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Childcare: PM’s plan dealt a blow

Gina Rinehart has warned against policies that attack Australia’s “mining golden geese”, after Hancock Prospecting was awarded long awaited approvals for its McPhee iron ore project.

Laurence Escalante’s Virtual Gaming Worlds has grown its profit by 30 per cent to $492 million, while also spruiking a recent acquisition.

Nadia Budihardjo and Jack McGinn discuss the complexities of navigating WA's gas market.

A feasibility study into potentially reinstating the abandoned Greenbushes to Bunbury rail line remains on track despite lithium market conditions, according to Talison Lithium.

Nic and Rosanne Trimboli sold the West Perth property to local investors.

The Australian share market has finished flat as the market braces for an expected interest rate cut in the US.

Recent interest in WA’s electricity market capacity tender has led to suggestions of a renewables investment imbalance.

Navigating WA’s complex gas market is a challenge for producers, industry and governments wanting to keep the lights on.

APM Human Services International’s tumultuous three-year stint as a listed company is set to end this month after shareholders backed a $1.3 billion private equity takeover.

The state government is sounding out abattoirs to support South West farmers who will lose the service of the last big processor they could access locally.

A Perth business is seeking to dramatically reduce single-use plastic products.

OPINION: Australian businesses need to adopt innovation and technology in ways that make people more productive.

The Town of Cambridge is recommending the peak planning body refuse Blackburne’s plan to turn the Ocean Village Shopping Centre into an apartment and retail complex.

Construction of the long-awaited $4 billion project is set to commence in the first quarter of next year.

Gold aspirant Beacon Minerals has launched a $10.3 million non-renounceable entitlement capital raising, as it aims to add value across its assets.

Australian Potash will be able to begin exploration activities at its Nexus rare earth elements and lithium project, following the execution of a land access agreement.

The federal government is closing in on funding deals that could deliver nearly 3,000 new homes in Western Australia.

Japanese power giant JERA has committed to buy liquefied natural gas from Woodside over a decade, beginning in April 2026.

Rio Tinto will test a native tree’s suitability as a biodiesel crop in Queensland to offset carbon emissions from its Pilbara mines.

Microsoft gains after new share-buyback plan, dividend hike; Intel gains following collaboration with Amazon's AWS; US retail sales unexpectedly rise in August.

The 4.29ha landholding was purchased by the Public Transport Authority, in WA’s largest industrial sale of the year.

No retreat on IR laws: Albanese

Two years after stepping down as head of Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s private interests, Andrew Hagger is launching a business to serve ultra-high-net-worth families.

The proposal has been granted federal environmental approval, but a final decision on the housing development sits with the State Administrative Tribunal.

Elizabeth Gaines will usher in a new era for Western Australian football from the beginning of 2025, as the first female chair of the West Coast Eagles board.

The ASX200 climbed a few points above its intraday record high set on August 1, a day after setting a new record closing high.

Liv Declerck and Jack McGinn discuss the Margaret River arts scene, and how local artists have opened up their studios.

Aged care leader Aegis Care Group will further diversify into the health sector, with its second integrated facility after a consolidation of the business's ownership.

Shares in WA1 Resources closed trade up 6 per cent to $14.65, following news the mineral exploration company had signed a negotiation protocol agreement in relation to its West Arunta project.

Significant marine infrastructure upgrades at the Port of Geraldton could aid the development of renewable energy projects and the long-touted Oakajee port proposal.

Consultancy giant KPMG has unveiled a new practice based in its Perth office, offering a dedicated Microsoft Dynamics 365 technology implementation practice.