Nadia Budihardjo

A deal between the council and aged care provider Oryx Communities over 2,072 square metres of Mount Pleasant land has fallen through.

The Ocean Beach Hotel owner has shaken off the council’s opposition to his proposed $220 million facelift, with the state government’s peak planning body to assess it in the coming months.

The state government has made its second payment, out of 12 instalments of $63 million, to the Noongar Boodja Trust.

A development panel has overruled a council's recommendation to reject an $11 million apartment building in Nedlands.

Western Australia has recorded a dip in daily COVID cases, dropping to the 8,000s overnight, but the number of people with COVID in hospital has risen.

Federal opposition spokesperson Anthony Albanese has tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of his imminent visit to Western Australia.

A WA doctor has been sentenced to seven months’ jail for failing to comply with court orders to lodge 18 outstanding income tax returns and business activity statements.

Control of the Tawarri Hot Springs deal has been taken from the City of Nedlands, but the city's mayor is pushing for the state government to reconsider.

Administrators have been appointed to a prominent treatment centre for women and teenagers amid allegations of abuse and mistreatment.

A $220 million plan to revamp Cottesloe's Ocean Beach Hotel will be considered by council next week, with council staff recommending a strong objection to the proposal.

Western Power has been fined $45,000 over its "inadequate" testing procedure which caused hundreds of dollars of damage at a Lancelin property.

The state government has committed about $20 million to prepare an "extraordinary" solar eclipse event for the thousands of visitors expected to visit WA.

Western Australia’s daily COVID cases have jumped by 8,080 overnight, the second time this week the state recorded a daily figure of more than 8,000.

A $22 million warehouse proposal at the Sadleirs Logistics site has been given the green light as Queensland-based transport company Lindsay Australia aims to expand its WA operation.

Western Australia recorded a slight spike of new COVID cases overnight, with a rise in the number of hospitalisations.

Scott Morrison has used his trip to Western Australia to announce grants for eight businesses in the mining and energy sector, with the biggest grants going to two new hydrogen hubs.

The way online platforms collect and use members’ personal information is under scrutiny as the Privacy Act undergoes a reform.

The East Fremantle Oval redevelopment project has been given a multi-million dollar funding boost as its initial cost of $26.5 million has risen to $32.5 million.

Mexican fast food chain Mad Mex holds tight to its WA expansion plan amid five of its restaurants across Perth closing this week.

Five Mexican fast food chain restaurants in Perth have closed their doors after liquidators were called in yesterday.

The Northbridge site which was once home to longstanding Irish pub Rosie O’Grady’s has been sold for close to $4 million.

Construction costs for Momentum Wealth’s proposed six-storey apartment block in Shenton Park have gone up by millions of dollars, nearly 40 per cent up from its initial estimate.

Internet and cloud-gaming company Pentanet has secured a sponsorship deal with West Perth Football Club, in a bid to create a space for esports.

Fixed pay bands across PwC Australia for the next financial year have been released, showing how partners are able to accumulate millions per year.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalist Nadia Budihardjo digs into the curious case of Nextdoor, and weighs the balance businesses must strike between legal and ethical privacy policies.

The state government’s $13.5 million proposal for a new COVID-19 patient facility in Perth’s south has been approved in a swift decision by its own development panel.

Corporate regulator ASIC is alleging a former auditor made a false and misleading statement about collapsed former ASX-listed business Big Un.

The City of Stirling and the state government are still at odds on ways to combat traffic in Scarborough, with the council recently reaffirming its preference for a tunnel.

Randal Humich's Southern Cross Properties WA has submitted a plan for a 22-storey office tower as part of a major facelift of a retail and hospitality strip on Barrack Street.

More than 1,000 COVID cases from last month were only reported to WA Health yesterday as the state records a drop in daily case numbers overnight.

A $15 million seven-storey centre for domestic violence victim-survivors has been approved despite concerns of security in the Northbridge area.

More than 200,000 West Australians in de facto relationships will soon be able to fairly divide their superannuation assets in the event they separate.