Nadia Budihardjo

Outgoing Western Australian Planning Commission chair David Caddy will join the board of the state's environmental watchdog.

The state government has committed up to $150 million to help the lithium industry but it comes months after several miners already scaled back their operations amid an unstable market.

A regional hotel proposal has been greenlit, overcoming a planning hurdle after a development panel was previously unable to decide on the multi-million-dollar plan.

Alcoa has applied for federal environmental approval to restart a bauxite mining operation in Western Australia that has been inactive for 10 years.

The second big battery in Western Australia is on track to be switched on by Christmas, with the $661 million project recently completed.

Serco Australia and Transperth have renewed their partnership with a $48 million contract over services across the state’s public transport system.

Hesperia has received a development panel's approval to build another multi-million-dollar warehouse in its Hazelmere industrial project area.

An Allen Caratti-directed company, which has been in liquidation, has been tangled in a legal dispute over the sale of a property in Piara Waters.

Nadia Budihardjo and Jack McGinn discuss the business ventures of former Eagle Phil Matera.

The environmental watchdog will examine a major wind and solar hub proposal after receiving more than 280 responses during a seven-day comment period.

ANALYSIS: WA’s mining focus and relatively low rates of tertiary education have affected its startup ecosystem.

Phil Matera has growth in mind for Djinda Produce, after taking sole ownership of the business earlier this year.

Nadia Budihardjo and Justin Fris discuss a niche Perth pilates studio's chance to make it in the US.

A new contender has entered the race for the Cottesloe electorate, a traditionally Liberal seat many of the state’s movers and shakers call home.

Hancock Prospecting will take over some of Mineral Resources' negotiations in the $850 million Lockyer gas project, following the $1.1 billion deal between the companies.

Singapore-based developer Centurion has proposed to build student accommodation in the western suburbs, after Ascot Capital's $30 million plan for the site fell through.

Administrators at the East Rockingham waste-to-energy plant succeeded in getting a significant time extension to prepare a sale but fell short of their proposed nine-month period.

Nadia Budihardjo and Mark Beyer discuss a WA-invented brick laying robot's US trial.

The National Tertiary Education Union claimed the average vice-chancellor in an Australian university was paid more than $1 million in 2023.

The state government has unveiled its first action plan for carbon capture and storage in Western Australia, including investing $26 million towards two projects.

The state’s auditor general has recommended the Department of Health start a refresh of its digital strategy to tackle weaknesses in its management of emergency department data.

Nadia Budihardjo and Jack McGinn discuss the challenges and opportunities facing first movers in the state’s hydrogen sector.

Jim Beyer-led Regis Resources has had a minor win in the Supreme Court of Western Australia, over a dispute about its mining licenses.

A UWA graduate has been named as the inaugural Geoff Gallop John Monash Scholar.

The country's gender pay gap has marginally narrowed but WA has the biggest income disparity out of the states and territories, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency found.

Rio Tinto has published the findings of its workplace culture review, which showed staff still experienced unacceptable and harmful behaviours.

Mark Pownall and Nadia Budihardjo discuss the ongoing sale of Castelli Estate.

Western Australia could miss out on growth opportunities over startups in evolving sectors because of its focus on the resources industry, a report found.

Mineral Resources’ joint company secretary will become the company’s specialist legal counsel role, as the miner continues to navigate through a turbulent time.

ANALYSIS: A federal investment in 550 homes for defence workers is expected to ease the housing and rental squeeze.

Global Lithium has succeeded in delaying its annual general meeting over concerns of a foreign takeover of the board, a dispute that escalated to the state’s highest court.

Perth’s population is projected to rise to 3.5 million people by 2050 but only 22 per cent of residents surveyed felt the city was equipped to handle the growth, a think tank's study shows.