253 million Bayswater train station upgrade, beating out a rival bid from a consortium comprising Georgiou Group and Lendlease.

The University of Western Australia has partnered with Microsoft to rapidly implement a remote learning solution that covers nearly all its courses, building on a package originally conceived to support international students unable to come to Australia early this year.

Education technology company Education Horizons Group, which counts Perth-based SEQTA Software among its portfolio, has made its largest acquisition, in the UK.

Rio Tinto has disclosed that 700 fly-in, fly-out workers have moved to Perth from interstate or overseas because of new travel restrictions, more than twice the number at mining rival BHP.

Michelle Prater (nee Wheatley) brings a unique perspective to the natural tension between landlords and tenants in the current market - she is a director of the country's largest car dealer and one of their largest landlords.

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss market volatility, rescue packages for federal and state, WA's hard border, Minderoo, tenant-landlord dilemma, project news, and house prices.

The City of Armadale has been hit with one of the largest fines imposed for a workplace safety breach in Western Australia, after state government agency WorkSafe appealed the penalty initially imposed over a 2014 incident.

The Kerry Stokes-backed BCI Minerals has agreed to co-fund further development of the Iron Valley mine in the Pilbara, as part of a package of deals that will see Mineral Resources buy its Buckland

UPDATED: Woodside Petroleum has dropped plans for a 14-week fly-in, fly-out roster after presenting the option to its staff, opting instead for a less radical change as the oil and gas giant, along with mining companies, seeks to reduce the amount of travel to its remote sites.

An 11th hour agreement has resulted in 29 passengers from the Artania cruise ship who have tested positive for COVID-19 being transferred to Joondalup Health Campus, after earlier proposals to shift them to Hollywood Private Hospital, the Mount Hospital and Bethesda Health Care were criticised.

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the market update, Nev Power, Premier's inner circle, leisure sector, retail, mining challenges, Woodside, and our special report on the pandemic impact on WA.

Blue-chip miner Northern Star Resources has predicted the rest of the industry will be forced to follow its lead in making radical and costly changes to their operations to deal with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Woodside Petroleum has cut the number of people working at its Karratha gas plant, with the decision flowing through to hundreds of contractors at companies such as Monadelphous and UGL.

Curtin University has awarded a fire services maintenance contract to ARA Indigenous Services, a business established by former AFL player Michael O'Loughlin.

Fortescue Metals Group said today it expected to meet its annual shipments guidance, as the mining sector started adapting to travel restrictions that will crimp fly-in, fly-out operations.

Department of the Premier and Cabinet director general, Darren Foster, is stepping down immediately, with senior bureaucrats Rebecca Brown and Sharyn O'Neill stepping into the breach.

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the market overview in these dramatic times, government and industry policy responses, travel challenges, earning guidances, businesses taking on staff, Acciona and CPB Contractors going head to head, Cottesloe aged care and apartment project, and our special report on the ICT sector.

BHP will start paying invoices from small business suppliers after just seven days and has created a $6 million fund to support labour hire companies affected by COVID-19.

Robotic bricklaying company FBR has slashed its workforce, saving $10 million per year, and postponed the construction of its first display home, which was due to commence in a matter of days.

Engineering and construction contractor Monadelphous no longer expects its revenue to grow by 10 per cent this financial year, saying the economic slowdown and uncertain outlook meant it was unable

National construction company Built has won its second major project in Western Australia this month, after entering an early works agreement with aged care operator Curtin Heritage Living.

Spanish engineering giant ACCIONA is continuing to challenge CPB Contractors' dominance of the Western Australian infrastructure market, with the two groups heading competing consortia for the Bunbury Outer Ring Road.

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss market volatility and the coronavirus, stimulus package, Liza Harvey, private equity deals, our special report on Land Developers and Great for the State looks at how we can help those who are missing out on WA's good fortune.

Rio Tinto has been ordered to pay long-deferred incentives worth nearly $7 million to its former chief executive Sam Walsh following a formal dispute resolution process.

Marketing and communications firm WPP AUNZ has promoted Steve Harris to a regional leadership role as the group starts to implement a strategy that includes bringing together its multiple brands into a single location.

Perth-based human services firm APM Group has attracted a new majority shareholder after three years of strong growth that has seen it nearly triple staff numbers to 6,500 across 10 countries.

Mineral sands miner Tronox has decided to proceed with a new mine in NSW, leaving its two prospective West Australian mines near Dongara and Cervantes in the development queue.

The state government plans to halt three major contracts at Fiona Stanley Hospital held by Serco Australia, resulting in 650 jobs moving back to the public sector at a cost of $93 million over 10 years.This adds to similar moves in the water and corrections portfolios.