Regulation

The state’s Supreme Court has ruled the corruption watchdog should have to hand back documents it seized as part of a probe into allegations of misconduct by former MPs.

A Leederville-based property development manager and its managing director are facing legal action over allegedly failing to repay $2.1 million in loans.

Mineral Commodities (MRC) is facing its third lawsuit from former boss Mark Caruso, who claims he and his company Zurich Bay Holdings are owed a total of $2.2 million in entitlements.

The EPA has recommended the approval of BCI Minerals’ proposed $779 million Mardie salt and potash project in the Pilbara, subject to a suite of conditions.

Tattarang’s $85 million Ningaloo Lighthouse eco-resort proposal will be subject to the highest possible level of assessment by the EPA.

A regulator has found Telstra failed to inform almost 50,000 people that the maximum internet speeds advertised in their plan weren't attainable.

Archaeologists are set to give evidence about the destruction of sacred Indigenous sites since the Juukan Gorge rock shelters were blown up.

Whacking cheap imported goods with GST was meant to give local businesses a fairer crack at online shoppers, and a review will check whether it's working.

WA dairy company Brownes has been hit with two infringements after failing to comply with a code that requires it to disclose the details of milk supply agreements.

The founder of WA labour hire company Ochre Workforce Solutions could be facing jail time after being charged for allegedly engaging in phoenixing activity.

Bank customers are less likely to fall prey to dodgy sales tactics but the pressure must stay on to stop the sector backsliding, a review has found.

The Perth Casino Royal Commission has delivered its interim report, but whether the report will see the light of day remains unclear.

The issue and sale of shares by Leederville-based Apple retailer Story-I has been found to be acceptable by the the state’s Supreme Court.

Mineral Commodities is facing a second lawsuit at the hands of its former boss Mark Caruso, just months after his 20-year reign ended in his sacking.

The state’s construction union has voiced its disappointment over the government’s failure to include cascading statutory trusts in its Security of Payment Bill.

Worksafe has launched legal action against construction contractor Salini Australia after an explosion at the Forrestfield Airport Link site left an employee with a traumatic brain injury.

Architecture firm HHA Architects has been placed into liquidation at the hands of property developer Norman Carey, after he won a court case to safeguard its insurance.

Australian agricultural and forestry company Pentarch is suing businessman Desmond Blechynden over allegations that he failed to declare conflicts of interest and gifts.

Australia's banking watchdog has written to the nation's banks, warning there are signs of some increased risk-taking as homebuyers rush to secure loans in a heated housing market.

Laws to ban serious criminals from accessing secure areas at airports and seaports have passed both houses of parliament.

Australia's lowest-paid workers will receive a bigger pay rise than last year after the industrial umpire decided on an $18.80-a-week wage increase.

Austal has lowered its full-year earnings and revenue targets, due to delays in construction as well as expected costs associated with a recent claim against the Henderson-based shipbuilder.

Clive Palmer's $30 billion battle with the state of Western Australia might finally be resolved when the two parties return to the High Court.

SR International Agencies has launched legal action against Peard Real Estate Group founder Peter Peard over an alleged shareholder agreement breach it claims cost it almost $1 million.

A judge has approved a $1.2 billion settlement between robodebt victims and the federal government while blasting the scheme for being a "shameful chapter" in public administration.

ASIC has permanently banned Kim Hanson over the alleged misuse of $3 million of trust funds and confirmed it is continuing to investigate Australian Reliance Group.

Clive Palmer and Mark McGowan have been ordered to meet "face-to-face" in a bid to resolve the mining magnate's defamation case against the premier.

Austal and former chief executive David Singleton are facing legal action over an alleged failure to properly disclose a change in the company’s earnings guidance in 2016.

Businessman John Caratti has lost his bid to challenge an $800,000 legal bill, with the state’s Supreme Court siding with his former barrister.

The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended that Covalent Lithium’s planned lithium refinery at Kwinana - the third in WA - should proceed.

The Supreme Court has thwarted an attempt by Clive Palmer’s mining company, Mineralogy, to halt a long-running court action with Sino Iron over a proposed mine expansion.

Emergency services crews converged on the construction site of the Karrinyup Shopping Centre redevelopment this morning after a young worker fell from a ladder on the third floor.