Sam Jones

WA has again claimed the top spot in the CommBank State of the States report, the fifth consecutive quarter it has been named the nation's best performing economy.

Isabel Vieira speaks to Elisha Newell about Perth streetwear brand StreetX breaking into the US market.

A boutique family law firm has become the second Perth company to fall victim to the Anubis ransomware group in a week.

A $60 million water plant in Busselton has begun construction, promising to boost the region's water supply capacity by 20 per cent.

ACMA has rejected a proposed Telecommunications Consumer Protection code from the industry's association, and will instead step in to bolster consumer protections.

A wind farm slated to power 70,000 wheatbelt homes has received federal environmental approval, contingent on several conditions.

Microsoft Asia managing director for defence and intelligence Andy Wood has announced he will exit the tech giant in the coming days, the company does not plan to replace him.

Optus has announced the departure of both its CFO and CIO in the wake of the outage scandal, and ahead of the inquiry into the fiasco.

Northern Minerals has moved to capitalise on the Albanese-Trump critical minerals deal, entering a trading halt ahead of a $60 million raise.

Nedlands-based junior Agrimin will walk away from its Mackay Potash Project after an eight month strategic review found it was untenable, instead shifting its focus to non-potash minerals.

Sam Jones and Tom Zaunmayr discuss the recent acquisition of a Kimberley airport.

Orthocell has entered an MOU to secure exclusive distribution rights for Marine Biomedical's innovative bone substitute PearlBone, and lift its stake in the company to 12 per cent.

AROSE, the consortium of companies focused on leveraging Australia's expertise in remote operations for space, has appointed a former NASA executive to its helm.

Perth-born Canva founder Cliff Obrecht was one of several high-profile WA names among the largest donors to Climate 200 in the lead up to this year's federal election.

A Perth-headquartered manufacturer of hydraulic systems for the oil, gas and mining industries has been hit by ransomware, with employee, customer and supplier information compromised.

Crown chief executive David Tsai used a Business News event this morning to delve into the challenges and future of the state's only casino, and the controversial Burswood racetrack.

Figures released today revealed Australia's unemployment rate climbed to 4.5 per cent in September, lifting the spirits of those eagerly awaiting another cash rate cut from the Reserve Bank.

Jack McGinn and Sam Jones discuss recent moves and the future outlook for WA's data centre industry.

From multinational private equity firms to sovereign wealth fund-backed groups and a pioneering First Nations venture, the race to build the next generation of digital infrastructure in WA is under way.

A biotech company promising a 'lab on a stick', chaired by Perth fund manager Reece O'Connell and supported by several Perth investors has had a strong inaugural day on the ASX.

A report into an engine failure of the FMG Nicola as it departed Port Hedland has been released, with the ATSB investigating why it only learnt of the incident five months later.

A move by Australia's largest agribusiness to acquire private rival Delta Agribusiness won't be blocked by the competition watchdog after it was agreed six WA stores would be divested.

Telstra has denied claims the same cyber extortion group currently holding Qantas to ransom have breached and stolen 100 gigabytes of its customer data and are holding it to ransom.

Sam Jones and Jack McGinn discuss why the race is on to turn Henderson into a specialised defence precinct.

Dardanup-based Hexion Australia has been awarded a $90 million contract for the production of a key coating material used in manufacturing of urea granules for Perdaman's $US4.5 billion urea plant.

Communications Minister Anika Wells will fast-track laws creating a custodian of triple-zero services after a parliamentary grilling Optus outages which resulted in four people dying.

The Ukrainian ambassador to Australia has advocated for collaboration on defence technology and critical minerals, even floating an idea for Ukrainian technology to be manufactured in Australia.

The company behind the Project Sea Dragon prawn farm near Kununurra will double a debt facility with an entity controlled by a director in an effort to remain solvent and revive the project.

Criminals behind the theft of personal data from over 5 million Qantas customers say all information will be posted online in four days, if demands are not met.

Telstra has been slapped with an $18 million fine after it halved the upload speeds of almost 9,000 customers without telling them.

Aurora Labs has reached a milestone, with the Australian Defence Force set to fund the company's prototype of a novel propulsion system for unmanned aerial systems.

Accounting and financial services provider HLB Mann Judd Perth has acquired A Plus Business Advisors, lifting its business advisory division headcount above 30.