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The environmental watchdog has recommended approval to TSX-listed LeadFX to restart the Paroo Station lead mine near Wiluna, which was placed on care and maintenance in 2015.

The state government has today announced a host of local government reforms, including provisions related to councillors and chief executives receiving gifts.

New APM chief executive Michael Anghie has bolstered his team by recruiting Youth Focus chief executive Fiona Kalaf to take a newly created role with the human services company.

Perth house prices suffered their largest monthly decline in almost a year, after slipping 0.8 per cent in July, according to the latest data from CoreLogic.

Updated: State opposition leader Mike Nahan has revealed that his attempts to renounce his US citizenship in 2008 failed due to an ongoing tax dispute with the US government.

Nickel-focused Western Areas has signed a farm-in deal with Iluka Resources for a series of tenements in South Australia worth up to $5.8 million over the next seven years.

Gold Road Resources has flagged further cost increases at its half-owned Gruyere gold project, while also extending an earthworks contract with MACA at the site.

Despite maintaining its position as the worst performing state in the country, Western Australia’s economy showed improving levels of investment, according to the latest CommSec State of the States report.

Western Australia registered its largest net population loss from interstate migration on record in the 2016-17 financial year, after nearly 14,000 departed to other parts of the country.

Bentley-based Spookfish has struck a takeover deal with its largest shareholder, US-based EagleView Technologies, which values the local tech company at $121.6 million.

With more than $1.2 billion in funds under management, IDS Super is carving out a fast-growing niche in the self-managed superannuation fund sector.

A new mercury waste treatment plant in the state’s north-west is aiming to process a large share of the local oil and gas industry’s waste.

Nedlands-based NeuroScientific Biopharmaceuticals, which has been bankrolled by the Clough family, is set to begin trading on the ASX tomorrow, after raising $6 million via an initial public offering.

Mining and technology entrepreneur Charlie Bass has flagged six industries, including medicine, agriculture and the arts, that offer Western Australia the opportunity to forge a more sustainable economy.

Shares in Carnarvon Petroleum have received another boost today after the company said it had discovered more oil and gas at Dorado-1 in the Carnarvon Basin.

Mineral Resources has for the first time revealed the cost of two major projects, saying it will spend $610 million building its lithium concentrate processing plant, which is due to start production later this year, and up to $1.6 billion on its proposed lightweight rail system.

ASX-listed 1-Page, which reached a market capitalisation in excess of $500 million in 2015, has requested a delisting from the local stock exchange following the acquisition of a German medicinal cannabis company.

Nickel miner Western Areas has begun early works at its Odysseus project, signing on local contractor MACA, while also announcing it had reached its production guidance for the year to June.

Poseidon Nickel has appointed company director Robert Dennis as its new chief executive, with the former Independence Group executive set to take over the role next month.

A war of words between two local construction groups has intensified, after Subcontractors WA referred accusations of intimidation by Master Builders WA to the Australian Building and Construction Commission.

Northbridge whisky bar The Dominion League has been sold and will close its doors next month, with the buyer believed to be Perth music promoter Saran Bajaj.

The latest international tourism statistics show a further decline for Western Australia despite positive results for the national market.

Two reports out today highlight the weakness in Western Australian property prices over the past decade, including dramatic falls in some regional pockets, but the upside is the state has the most affordable housing across the nation.

After reaching a 16-year high in March, Western Australia’s unemployment rate has enjoyed its third straight month of decline, with nearly 3,000 jobs added across the state in June.

Northern Star Resources has reported above-guidance gold production for the year to June, with plans to expand output beyond 600,000 ounces in 2019, while Blackham Resources posted improved results for the half year to June.

Financial services company Euroz has reported a surge in profits for the 2018 financial year, along with an uplift in its dividend, driven by higher performance fees from its listed investment companies.

Shares in telco provider Swift Networks enjoyed solid gains today after the company revealed a strong earnings result for the 2018 financial year.

Saracen Mineral Holdings has confirmed its status as one of the state's top 10 gold miners, after the company reached record production in the 2018 financial year, while West Perth-based Pantoro’s annual gold output was within guidance.

Rio Tinto has posted a strong second quarter result at its Pilbara iron ore operations, with the miner now forecasting it will hit the top end of its annual guidance.

Gold producer Beadell Resources has announced a board restructure and a new mining contract at its operations in Brazil, as the company pursues a primary listing in Canada.

Rio Tinto’s autonomous train program delivered its first cargo of iron ore in the Pilbara earlier this week.

The long road to an ASX listing for Nicheliving Holdings continues, after the property developer released its fourth supplementary prospectus this week, including details of its new 'big 4' auditor and a new director, and foreshadowing the release of a third replacement prospectus that will not have financial forecasts.