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The ASX200 has finished 0.4 per cent higher after US inflation eased in May, even as the Federal Reserve predicted just one rate cut in 2024.

Western Australia has the fastest growing population in the country, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported.

Perth-based MMA Offshore has provided a trading update as the end of the 2024 financial year looms.

The opening up of Esperance’s port could unlock a new iron ore precinct in WA's Goldfields and remote Mid West.

Proving the technology works is the first step in efforts to develop carbon capture projects.

A surge in private credit should have alarm bells ringing in WA, especially among those for whom the name “Rothwells” is triggering.

Roy Hill has escalated a mining lease dispute to the Supreme Court of Western Australia, over tenements in the Pilbara.

The federal government’s investment into international women’s sport has continued, following Thursday’s $15 million funding commitment for the 2026 AFC Women’s Asia Cup.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Protection has voiced concerns over Sigma’s proposed acquisition of Chemist Warehouse, including potential barriers for other pharmacy retailers to expand.

West Perth-based junior Aurum Resources has announced it will raise $20 million in order to accelerate exploration activities at its Boundiali gold project in Côte d’Ivoire.

The global fund manager has made the call amid a strong retail market.

A West Leederville settlement agent has been permanently disqualified from the industry after withdrawing more than $29,000 from a trust to her own bank accounts.

Hastings Technology Metals says it has shaved around $30 million off the price tag of its Yangibana rare earths project.

Fortescue global growth director Julie Shuttleworth has left the organisation after more than a decade, the latest high-profile departure from the Forrest empire’s group of businesses.

The PwC tax leak scandal has gone beyond Australian borders and everyone deserves to know who exactly was involved, a senator says.

Residents of Albany have overwhelmingly supported a pitch to allow Sunday trading in the Great Southern city notorious for its restrictive trading hours.

The Nationals have been losing ground in WA’s mining regions since the mid-2010s, with 2025 shaping as the party’s last chance to hang on.

Check-up for private hospitals

The handing down of the report into the state’s contentious domestic gas market has been delayed until August.

Tom Zaunmayr and Nadia Budihardjo discuss the Japanese cultural and financial ties found in Western Australian industries.

The ASX200 finished down 0.5 per cent, with every sector except for energy in the red ahead of a US inflation readout and a Federal Reserve meeting.

The state’s minimum wage and pay rates will increase from July 1, after a ruling by the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission.

Mineral exploration company Galileo Mining has announced its farm-in and joint venture with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chris Ellison-backed Mineral Resources, has been finalised.

Green Critical Minerals has launched legal action against Hexagon Energy Materials over alleged breach of warranties related to the McIntosh graphite project in the state’s north.

A development panel has remained unconvinced of a multi-million-dollar plan to build a two-storey tavern, brewery and short-stay accommodation in Port Kennedy.

Business News looks at five of the most exciting WA medtech innovations and how they’re tracking.

WA police staff working behind the scenes to keep the statewide operation running will be honoured for the first time at a ceremony on Thursday.

TSA Riley Group global chief executive officer Andrew Tompson is hopeful its Western Australia-based team will grow further, following a busy start to 2024 for the global project consulting firm.

The state government has drafted amendments to the Mining Act to offer security of tenure over exploration tenements, following a 2017 High Court judgment which cast doubt on the system.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit Tianqi’s lithium hydroxide refinery in the Kwinana industrial area next week, as part of the first visit to Australia by a Chinese premier since 2017.

Henderson-based marketing and consultancy Dilate Digital has acquired Aligned Agency, amid plans to expand its Western Australian footprint.

Beachside holiday shacks in the shadow of Cockburn’s industrial estate have been given a lease extension as owners learn Westport is unlikely to force their removal.