Nadia Budihardjo

The founder of Perth-based bottled water company Eneco Refresh has been sentenced over market manipulation charges but avoids jail on a good behaviour bond.

A portion of a 42-hectare Yallingup vineyard will be transformed into a holiday resort after a development assessment panel approved the $17.5 million plan.

The state government has committed $18.7 million to redevelop the Barrack Street Jetty and reaffirmed an expansion of the ferry services.

A Perth businessman has turned adversity into opportunity.

Claire Tyrrell and Nadia Budihardjo discuss the growing trend towards alternative construction methods.

The state government has allocated $92.2 million in the upcoming budget, to support and expand more than 120 homelessness services across Western Australia.

Richard Goyder’s replacement John Mullen will start his role as Qantas Airways chair next week, months earlier than planned.

The state’s peak planning body has retrospectively approved the first stage of a $400 million wind farm constructed on 3,600 hectares of land near Kojonup.

The Regional Development Assessment Panel has approved a $220 million battery energy storage in the Shire of Merredin.

Defamation lawyer Martin Bennett has been fined more than $20,000 after the state administrative tribunal found his conduct to be "grossly careless" over a court matter.

A creditor has sued FTD Construction founder Ricky Hirsch over an alleged $5 million debt and has applied to repossess his $2 million Marmion home.

Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals has failed in its bid to throw out a Supreme Court judgment over a mining lease that includes about 95 hectares of Minderoo Station.

Thiess subsidiary MACA Interquip has acquired engineering firm Subiaco-based Mintrex, with the companies set to integrate in the coming weeks.

Inpex senior vice president corporate Bill Townsend has opened up on how WA lost its bid to host the $60 billion Ichthys liquefied natural gas plant during a Business News event.

Perth-based Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has secured about $50 million worth of contracts for work at data centres and projects across the country.

Nearly 100 beds and two storeys have been added to a $40 million student accommodation project, to be built on a Perth CBD site owned by a syndicate that includes the Eagles' boss.

Experts have disagreed on how to calculate royalties in the ongoing court action over the Yindjibarndi people’s claim for compensation from Fortescue’s Solomon hub operations.

Australian Securities and Investments Commission is up for a leadership overhaul, including its chief executive Warren Day indicating his exit from the regulator.

A three-storey apartment project in Alkimos has been approved, with the developer opting to go through the local government pathway after the state government reformed the planning system.

Federal Court judge Michael Lee found Bruce Lehrmann did rape Brittany Higgins, handing down his judgment in the defamation case against Network 10 and journalist Lisa Wilkinson.

More than half of the IT issues identified in the previous financial year’s audit remain unresolved, the Office of the Auditor General reported.

Nadia Budihardjo and Jack McGinn discuss recent developments at a WA-based, nationally focused tertiary education organisation.

A Pilbara engineering company has taken Civmec to court over an alleged failure to pay for the work done at Rio Tinto’s Paraburdoo Western Range mine.

Acciona and the owners of the $511 million East Rockingham Waste to Energy plant have returned to court over alleged unpaid bonds.

A WA-based national research body on student equity in universities has been overhauled.

A NSW contractor has sued Kerry Stokes-backed BCI Minerals for $7 million, alleging a breakdown of an agreement over the $1.6 billion Mardie salt project.

Administrators of Yeeda Pastoral Company have received a time extension for the next creditors meeting, after finding the Kimberley business was $103 million in debt.

Nadia Budihardjo and Jack McGinn discuss the imminent reopening of the Yagan Square precinct.

Construction costs in the state remained steady at a 0.7 per cent growth, while the national rate continues to stablise in the recent quarter, the latest data shows.

The multi-million-dollar bid to revive the failed Yagan Square precinct will soon pay off as operator Nokturnl gears up to open the first restaurant from the hub's line-up of hospitality offerings.

The state has questioned the cause of the division in the Yindjibarndi community, which was alleged to be Fortescue setting up its mine in the Pilbara, in an ongoing hearing in the Federal Court.

Liv Declerck and Nadia Budihardjo explore the growth in visitation at the Art Gallery of Western Australia.