Tom Zaunmayr

Red Dog's vet Rick Fenny has built one of WA’s most eclectic large family businesses.

OPINION: The rapid decline of Ningaloo Reef is bad for the environment and bad for business.

Business News has compiled a list of the state's largest pastoral leaseholders. It is a mix of rich-listers, cattle barons, family operations, miners, and indigenous enterprises.

Three Perth mayors have added their voices to opposition towards WA Labor’s election promise to build a $217 million racetrack at Burswood.

A new national centre will champion unlocking of cash-flush charitable trusts and back entrepreneurism for youth in its pitch to build economic opportunities for Indigenous people.

Sam Jones and Tom Zaunmayr discuss the upcoming state election, and which seats to watch.

Pastoral giant Consolidated Pastoral Company has bought the 1-million-hectare Rawlinna Station on WA’s south coast, five months after Andrew Forrest withdrew his interest.

City of Karratha Mayor Dan Scott has urged the state government to help with the housing “heavy lifting” as the local government mulls a $21 million apartment proposal.

With five days to go until sandgropers head to the polls at this weekend’s state election the question on most residents’ minds is not who will win, rather how big the margin will remain.

Fremantle Port’s ageing B Shed ferry terminal will be in line for a $30 million upgrade should Labor hold onto the keys to parliament at this weekend’s state election.

WA Premier Roger Cook has vowed to increase wine exports to the east coast and deregulate the hospitality industry should Labor retain office at next weekend’s state election.

A business case to expand Albany’s hospital would be funded to the tune of $5 million by the Liberal Party should it win next weekend’s state election.

One of Australia’s largest trucking companies has boosted its toehold in Western Australia via the acquisition of a Donnybrook freight company and construction of a Perth logistics hub.

With only weeks until the WA election, a few key seats have political watchers licking their lips and locals trying to read the tea leaves.

The Liberal Party’s pick to represent the western suburbs, Sandra Brewer, has an ambitious long-term project in mind.

WA Labor’s $50 million childcare commitment will give parents flexibility to balance career and family, and ease hip pocket pain, according to the state’s peak social services body.

OPINION: Health was the core focus of Libby Mettam's speech this morning, as the Liberal leader seeks to capitalise on a strong week in the public eye.

A renewable fuel trial at Rio Tinto’s iron ore operations has cut direct emissions in the Pilbara by 10 per cent over a four-week period.

A new electrified bus fleet would be rolled out in Western Australia by 2050 under a WA Labor plan to phase out Transperth’s diesel buses.

Graincorp and Cargill are both planning crushing plants in WA, but BP's move to defer its biorefinery has raised questions about the industry.

Tom Zaunmayr and Isabel Vieira discuss how a copper project could revitalise a Pilbara ghost town.

The WA Nationals would expand Royalties for Regions into Perth’s urban fringe, cut Mandurah from the program and lobby for a federal R4R should the party be able to after this year's elections.

ANALYSIS: Fenix' bid for CZR Resources says a lot about investor confidence in the future of the Pilbara's iron ore industry.

Anax Metals has hatched a plan involving an historic Pilbara mine to crack open the region’s copper industry.

Mid West miner Fenix Resources plans to muscle in on the Pilbara’s iron ore industry via acquisition of billionaire prospector Mark Creasy’s CZR Resources.

Mining services contractor Perenti has put a 13 per cent profit slide down to late debtors and a flat half for contract mining services.

Chicago food business ADM exported its first faba bean bulk cargo out of Esperance on the weekend, and used a loading system usually engaged by the resources industry.

Proponents of a $400 million Exmouth deepwater port have reduced its footprint and begun rattling the tin to bring investors on to progress the project.

OPINION: While much of the talk around green and red tape focuses on big business, it is worth considering what impact it has on the next rung down.

Mark Beyer and Tom Zaunmayr, filling in for Mark Pownall, discuss the biggest news stories of the week, including falling iron ore profits; Yindjibarndi-Fortescue dispute and more.

The WA Nationals would offer a $500 rebate to insurance holders in the North West and create a standalone ministry and agency to oversee the region if they win next month’s state election.

Rio Tinto has foreshadowed a tightening of the purse strings in the Pilbara to account for softening revenue out of its sprawling iron ore operations.