Nadia Budihardjo

The Federal Court of Australia has dismissed the corporate watchdog's action against thermal coal company TerraCom and its staff including former chair Wal King.

The state's highest court has ordered FTD founder Ricky Hirsch to give up his Marmion properties to a creditor, the latest in a legal dispute over an alleged multi-million-dollar debt.

The developer behind Tawarri Hot Springs in Dalkeith has pushed for an extension, citing labour shortages and an almost twofold increase in the project's estimated cost.

Mark Pownall and Nadia Budihardjo discuss major moves at WA companies; Chevron's job cuts; Eileen Bond; Social housing; VGW; and Bunnings in Karratha.

AVZ Minerals is involved in another legal dispute relating to its Manono project, after a funder sued the West Perth company over a $US15 million agreement.

Motor Trade Association of WA chief executive Stephen Moir will resign after 15 years at the helm of the state's peak representative body for the industry.

Claire Tyrrell and Nadia Budihardjo discuss the digital gap between classrooms throughout WA.

Not-for-profit accommodation provider St Bart's is one step closer to building a seven-storey aged care facility in East Perth, estimated to cost $39 million.

There's a schism between the digital haves and have nots in classrooms across the state.

A Bibra Lake company and its former director will pay almost $40,000 in penalties after a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation.

Activists involved in a stench bomb ploy that caused more than 1,000 Woodside Energy workers to evacuate their office have avoided jail, with two receiving suspended sentences.

Former Western Australian attorney-general John Quigley has joined Perth law firm Lavan as a consultant, three months after leaving parliament.

Edge has closed in on the commercial tenants for its $170 million Riviere Residences in Applecross, engaging the operator behind successful restaurants in Perth's north.

WA Country Health Service has awarded almost $300 million in contract work to more than a dozen contractors in the state, over regular and short-term security services.

Former government chief information officer Giles Nunis has been appointed to lead state agency Health Support Services.

The corporate watchdog has cancelled the licence for Perth financial services provider Ballast, a firm which has been involved in regulatory disputes for years.

Western Australian auditor general has found significant weaknesses in the state's public pathology provider, which stores nearly 14 million medical test results conducted in 2023-24.

Kimberley Quarry was fined $160,000 over a workplace incident that led to a machine operator and an employee falling more than three metres, causing spinal fracture and internal bleeding.

Nadia Budihardjo and Claire Tyrrell discuss the Smiths Beach project's history and recent update.

Aerison has secured a win over a subpoena in its legal dispute with rival engineering firm Innovent, which includes allegations on contracts with Fortescue, Fluor and Talison.

Canning Vale-based Devlyn Australia has booked a $23.2 million contract over an Aboriginal short stay accommodation project in Cannington.

An independent council has partially sided with City of Nedlands over its complaint of news coverage in the state's only metropolitan daily newspaper.

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has escalated a dispute over Northern Minerals shares, taking legal action against one of the company's foreign investors.

Woolworths Group is one step closer to building a two-storey supermarket and childcare centre in East Victoria Park, after a panel greenlit its $28 million application.

A development panel has unanimously approved hospitality operator Patrick Prendiville's four-storey pod hotel proposal on South Terrace, Fremantle.

A panel of speakers has highlighted the challenges faced by Indigenous businesses in the state, at a Business News event.

A multi-million-dollar apartment block will be built in Fremantle, on a site previously earmarked for a Dingo Brewing Company pub that never came to fruition.

The environmental watchdog has backed Rio Tinto's expansion of its West Angelas iron ore operation but with conditions to mitigate impacts on Karijini National Park.

The chief executive of the state's biggest business representative group, Peter Cock, has resigned, after less than six months in the role.

A former Modco Residential director has acknowledged and deeply regretted the stress caused to the collapsed builder's customers, a tribunal decision shows.

H-U's proposed seven-storey staff car park at the Murdoch Health precinct is estimated to be valued at $50 million, with the application submitted to the state's peak planning body.

Iron ore giant Rio Tinto has partnered with Pilbara Aboriginal Health Alliance, investing millions of dollars in healthcare services in the state's North West.