Nadia Budihardjo

Industrial inspectors have recovered more than $1 million for underpaid workers, a state department claims.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept the cash rate unchanged at 3.85 per cent, shocking markets which predicted a 90 per cent chance of a 25 basis point cut.

Former federal politician Ben Morton has replaced John Barrington as the chair of the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research.

Heidelberg has lost its bid to review the state’s peak planning body’s decision over its Perth concrete batching plant, after a tribunal dismissed its application.

UPDATE: Four councillors have resigned from the City of Nedlands council which will prompt the state government to send in a commissioner to take over the local government.

Saracen Properties’ $118 million luxury resort proposal in Gnarabup has received federal environmental approval.

The Federal Court of Australia has dismissed the corporate watchdog’s action against thermal coal company TerraCom and its staff including former chair Wal King.

The state's highest court has ordered FTD founder Ricky Hirsch to give up his Marmion properties to a creditor, the latest in a legal dispute over an alleged multi-million-dollar debt.

The developer behind Tawarri Hot Springs in Dalkeith has pushed for an extension, citing labour shortages and an almost twofold increase in the project’s estimated cost.

Mark Pownall and Nadia Budihardjo discuss major moves at WA companies; Chevron's job cuts; Eileen Bond; Social housing; VGW; and Bunnings in Karratha.

AVZ Minerals is involved in another legal dispute relating to its Manono project, after a funder sued the West Perth company over a $US15 million agreement.

Motor Trade Association of WA chief executive Stephen Moir will resign after 15 years at the helm of the state's peak representative body for the industry.

Claire Tyrrell and Nadia Budihardjo discuss the digital gap between classrooms throughout WA.

Not-for-profit accommodation provider St Bart’s is one step closer to building a seven-storey aged care facility in East Perth, estimated to cost $39 million.

There’s a schism between the digital haves and have nots in classrooms across the state.

A Bibra Lake company and its former director will pay almost $40,000 in penalties after a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation.

Activists involved in a stench bomb ploy that caused more than 1,000 Woodside Energy workers to evacuate their office have avoided jail, with two receiving suspended sentences.

Former Western Australian attorney-general John Quigley has joined Perth law firm Lavan as a consultant, three months after leaving parliament.

Edge has closed in on the commercial tenants for its $170 million Riviere Residences in Applecross, engaging the operator behind successful restaurants in Perth's north.

WA Country Health Service has awarded almost $300 million in contract work to more than a dozen contractors in the state, over regular and short-term security services.

Former government chief information officer Giles Nunis has been appointed to lead state agency Health Support Services.

The corporate watchdog has cancelled the licence for Perth financial services provider Ballast, a firm which has been involved in regulatory disputes for years.

Western Australian auditor general has found significant weaknesses in the state’s public pathology provider, which stores nearly 14 million medical test results conducted in 2023-24.

Kimberley Quarry was fined $160,000 over a workplace incident that led to a machine operator and an employee falling more than three metres, causing spinal fracture and internal bleeding.

Nadia Budihardjo and Claire Tyrrell discuss the Smiths Beach project's history and recent update.

Aerison has secured a win over a subpoena in its legal dispute with rival engineering firm Innovent, which includes allegations on contracts with Fortescue, Fluor and Talison.

Canning Vale-based Devlyn Australia has booked a $23.2 million contract over an Aboriginal short stay accommodation project in Cannington.

An independent council has partially sided with City of Nedlands over its complaint of news coverage in the state’s only metropolitan daily newspaper.

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has escalated a dispute over Northern Minerals shares, taking legal action against one of the company's foreign investors.

Woolworths Group is one step closer to building a two-storey supermarket and childcare centre in East Victoria Park, after a panel greenlit its $28 million application.

A development panel has unanimously approved hospitality operator Patrick Prendiville’s four-storey pod hotel proposal on South Terrace, Fremantle.