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A Perth-founded consumer tech startup which developed a bluetooth indoor plant monitoring system has hit new heights with its product being stocked in Bunnings stores across the nation.

Calidus Resources’ flagship Warrawoona gold mine will be moved to care and maintenance, weeks after the company was placed in the hands of receivers by creditor Macquarie Bank.

A tender to redevelop medical facilities in Paraburdoo and Tom Price is expected to be released next month, with the projects set to be delivered under a state government initiative.

OPINION: Iron ore miners have made billions from Pilbara’s riches and it’s time they were persuaded to prioritise WA’s future.

Telecommunications company Telstra breached the conditions of its carrier licence more than 163,000 times over two years, by disclosing thousands of unlisted phone numbers.

Shares in West Perth-based gold producer Catalyst Metals closed trade up 23 per cent on Wednesday to $1.41, following news it produced 110,000 ounces of gold during the 2024 financial year.

Two WA owned businesses have won a $69.2 million contract for the construction of a new breakwater at Bunbury’s Casuarina boat harbour.

Cedar Woods Properties has partnered with Tokyo Gas to develop a 9,784 square metre site in Subiaco that has been earmarked for hundreds of apartments.

Global Lithium Resources has confirmed Geoff Jones has resigned as the company’s non-executive chair, effective immediately.

An eight-storey apartment in North Perth, estimated to cost $35 million, has been approved by a development assessment panel.

A local hospitality operator has purchased the asset for $4.6 million, via administrators KordaMentha.

Prominent Great Southern farmer Alan Richardson has opened up a new WA grain export pathway through Albany, the first to do so in WA for more than six years

The controversial yellow mineral has been one of the most talked-about products of 2024.

Two energy plants built to convert municipal and commercial waste into electricity to power homes are on the cusp of being operational, following lengthy delays.

Further support for Ukraine is set to be announced at a key NATO summit as Kyiv calls for aid after a Russian missile barrage struck a children's hospital.

Pressure on PM to face up to Beijing

The Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre says there should be more incentives for workers in the building and construction industry if WA is to meet it housing targets.

Woodside is reportedly in the process on enacting an organisational restructure which could impact a small number of jobs in Western Australia.

Nadia Budihardjo and Mark Pownall discuss the revitalisation of East Perth.

A new report highlights consumer trends in luxury retail, as Fendi backs out of a deal to move to Perth.

A proposed doubling of a cap applied to energy prices has been met with calls for change by industry players, in a series of submissions to the Economic Regulation Authority.

Three key themes – time, people and respect – flowed throughout Tuesday lunchtime’s West Coast Eagles press conference at Mineral Resources Park.

The ASX200 finished up 0.86 per cent ahead of overnight congressional testimony by Fed chairman Jerome Powell.

Orthocell has reported a record revenue of $1.84 million in the recent quarter, with the biotech company’s annual growth up by more than 30 per cent.

The North Beach-based agency has launched as a new independent firm, after it ended its franchise agreement with Realmark in May.

Osborne Park-based XRF Scientific plans to move to full ownership of its subsidiary Orbis Mining, in an acquisition valued at nearly $4 million.

GenusPlus Group has extended its close working relationship with Western Power, after securing a significant maintenance and upgrade works program with the company.

Building things before they are desperately needed makes sense.

Engineering company Monadelphous has secured a major maintenance contract to continue its work on Shell’s floating liquefied natural gas facility.

Rare earths aspirant Hastings Technology Metals has attracted a $7 million investment from Hong Kong producer JL Mag Rare-Earth Co to advance its flagship project.

A development assessment panel has approved MSWA’s multi-million-dollar proposal to build an assisted living centre near Rockingham, for people living with neurological conditions.

The partnership aims commercialise environmentally friendly concrete solutions in an industry responsible for a significant portion of global greenhouse gas emissions.