Nadia Budihardjo

A joint federal and state government event to mark the beginning of a Perth City Deal project has been overshadowed by complaints from Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas.

Former IMP Automation Group managing director Boyne Hohenstein has had a win in the State Administrative Tribunal after a planning decision was overturned.

A sheet metal manufacturer has been fined $300,000 over an incident that led to a teenage apprentice’s fingers being severed while using the company's machinery.

The state government has stepped in to hasten development of a stalled multi-million-dollar leisure and aquatic centre project in Ellenbrook.

The Fitzroy River Bridge will be replaced and is expected to open by the end of next year, with Georgiou Group and BMD Constructions appointed as contractors.

Acciona has locked out the owners of the East Rockingham Waste to Energy plant, following a dispute believed to be north of $100 million.

Another planning policy to boost infill in the housing market has been introduced with the state government set to implement quality controls for medium density developments.

West Perth-based Cedar Woods Properties has reported a decline in both presales and revenue in its half-year results, but is still expecting a strong end to the year.

A proposal by Santa Maria College to build a $25 million performing arts centre at its Attadale campus was approved unanimously at a meeting this morning.

Andrew and Nicola Forrest-led Tattarang has acquired prime Sydney land for more than $500 million, with plans to construct Australia’s first Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

Qantas will spend $100 million to upgrade its lounges at airports worldwide, including doubling the seats of one of its regional Western Australian facilities.

Port Hedland’s Lumsden Point will be one of the Pilbara-based ports slated for an upgrade as part of a $565 million funding boost to expand export and import capacity.

Sydney-based steakhouse 6HEAD has committed to a 10-year lease at Brookfield Properties' One the Esplanade development, being the first hospitality tenant to sign up.

The Market Herald has opened a shortfall bookbuild after its bid to raise $15 million in an entitlement offer last month fell short by $3 million.

Information technology company GetSwift has been slapped with a $15 million fine, the largest penalty ordered against a company for breaching continuous disclosure laws.

Piedmont Lithium has signed a deal with South Korea-based LG Chem for a USD$75 million, roughly equivalent to AUD$109.5 million, equity investment over four years.

Perenti has confirmed that two of its employees, previously missing Barminco miners, have been killed after an incident at the Dugald River Underground mine in Queensland.

The country’s largest grain handler has called an end to the harvesting period, with Western Australia delivering a record 22.7 million tonnes of crop into the network.

The Fremantle Dockers recorded an operating profit of more than $2.4 million and $66 million in revenue in 2022, according to its annual financial report.

A proposed apartment complex at the former Ford Motors and Matilda Bay brewery site has been revised after a panel was unable to decide on its fate last year.

BHP Minerals has lost an appeal over a Supreme Court ruling relating to boundaries covered by mining leases for iron ore tenements in the Pilbara.

A Perth-based gas explorer has succeeded in challenging a decision by former prime minister Scott Morrison concerning the company's petroleum exploration permit.

Pantoro and Tulla Resources have announced plans for an all-scrip merger of the companies to consolidate ownership of the Norseman gold project in the state's Eastern Goldfields.

Liquidators assigned to property held by Chris Marco are able to distribute millions of dollars from the alleged Ponzi scheme to affected investors.

Meal kit business My Foodie Box has had a win in the State Administrative Tribunal to strike down the City of Bayswater’s order to stop operating from its Maylands headquarters.

Approval for a two-storey pavilion to replace an ageing sporting facility in Mount Claremont has got the ball rolling in UWA's multi-million-dollar plan to upgrade its sports complex.

A $25 million revamp of the Captain Stirling Hotel site in Nedlands, including a multi-storey supermarket, has been given the green light after more than two years in limbo.

A $792 million expansion of Westfield Booragoon, which would make it the state’s largest shopping centre, has been approved by WA’s peak planning body.

Ross Waring has been named as director of a $200 million Curtin University-led hub which aims to develop commercial products and services from its research on critical minerals.

Developer Webb & Brown-Neaves has succeeded in setting up a display house in Dalkeith after being entangled with the City of Nedlands in the State Administrative Tribunal.

WA's predicted population rise has raised both concerns and expectations in the housing market, consulting firm Urbis and Property Council of Australia say.

Cyprium Metals is looking to raise $35 million in a placement to fund a restart of its Nifty copper mine in the north-eastern Pilbara region of Western Australia by next year.