Nadia Budihardjo

Former Fortescue employees have flagged their intention to appeal the Federal Court's decision to uphold search orders over their company's Perth premises.

Woodside Energy has received approval to upgrade its Pluto Train 1 plant in the Burrup peninsula, with the modifications estimated to cost $150 million.

Bruce Lehrmann has moved forward with his appeal while Network Ten failed to secure a guarantee for the court-ordered $2 million payment over his lost defamation action.

Cereal breeding company InterGrain has marked a new site to replace its Bibra Lake headquarters in a $38 million move.

Kerry Stokes-backed BCI Minerals has secured backing for a $981 million financing and signed with Chinese chemical company Befar to supply salt from its $1.4 billion Mardie project.

Fulton Hogan has won a $23 million contract over work on the Great Eastern Highway upgrades in the state's Wheatbelt region.

Tom Zaunmayr speaks to Nadia Budihardjo about GeoMoby's invention to improve underground mining operations.

The state's workplace safety regulator has initiated legal action against mining companies over work fatalities, under new laws which increased the maximum penalty to $3.5 million.

Saracen Properties' Gnarabup resort proposal is out for another public consultation, almost three years after the environmental watchdog assessed the $118 million plan.

Atlas Building, a rebrand of BGC Construction, has booked a $43 million contract to build the state government's Mandurah Common Ground project.

Nearly 250 sites were destroyed within the Solomon Hub mine footprint, experts told the Federal Court in the legal dispute between Fortescue and the Yindjibarndi people.

Victorian property firm Wolfdene has expanded its Western Australian foothold after acquiring 146 lots in Wellard, earmarked for a project worth an estimated $45 million.

The death of a partner in a mining equipment partnership has led to a legal dispute over a succession agreement that details the ownership of the $23 million business.

The state government has awarded a $19.8 million contract to Osborne Park-based BADGE Constructions, for a high school project.

The Town of Claremont has failed to persuade the state's peak planning body to refuse a $109 million apartment project on Quentin Avenue.

St John WA will build a three-storey car park at its office site on Great Eastern Highway, with the project estimated to cost $7 million.

Billionaires Andrew and Nicola Forrest will step down as Minderoo Foundation co-chairs to pass the baton to prominent barrister and company director Allan Myers.

A creditor has taken possession of one of FTD founder Ricky Hirsch's properties in Marmion amid an ongoing dispute over an alleged multi-million-dollar debt, a WA court was told.

Recent CoreLogic data shows residential construction costs have increased in the three months to September, putting pressure on the federal government's target of new homes.

Henderson-based Civmec has signed a deal to acquire Luerssen Australia, the shipbuilder contracted to make patrol vessels for the Royal Australian Navy.

The Queens Gardens car park is one step closer to become the site for an East Perth primary school after legislation introduced to unlock the land passed parliament today.

Nadia Budihardjo and Claire Tyrrell discuss Colliers' somewhat surprising acquisition of Pritchard Francis.

Australian Nursing Federation WA vice-president Romina Raschilla has replaced Mark Olson as state secretary of the union, after the latter was ruled ineligible for the role.

The Corruption and Crime Commission has blasted the disclosure of information in an ongoing inquiry into the WA Labor party.

Sunrise Energy Group has progressed on its $200 million plan to build a battery in Wellesley, after a development assessment panel unanimously backed the proposal.

Property mogul Nigel Satterley has called for more immigration to solve the state's housing crisis, among other measures, at a Business News event this morning.

ANALYSIS: The international real estate company has added to its engineering capabilities with its recent WA acquisition.

Mark Pownall and Nadia Budihardjo discuss WA's often under-reported limestone industry.

Perth Festival has set its sights on East Perth power station as an event space, a site previously earmarked for redevelopment by Kerry Stokes and Andrew Forrest.

Covalent Lithium has awarded Macmahon Holdings subsidiary Decmil Group a $123 million contract over road works on the Mount Holland lithium project.

Lendlease has appointed former Bunnings chief executive and 40under40 alumni John Gillam as its chairman, replacing Michael Ullmer.

More than 500 homes will be built for defence workers in Rockingham as part of an agreement between Western Australian businesses and the federal government.