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Global company Schneider Electric anticipates continued strong trading in Western Australia, helped by work on established resources projects, new lithium developments and its Clipsal business.

The startup space supporting the resources sector is Australia's game to lose, according to Unearthed director Justin Strharsky, but vision and wise investment are needed amid growing competition.

Optus will pay $1.5 million in penalties for pressuring customers to move to the National Broadband Network sooner than required and misleading some of them about NBN service options.

The Australian market has opened fractionally higher as gains in base metal prices lifted the big miners and US President Donald Trump's trade war comments spooked Wall Street investors.

A prime site in Northbridge, located on William Street opposite Yagan Square and Perth City Link and earmarked for a multi-tower mixed-use development, has been listed for sale.

The Australian dollar is slightly lower after Wall Street fell, weighed down by comments from US President Donald Trump about the US-China trade talks.

Brent crude prices settled slightly higher on Tuesday after a volatile session in which potential supply concerns surrounding Venezuela and Iran jockeyed with comments from President Donald Trump, who said he was not pleased with US-China trade talks.

Gold prices have steadied just above their lowest point for the year as the US dollar fell from a five-month high, although risk appetite in the broader financial markets kept the metal's gains in check.

Santos rejects $14.5bn Harbour bid

The Australian market share has posted its largest daily fall in seven weeks due to weakness for Telstra, the major banks and mining giants.

Recent comments by Tesla's Elon Musk, and his company's price dive immediately after, will be of interest to the state's lithium miners.

De Grey Mining has raised $6 million, with ASX-listed DGO Gold investing $5 million in the placement, to expand exploration work at the company's Pilbara gold project.

UPDATED: The state government has added a second product developed by Perth company Ocean Guardian to its shark deterrent subsidy program, following the release of research by Flinders University in South Australia.

Titan Minerals has announced an $11 million capital raising to fund the purchase of a processing plant and exploration work at its Torrecillas and San Santiago projects in Peru.

A national review has recommended all state governments establish a system of statutory trusts for building projects above $1 million as part of a package of measures to tackle the impact of company failures and late payments on contractors.

A series of new blockchain plays and a growing assortment of associated businesses highlight how the new asset class is sparking entrepreneurship in Perth.

The Perth property market has recorded an increase in the price of new land sold and strong growth in land under construction in the March quarter, however annual data in a new report out today shows the market still has a long way to fully recover.

West Perth-based Buru Energy has sold a 50 per cent share in its Ungani oilfield to Chinese-backed Roc Oil for $64 million, as part of a broader deal the company hopes will unlock its assets in the Canning Basin.

Perth-based medicinal cannabis specialist Zelda Therapeutics has appointed former Phylogica and PharmAust chief executive Richard Hopkins as its managing director.

Federal Labor is demanding the Turnbull government hand over details of the deal it struck with Pauline Hanson to get her support to cut business taxes, a pact One Nation is now reneging on.

Telstra has blamed a software fault for its second widespread network outage in a month, which left customers unable to make calls or use mobile data.

Private hospital operator Healthscope, which owns Perth's Mount Hospital, has rejected two competing takeover proposals it says undervalue the company, even as it lowers its earnings guidance due t

Australian shares have opened lower, shrugging off improvements seen on most global markets overnight including strong gains on Wall Street.

The Australian dollar is higher, after US stocks, oil and copper prices gained ground overnight.

US crude hit its highest level since 2014 on Monday amid rising concerns that Venezuela's oil output could fall further following the country's presidential election and potential sanctions on the OPEC-member nation.

Gold price have hit a new low for the year to date after US Treasury Secretary.

CBA ‘had no ulterior motive for loan default'

A long-mooted port development at Lumsden Point adjacent to existing operations at Port Hedland has taken a step forward with the Pilbara Ports Authority opening expressions of interest for potential investors in the project.

The Australian share market has closed steady, with strong gains by the healthcare and utilities sectors countering yet another fall by Telstra and weakness among the banks and miners.

Shares in the Ian Middlemas-led Paringa Resources fell sharply today after the company completed a $30.2 million capital raising at a heavily discounted price of 22 cents per share, with the proceeds to fund construction of its Poplar Grove coal mine located in the US.

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