Nadia Budihardjo

New South Wales-based ACE Power has lodged a $212 million plan to build a battery system, in the state's Peel region, to the peak planning body in Western Australia.

Perth-based Burgundy Diamond Mines has announced layoffs and a temporary suspension of its Canadian operations, citing challenging market conditions.

Perifa has proposed to build a nine-storey apartment and medical centre development in Bayswater, to offer a one-stop health facility at the town centre.

Boom Logistics chief executive Ben Pieyre has tendered his resignation, set to leave the company at the end of the year.

St John WA has started to cut its workforce as part of an organisational reset, with the final number of roles to be made redundant understood to be close to 100.

The Bennett family-run AMB Consolidated will face charges over a worker's fall at a private farm north-east of Perth, an incident which a contractor has been fined $750,000 for.

Failed Bullwinkel candidate Matt Moran will lead industry representative body Master Builders Association of WA.

Billionaire Tuck Kwong Low and his family have acquired full ownership of Joondalup Resort & Country Club, after buying out the original owners who had a dispute with the coal tycoon.

Former UnionsWA head Owen Whittle has been appointed to the salaries and allowances tribunal, which oversees remuneration for senior public officials, for a three-year term.

South West hospitality operator Steve Palmer estimates a three-year turnaround to open a luxury resort at his winery site, after a panel greenlit the $50 million plan.

West Perth-based DigitalX has deployed almost all of the proceeds from its recent $20.7 million placement into Bitcoin.

The state government has chosen the operators for affordable and social housing projects in Subiaco and East Fremantle, which could deliver nearly 500 homes.

Synergy has been slapped with a compliance notice after the state-owned gas and electricity provider reported overcharging almost $2.3 million to thousands of customers.

The Federal Court of Australia has waived half a million dollars in legal fees for Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation in the ongoing $1.8 billion claim.

Monadelphous has added its first battery-powered electric crane to its fleet, flagged to be used at a Fortescue operation in the Pilbara region.

Japanese information technology firm NEC has chosen Keith Morrison to lead its Australia and New Zealand operations, the first time the role will be based in Perth.

StepChange Holdings, led by Perth dealmaker Geoff Lewis with former West Coast Eagles coach Adam Simpson as a director, has had a steady start to its first day on the ASX.

A resources industry representative body has raised the alarm over a Supreme Court of WA decision, claiming it could cost the sector $250 million.

The Tawarri Hot Springs project, which has ballooned in costs and timeframe, has been given a four-year extension by the state's peak planning body.

Premier Roger Cook has doubled down on exiting coal-fired power by 2030 while calling out cynicism over the target and misinformation on the LNG industry.

A Perth real estate agent and his company have been banned from holding a licence and penalised $10,000 for serious misconduct.

Perth has the tightest industrial market in the nation, with the lowest vacancy rate out of other Australian capitals, recent data from JLL shows.

Nadia Budihardjo and Claire Tyrrell discuss why WA's commercial building sector has experienced a shake-up in the past 12 months.

Outgoing Boral chief executive Vik Bansal will join the board of multinational mining infrastructure company Orica next month.

Oil and gas giant Woodside Energy has signed an agreement with Hyundai over the development of a liquefied natural gas project and global distribution logistics.

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

The state government will expedite the takeover of City of Nedlands with three commissioners to be sent in and the council to be disbanded in the aftermath of a mass exit.

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.