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An index that tracks population flows from capital cities to regional Australia has found demographics play a role in who goes where.

Poseidon Nickel has recommended exploration at its Lake Johnston project in the Goldfields after a deal with Mineral Resources was terminated.

Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the federal budget’s mining support, Santos and Quintis job cuts, live sheep exports, property development approvals, NWQ Capital Management, and Clough's journey under Peter Bennett.

Rival fund managers are perplexed by the scale of the debt left by NWQ Capital Management, expressing surprise at the almost $20 million owed, including to four prominent Perth business figures.

Cosmos Exploration has announced it plans to acquire an 80 per cent stake in the Fenix uranium project, located in Canada’s Thelon Basin.

Innovation hub Spacecubed has signed an MoU with one of India’s largest Medtech precincts, aimed at exploring collaborative opportunities for high-growth Medtech startups.

Shares in Claremont-based PharmAust rose 5 per cent early on Friday morning, following news the company had received orphan drug designation for both monepantel and the treatment of motor neurone disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

The transformation of Cable Beach’s foreshore has been boosted by a $26.3 million federal government cash splash.

US stocks have closed lower after the Dow index reached an intra-day high of 40,000.

Dutton to slash migrant intake

A 928-room hotel and beer garden has been proposed on the site of a shuttered caravan park overlooking Karratha’s salt flats.

The city’s rental vacancy rate has risen above 1 per cent for the first time in almost three years, Proptrack says.

Mark Pownall speaks to Nadia Budihardjo about the Brooks family and the expansion of their equipment hire business.

The ASX has hit a six-week high with the energy sector the only loser in a day of gains across the ASX.

Exploration aspirant Sun Silver continued its impressive start to life on the ASX, reaching 58.5 cents before closing at 53.5 cents per share, up 26 per cent, on Thursday.

Western Australia-focused corporate firm Euroz Hartleys has announced an improved net profit after tax, due to an uptake in equity capital market activities.

Two remote Kimberley iron ore minnows are dusting off the cobwebs to resume mining.

JJ Leach Group boss has slammed the state government’s ‘shovel-ready’ planning pathway after the developer’s $65 million Claremont project took years to be approved.

Green Tech Metals and Anax Metals have signed a memorandum of understanding, as both exploration and development companies consider a formalised alliance.

The University of Western Australia will pay back more than $10 million after finding out it has underpaid thousands of its employees since mid-2013.

Government intervention in housing and energy spheres speaks as much to the lack of investor interest as it does political overreach.

The Australian market has always been tough for small and startup airlines.

Investors in a product run by collapsed fund manager NWQ Capital Management are owed almost $1.6 million, after being given a guarantee of capital return following shocking losses.

The nation’s unemployment rate has risen to 4.1 per cent last month with Western Australia also recording a slight increase, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Uranium explorer Peninsula Energy has announced it will raise $105.9 million in a bid to generate sustainable free cash flow and enhance activities at its US-based Lance project.

Western Australian cotton growers could be disadvantaged by a multinational company’s proposed takeover of the country’s largest producer, the competition regulator has warned.

Collie is one step closer to construction of a $400 million steel mill, which is expected to create hundreds of jobs as the region transitions from coal-powered to green energy.

Lester Group will sell a Jandakot site to a national property developer, which plans to build 46 warehouse units.

Bauxite miner and aluminium producer Alcoa will spend $15 million on a Forest Research Centre in Western Australia, as it seeks to further its environmental credentials in the state.

The full bench of the Federal Court is due to rule on whether Australia's environment minister must scrutinise climate harms from new fossil fuel projects.

Once an equipment hire firm operating only out of Perth, the Brooks family business has spread its wings.

Libs reject ‘Rich Lister’ tax cuts