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Virgin Australia has lodged an application with the International Air Services Commission for its Perth to Doha service to start in June 2025.

Australia has recorded its lowest annual economic growth since 2020, up only 0.3 per cent in the September quarter, the Bureau of Statistics found.

Frontier Energy has shed light on its bungled recruitment of Mark McGowan as chair, revealing the former premier had signed a letter of appointment but never locked in a start date.

Japanese giant Sumitomo Metal Mining has forked out $615m for a stake in Rio Tinto’s big Western Australian copper discovery.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq eked out record closing highs on Tuesday, with tech-related shares extending recent gains as investors awaited further jobs data.

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APA Group and BHP have cut the ribbon on a major battery and solar project in Port Hedland today amid growing efforts to decarbonise the Pilbara.

29Metals has announced plans to raise $180 million, following news of its decision to expand the Gossan Valley mining front at its Golden Grove mine, 250km east of Geraldton.

Tom Zaunmayr speaks to Nadia Budihardjo about abattoirs in Western Australia.

A self-maintaining aquarium, hydrofoil surfboards and a biobank to preserve coral species were among the unique innovations on show as part of the West Tech Coast event.

Fortescue’s work to develop fast battery chargers for its Pilbara iron ore fleet will get a leg-up courtesy of a $10 million grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.

Former National Rugby League boss Todd Greenberg has been appointed chief executive of Cricket Australia, effective from March next year.

The Australian share market has reached another milestone as nine of the ASX's 11 sectors finished higher.

WA has been ranked the second worst state in the country for business regulation and costs, with retail trading limits, poor transparency and payroll tax being major concerns.

The state government has unveiled a co-investment program aimed at assisting WA-based businesses in the wind energy industry to scale up, with $8 million in funding available.

Spartan Resources will tap the market for as much as $220 million, fresh off an upgrade to the mineral resource at its Dalgaranga project in the Murchison region.

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Alcoa of Australia is set to move into the Perth CBD in 2025, leaving Booragoon where it has been headquartered for 40 years.

The founders of service provider to rich families Squadron Collective and its fund manager Fiftyone Capital – initially backed by Laurence Escalante – have ended up in a court battle over control and ownership.

Leichhardt Industrial Group’s $375 million purchase of Rio Tinto’s Lake MacLeod salt project near Carnarvon has been completed.

Perth Markets Group has kicked off a $10 million project to deploy the state’s largest rooftop solar array at the Canning Vale fresh food precinct.

Popular Perth arts exhibition has been cancelled for 2025 after the federal government's peak arts body Creative Australia confirmed it would not renew funding.

Western Australian infrastructure projects will share a $105 million funding package in a bid to unlock land and secure electricity and water supply for thousands of new homes.

Investing in abattoir capacity and new facilities in WA may offer upside, but the reality is more challenging for those that can’t scale up.

The state government has committed $33.6 million in conditional grant funding to five major decarbonisation projects across Western Australia.

The 247-bed, $8 million facility has been assessed for a second time by planning authorities.

Curtin University has opened a campus in Sri Lanka, taking the school’s tally of offshore facilities to five and one of the highest for the sector.

Frontier Energy has revealed Mark McGowan will not join its board, more than three months after announcing the former premier as its incoming chair.

The state government has opened the first stage of its new $97 million State Biosecurity Response Centre, aimed to increase the efficiency of Western Australia's biosecurity responses.

Woolworths Group chief executive Amanda Bardwell has apologised to customers impacted by supply chain issues on the east coast, which is leaving freezers devoid of stock in some stores.

The Nasdaq and S&P 500 scored record closing highs overnight, boosted by tech-related shares following the market's strong November gains, as investors awaited this week's economic data.