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REVIEW: Emirates is pouring profits into new aircraft, upgrades to existing fleet, and the return of old services.

Western Australia has recorded a $4.5 billion surplus after higher iron ore royalties and transfer duty in 2023-24 financial year, the state government’s report shows.

WA-founded financial wellness platform WeMoney unveiled an AI-powered credit education assistant, developed in partnership with Google.

The largest employer on the tropical Cocos Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean has called in administrators to help restructure its financial affairs amid economic challenges.

The owner of Kingsway City Shopping Centre has cleared a planning hurdle to build a $33 million apartment component on the 17-hectare Madeley site.

Mineral exploration junior Estrella Resources has expanded its manganese footprint in Timor Leste, after being granted four additional exploration and evaluation licences.

US stocks have closed higher as investors digested a jobless claims report for clues on the country's labour market.

A four-day survival adventure undertaken by mining executives has generated funds to support young people in need.

Super’s big rise poses ‘new risks’

A tailings storage facility which plagued recent operations at Newmont Mining’s Telfer goldmine has been remediated, the project’s aspiring owner Greatland Gold has told the London market.

Kerry Stokes-backed BCI Minerals has started the next stage of its $1.4 billion Mardie salt and potash project in the state's Pilbara region.

Mark Beyer and Isabel Vieira discuss the challenges and opportunities in WA’s Indigenous business sector.

Delta Lithium has brought in financial adviser Bell Potter to undertake a strategic review to assess precious metal prospects at its Mt Ida project.

The local stock exchange has finished about one per cent higher, with every sector except energy in the green as the rotation from banks to miners continued.

Western Australia’s decrease in job vacancies during August 2024 quarter was less than the national average, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has found.

Western Australia is likely to lose one of two superyacht builders in the state, as the growing volume of defence work at Henderson squeezes existing industries.

Early work will begin on a $100 million-plus facility for high-risk-youth detainees in Canning Vale before the end of the year, according to Corrective Services Minister Paul Papalia.

Anthony Albanese has ruled out taking negative gearing tax reforms to the next election, despite reports the federal government had asked treasury to investigate an overhaul of the system.

Allegations of ‘black cladding’ are never far from the surface in the Indigenous business sector.

Chamber of Arts and Culture Western Australia has revealed several board changes, including Anthony Hasluck’s appointment as chair to replace outgoing June Moorhouse.

Stockland will build more than 150 dwellings north of Perth as part of a recently approved $75 million residential project.

WA’s Indigenous business sector has nearly tripled in size in the past four years, research by Business News has found.

REVIEW: A taste of Frankland River grenache provides compelling evidence of just how good the variety can be when the planets align.

An ASX-listed shareholder in Panoramic Resources has lobbed a rescue bid to potentially pull the shuttered nickel miner out of administration.

RAC has reported a bumper $105 million profit for the 2023/24 financial year, more than doubling its profit from the previous year.

BHP will test a new energy system designed by Caterpillar which can power up haul trucks on the move at its Jimblebar mine in the Pilbara.

The Silvestro family-led company has almost doubled its volume of home starts in the past 12 months, in a shake-up of the state’s residential building industry.

Tourism identity Paul King is set to develop a $5 million, 24-bed tourist facility at Frenchman Bay.

The national competition watchdog has supported Stockland’s $1.3 billion acquisition of a dozen Lendlease projects, including two in Perth, despite initial concerns.

A small Yangebup-based food producer could soon hit national supermarket shelves three years after being scouted at a food and beverage trade show.

A new Property Council survey shows a slight uptick in national confidence, but a significant decline in WA.

ASX-listed First Graphene has signed a two-year deal with New South Wales-based Halocell Energy, which the junior believes could lead to more commercial opportunities.