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Innovative IGA owner James Kelly will open his third 24-hour supermarket in July, signing up to be the anchor tenant at a redeveloped Boulevard Shopping Centre City Beach.

The Australian share market has finished almost 1.5 per cent higher, buoyed by energy and materials stocks.

Healthy employees bring obvious benefits to the workplace, but how their personal medical details are used may have unintended consequences.

Perth-based trucking company CTI Logistics has flagged an 18 per cent slide in half-year profit on the back of the economic downturn.

Metals X has once again stepped up its pursuit of Aditya Birla Minerals, announcing today that its off-market $68 million takeover offer is now unconditional, with a quarter of Aditya shareholders already accepting the offer.

Two separate UWA studies have unearthed surprising findings about what drives frustrations between drivers and cyclists, and how liveable Perth is (and could be) in terms of ‘walkability'.

Perth-based IT firm ASG Group posted a near-3 per cent fall in first-half profit but maintained its revenue guidance for the full year.

The Reserve Bank appears upbeat on the home front but won't rule out another interest rate cut in the face of an uncertain global economy.

Engineering company Monadelphous Group has posted sharp falls in profit and revenue for the six months to December, but says there is a growing pipeline of work in its maintenance services division.

Takeover target Asciano has recommended shareholders accept a $9.01 billion offer from a consortium led by QUBE Holdings after failing to attract a rival matching bid.

Mineral sands miner Iluka Resources will make about 33 redundancies when it suspends activities at its Jacinth-Ambrosia operation in South Australia.

The Australian share market has opened higher, led by big gains in the energy and resources sectors.

Parliament House, CBD connected by walkway in $70m vision

The Australian dollar has fallen as a risk-seeking continues in markets for the second day in a row.

PHOTO ESSAY and MULTIMEDIA: A focus on sustainability and environmentally friendly fishing is proving a boon for WA seafood producers.

A visiting Sydney-based infrastructure adviser has suggested Western Australia undertake a pilot project to recapture some of the value created by publicly funded capital works developments.

Two apartment projects on the outskirts of Northbridge have provided a window into the challenges facing developers in Perth's multi-residential sector.

Perth is now home to 19 Piddington Justice Fellows, the first graduating cohort of a program that connects recent law graduates struggling to find compulsory work experience with cash-strapped comm

Diversified contractor AusGroup has shocked the market with a $69.8 million quarterly loss, admitting it has been forced to write off long-standing contractual claims in order to boost its cash reserves.

The Australian share market has kicked off the week strongly, thanks to gains in mining and financial companies.

Marine services provider Bhagwan Marine has won a contract to provide its services to American company Foss Teras Marine on an oil and gas construction project in Russia.

In his history of Rottnest Island, Laurie O'Meara looks to how the popular holiday destination's future can be settled.

Employment prospects for geoscientists in Australia deteriorated in the last quarter of 2015, with unemployment in the sector reaching a record high.

Subiaco-based gold miner Perseus Mining has posted a fall in half-year profit to $12 million on the back of the weaker Australian dollar, but grew revenue by 5 per cent.

After nine years leading the WA division of UDIA, Debra Goostrey has decided it's time for some fresh influence.

Special report: A subsidiary of global banking giant Goldman Sachs is backing a local private equity player to develop a freight hub near Bullsbrook, in anticipation of increased freight movements connected with the state government's Northlink WA project.

OTOC has reported a strong rise in revenue and earnings for the six months to December 2015, helped by its acquisition of three east coast surveying firms and two big contracts in its infrastructure contracting arm.

Listed companies Alliance Aviation Services and Virgin Australia have teamed up to help grow their respective charter businesses in the national fly-in, fly-out market.

Shares in Perth-based explorer Apollo Consolidated have surged on news it has struck an agreement with gold miner Newcrest Mining for its Seguela project in West Africa.

Special Report: Falling commodity prices have led some mining contractors to circle the wagons, but others are cautiously targeting opportunities.

Newcrest Mining's first-half profit has fallen 55 per cent due to lower gold and copper prices and a shutdown at a major mine.

Aurizon has swung to a half-year net loss of $108 million after taking higher-than-estimated impairments from its West Pilbara iron ore project amid challenging market conditions.