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Woodside Petroleum could be forced to move quickly on a growth project in Canada after agreeing a three-year land use deal.

The state budget will "impact" the cost of living so the state can retain a surplus, Premier Colin Barnett says.

Public transport users will be able to use their smartphones or tablets to track the exact location of Transperth buses in real time by 2016.

NRW Holdings has won a $200 million contract for concrete and earthworks at Hancock Prospecting’s Roy Hill iron ore project.

Energy giant Woodside Petroleum has lifted its first quarter revenue despite a small slide in production.

Padbury Mining has sought another extension to its suspension from trading, saying it needs more information from its mystery backer to determine whether they have the capacity to provide a massive $US6.47 billion ($6.89 billion) funding deal to construct a port and rail network at Oakajee.

Oil prices in New York have finished essentially flat as a bearish US oil inventory report offset concerns that rising political tensions in Ukraine could affect energy supplies.

 The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street rose for its third session on positive economic news.

The Australian dollar is slightly higher, helped by some Chinese economic growth figures that didn't disappoint the market.

Big-spending Clive Palmer can go on to play a much bigger role in political outcomes.

The City of Subiaco has rebuffed a proposal from the City of Perth to incorporate its key commercial landmarks into the capital city borders while avoiding low-density residential areas.

The state government has secured private funding to build own and operate a 150 megawatt power station in South Hedland which will incorporate infrastructure from a smaller power station that collapsed engineering company Forge Group was building.

West Perth-based gold miner Red 5 has cleared a key regulatory hurdle on the way to resuming production at its mothballed Siana gold mine in the Philippines.

The share market has closed higher as investors were encouraged by good corporate earnings reports from the United States and shrugged off economic growth figures out of China.

Roy Hill Holdings has selected construction project management software firm Aconex to provide its services to the company’s iron ore mining project in the Pilbara.

Finally, after decades of dithering and empty promises there is hope the ambitious Oakajee port and rail plan in the Mid West will move beyond the drawing board, not that there will be a ground-breaking ceremony for a few more years.

Property developer Australand is preparing for a possible takeover from fellow developer Stockland which would propel the combined entity to second position on the list of Western Australia's biggest land developers.

Western Australian households will be slugged by next month's state budget because the government "maxed out" spending on big projects and increased public sector wages, the new treasurer warns.

Iluka Resources shares have fallen six per cent after the mineral sands miner recorded a drop in production and revenue.

Fortescue Metals Group shipped record quantities of iron ore in the first three months of 2014, despite posting softer production on the back of seasonal wet weather.

Listed transport and logistics company McAleese Group has announced plans to acquire Forrestfield-based WA Freight Group for $15.4 million.

Labor's Louise Pratt has conceded defeat in the Western Australian Senate election re-run, while blasting the party for allowing her to be dumped from the top spot on its WA senate ticket.

NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has resigned in the wake of controversy over his appearance at the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

The Australian share market is higher as investors await Chinese growth numbers.

BHP Billiton has raised its full year guidance for iron ore and metallurgical coal production after achieving record output so far this fiscal year, but has trimmed guidance for petroleum production.

The US dollar has moved little against other major currencies ahead of China's first-quarter GDP data, expected to show further slowing in the world's second-largest economy.

Gold has locked in its largest one-day percentage drop since December as worries about weaker demand from China prompts some investors to reduce their gold holdings.

The Australian dollar has fallen to a one-week low after the release of some disappointing US home builder sentiment data and tensions in the Ukraine escalate.

The mining supply and services sector mostly fails to get its message to the market.

Perth-based private company QCG Resources has agreed to purchase the mothballed Avesbury nickel mine in Tasmania from Chinese-controlled miner MMG for $40 million.

Australian shares have closed higher as investors bought up resources and banking stocks after a strong performance on Wall Street.

Premier Colin Barnett says he can't see "a great deal of substance" in junior explorer Padbury Mining's claims it has secured a massive $US6.47 billion ($6.89 billion) funding deal to construct a port and rail network at Oakajee, as the company missed a self-imposed deadline to reveal its mystery backer.