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Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the federal budget and the upcoming election; Resource unions; Goldfields push for Gold Road; Basil Zempilas' new role; Mark Beyer's trip to Alabama; and this edition's special features.

The Australian share market has edged higher after incoming tariffs and concerns over a potential hung parliament made for a choppy day's trade.

The family company established by Pilbara mining pioneer, the late Don Rhodes, has reported another bumper profit as it continues to benefit from very large iron ore royalty payments.

OPINION: The emergence of ‘private lending' in the aftermath of the GFC is a new crisis in the making.

Traditional owners have put forward their plan to turn Koolan Island in the Kimberley into a cultural tourism hub once iron ore mining ceases.

Cryptocurrency advocate Ian Love responds to a critique of digital currency platforms published in the February 17 edition of Business News.

A dispute between Pioneer Credit and PwC has progressed, with lawyers for both parties appearing in the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

The Bali-based head of DG Events says he's a realist when it comes to long-term survival.

A Mineral Resources subsidiary has failed in its bid to keep hundreds of documents confidential in a legal dispute.

Two former professional cricketers have purchased the property for $3.2 million in an owner occupier deal.

A third of this year's winners were WA companies, making it the state's best showing since the program began in 2019.

A former adviser to the WA agriculture minister has been selected to run as Labor candidate for Forrest in the upcoming election, as the prime minister revealed Australia will head to the polls on May 3.

Mining services contractor NRW Holdings has appointed Peter Bryant as its chief financial officer, effective from May 5.

Scores of trucks descended upon the Perth CBD this morning for the Keep the Sheep protest in response to the looming ban on live export.

A new alliance will result in 28 new weekly return services between Doha and Australian capital cities.

OPINION: Investors are voting with their wallets with big spending agendas in the Pilbara

Australians will go to the polls on Saturday, May 3.

Dutton ignites power bill war

Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton has used his budget reply speech to spruik four bills a Coalition government would introduce on the first day of parliament, if elected.

Nadia Budihardjo and Claire Tyrrell discuss Subiaco-based developer Hesperia and its future plans.

Plans for the 644-megawatt solar farm, the largest to date in the Pilbara, were released by the Environmental Protection Authority.

Nine Entertainment has confirmed the personal data up to 16,000 subscribers to The Age, The Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald have been exposed online.

The Australian share market has finished in the red, following US and European equities lower as fresh tariffs on cars made outside America ended a brief reprieve from White House trade policy unease.

A freight haulage company and its director have been fined in Northam Magistrates Court over a workplace incident in 2021.

CEFA EVOL has sued a Sydney-based contractor over alleged defective trailers.

Leading mining executives have weighed in on the Pilbara unionisation battle, with bosses at BHP and Northern Star warning industrial relations policy settings could stifle investment.

A Karratha accommodation village has a new part-owner and a fresh three-year contract to provide lodgings for Woodside's workforce.

Hesperia is tackling complexities around delivering housing lots on fragmented land.

ANALYSIS: Some positive financials and the arrival of new and upgraded planes are good news for Qantas.

REVIEW: I have always been fascinated by the subtle differences from season to season.

A proposed luxury accommodation to cater for the increased interest in the Cape to Cape walk track in the South West is one step closer to fruition.

A three-year pilot program has been launched to help provide urgently needed homeless accommodation for older Western Australians.