Regulation

The state’s industrial relations commission has increased the minimum wage, a decision that will impact more than 300,000 workers in Western Australia.

The national anti-corruption body has cleared the Commonwealth’s $2.4 million payment to Brittany Higgins, following an investigation on alleged corrupt conduct into the settlement.

The corporate watchdog is streamlining the timeframe for initial public offerings on the local stock market as new listings diminish to a decade-low.

UPDATED: Outgoing corruption watchdog boss John McKechnie wants his successor to have courage in taking up the role, as he reflects on his 50 years of public service.

The City of Vincent has followed the City of Perth in banning the hiring of e-scooters in order to conduct a review of the service following the fatality last weekend.

The former project manager now works at rival Perth engineering firm Innovent, which Aerison has accused of corporate espionage.

Three years after new workplace health and safety laws took effect, employers are learning about the higher penalties and wider risks they face.

The environmental watchdog will assess the proposed expansion of Talison Lithium’s Greenbushes mine which includes clearing more than 500 hectares of land.

A former geological consultant to Beacon Minerals has pleaded guilty to insider trading, over almost 6.7 million shares, in the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

Ascent Investment and Coaching director Michael Dunjey appeared before a Perth court today, facing 33 criminal charges relating to an allegedly fraudulent scheme.

Perth company WA Premix has been fined $580,000 after a worker was seriously injured at its Neerabup concrete batching plant.

A hay processing company in the state's Wheatbelt region has been fined almost $600,000, after a worker sustained serious injuries including a fractured leg.

The corporate watchdog has permanently banned former financial adviser Neville Allan Kendrick after he made ‘materially misleading statements to induce investors”.

Perth-based contractor Linkforce has lodged a claim for $22.7 million over construction work it completed on an expansion of the Roy Hill iron ore project.

Angus Taylor says the Australian public is "not ready" for the Coalition to repeal controversial industrial relations reforms, and that business needs to make more of a case for change.

Paladin Energy says it intends to strongly defend a class action lawsuit alleging it engaged in misleading conduct relating to “unreasonably optimistic” production guidance.

The corporate watchdog has launched civil legal action against under-administration gold play Wiluna Mining and its former chairman over “misleading claims to investors” on its last-ditch capital raise.

Northern Star Mining Services has been fined $750,000 over a workplace incident that caused a worker to suffer serious spinal and leg injuries.

A freight haulage company and its director have been fined in Northam Magistrates Court over a workplace incident in 2021.

Alcoa will pay more than $400,000 after being fined over a caustic spill that injured workers and students at its alumina refinery.

Western Power has been handed a $220,000 fine after two people received electric shocks after incorrect wiring wasn’t fixed at a nearby home.

A timber processing company has been fined $385,000 over an incident in 2022 that caused a worker's arm to be crushed and needing surgeries.

Bond market specialist FIIG Securities has been sued by ASIC over alleged cybersecurity failures which enabled the theft of 385GB of data, which was then published on the dark web.

The corporate watchdog has sued the trustee Australia’s largest superannuation fund over the delay in processing thousands of death benefit claims.

Former electrical contractor Per Melbourne Pty Ltd, trading as Richtek Perth, has received a $50,000 fine after being convicted of 15 offences under WA’s electricity licensing regulations.

The competition watchdog has flagged its approval over an alliance between Virgin and Qatar Airways, which includes new weekly flights between Doha and Perth.

Independents and lobby groups have rallied against donation caps introduced as part of a bipartisan deal pushed through parliament this morning.

The Supreme Court of Western Australia has ordered Julian Wright to disclose his litigation funder and attend court, as the dispute over his stake in the family’s mining empire continues.

The state’s workplace safety regulator has opened two investigations after one worker sustained critical injuries and another suffered serious injuries at a separate incident.

Former Mosman Park-based financial adviser Anthony Paul Torre has pleaded guilty over charges of stealing more than $1 million in client funds.

Monadelphous will be more than $700,000 out of pocket after being fined over a workplace death at its Kalgoorlie facility.

The mammoth $490 million compensation payout to ASX-listed GreenX Metals Limited from Poland could be delayed, with the nation applying for a set-aside motion.