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Gary Adshead and Sam Jones discuss dysfunction in the Perth City council.

The firm tasked with distributing funds from the Noongar Trust has sued the SWALSC and its former chief executive Wayne Nannup over the failed El Caballo's Resort project.

Australia and Japan are on the cusp of strengthening scientific cooperation in quantum computing after signing a letter of intent to collaborate.

High Wycombe-based robotics producer FBR has inked a conditional purchase order for its Mantis automated welding robot with a Louisiana machinery dealership.

An artificial reef designed by Recfishwest and funded by Woodside has been installed off the Dampier Archipelago, aiming to enhance marine biodiversity and support local anglers.

New ACCC powers will be put to the test for the first time, as the watchdog defers Ampol's acquisition of EG Australia and its over 500 fuel sites to a phase two merger review.

Justin Fris and Tom Zaunmayr discuss Tony Galati's apple ambitions.

Thermomix will close its WA head office and shift to the eastern states as part of a restructure by its German parent company, coming a year after its Australian founders sold the business.

The state government has awarded the Worley Arcadis joint venture a major advisory contract for the design of Westport, the $7.2b port project in Cockburn Sound.

An annual PwC survey highlighted a trend of Australian companies falling behind on AI, while cyber security has become a top concern globally.

The TWU is warning of a beer shortage over the Australia Day long weekend, as drivers from Qube Logistics down tools for 24 hours this week, the latest escalation of wage negotiations.

Perth billionaire Laurence Escalante's VGW will feature on WrestleMania and other WWE broadcasts after it inked a deal with the entertainment giant.

Perth modular data centre provider DXN has inked a joint venture with Super Sistems Indonesia to capitalise on the country's booming data centre requirements and offshore some manufacturing.

The Finance Sector Union says a move by CBA to freeze hiring under the Bankwest entity was the "final nail in the coffin" for the WA brand.

WA's medicinal cannabis industry has notched another win for the week, with Zelira Therapeutics attaining $33 million in non-dilutive funding for its cannabis-based autism treatment.

Orthocell has finalised a move to boost its stake in Marine Biomedical, the company developing a bone substitute using Kimberley pearls, simultaneously securing global distribution rights.

A deal between several unions and Microsoft is set to guide how artificial intelligence is deployed across the nation's tech and arts sectors and outline workers rights as the technology is implemented.

Nadia Budihardjo and Mark Pownall discuss employee wellness company Sonder.

A WA trucking company is taking its former lawyers to court over what it says was negligent advice on royalties from haulage operations at the Peculiar Knob mine.

Builders in Joondalup and Balcatta have been hit with fines from Building and Energy following dodgy insurance practices, absent permits and substandard works.

Argent Biopharma has streamlined its asset acquisition of fellow WA cannabis player AusCann, while another Perth player has been subject to a reverse takeover.

Ella Loneragan and Claire Tyrrell discuss transport orientated design.

Perth-based Argenica Therapeutics has partnered with an Oxford University AI spinout to evaluate the effectiveness of its flagship ARG-007 stroke drug, finding previously hidden impacts.

ASC has added two more partnerships to its books to bolster Australia's nuclear and submarine workforces ahead of the commencement of Submarine Rotational Force-West next year.

One of the northern suburbs fastest growing schools has completed a transformational works program, adding 12 laboratories and 17 classrooms to the already sizeable site.

The peak body for industry in Kwinana has called on Roger Cook to use newly minted planning powers to designate the Western Trade Coast WA's first state development area.

WA's hydrogen export sector will receive a major technical boost via a new Kwinana-based research system designed by NASA hall-of-fame scientists.

Housing continues to lead national inflation figures, though the headline annual figure cooled to 3.4 per cent for November.

The latest on the campaign to overturn federal electoral funding laws; Arena's Wildcats acquisition; and Erben's $10m property buy.

Subiaco-based gold miner Regis Resources has confirmed it was among several WA organisations hit by Lynx Ransomware recently, but says the group did not manage to steal any data.

Curtin University has been named the only WA institution to receive a share of $40 million in new contracts from Defence focused on emerging technologies and artificial intelligence.