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Takeover target Liontown Resources has awarded its final major construction contract for its Kathleen Valley lithium project after engaging Monadelphous Group.

A wary consumer is starting to hit vulnerable sections of the private sector, with more business failures likely to come.

Developers scoff at 1.2m target

Jack McGinn and Tom Zaunmayr discuss the state of freight networks in Western Australia.

Chevron and Offshore Alliance will appear before the Fair Work Commission on September 22 after an application to the industrial umpire for intervention by the LNG producer.

The state government has awarded $4.3 million to nine health and medical projects, including developing new therapy for liver cancer and delaying Alzheimer’s disease progression.

After being down as much as 0.5 per cent before lunchtime, the local share market has finished 0.2 per cent higher.

Canadian-focused explorer James Bay Minerals has enjoyed a 50 per cent surge in its share price after closing its first day trading on the ASX.

This element ensures the Australian Defence Force is equipped with something, as opposed to nothing.

BP appears confident its plans for a renewable fuels biorefinery at Kwinana will meet environmental objectives, as a period of public comment opens on the proposed project.

Former WA Football Commission chairman and ex-hospital boss Neale Fong has been appointed chair of the troubled Western Australian Institute of Sport among other board changes.

Australian businesses are still faring pretty well, but consumers remain fearful despite the interest rate hiking cycle drawing to a close.

WA is setting the pace for higher prices with a strong economy and tight housing market.

Renewable energy company PWR Hybrid has lodged plans to build a $19 million solar facility to potentially power Iluka Resources' Cataby mining operations.

Prominent prospector Tim Goyder has upped his stake in Chalice Mining after buying more than $24 million worth of shares in the past several days.

A potential new precinct could home about 1000 people in a rapidly-growing South West town near Margaret River.

Delta Lithium's executive chairman David Flanagan has been ousted from the explorer's board and replaced by MinRes boss Chris Ellison after amassing a substantial stake.

A $1.6 billion desalination plant north of Perth, expected to produce 100 gigalitres of drinking water a year, is one step closer to fruition.

An electrical contractor has been fined $50,000 after failing to install safety devices when upgrading switchboards at three homes occupied by miners in the Pilbara.

A $10 billion housing investment fund is set to be debated in the Senate and passed by the end of the week after the government struck a deal with the Greens.

Myriad issues are crippling WA's road freight network. It is leaving truckies with hefty damage bills, towns with no produce and governments with huge headaches.

Landlords: We’ll weather storm

Gina Rinehart's private investment business owns a substantial stake in Albemarle takeover target Liontown Resources and may seek a seat at the board, a disclosure from the group has revealed.

Chevron has returned its Wheatstone domestic gas facility to working order, as it awaits Fair Work Commission updates on industrial action at its projects.

A delegation of eight WA-based defence businesses will head to London this week to showcase their products on the world stage alongside Defence Industry Minister Paul Papalia.

De Grey-backed gold explorer Novo Resources made its debut on the Australian Stock Exchange on Monday, ending the day up 20 per cent.

Mark Pownall and Jack McGinn discuss a spate of investment in the downstream battery materials sector in Western Australia.

The local share market has rebounded to close 0.5 per cent higher, after being down as much as 0.3 per cent in morning trade.

The state’s third-largest vegetable producer and two of its directors have been fined more than $50,000 for using excess water at properties in Perth’s north east.

Wages growth in Western Australia has outpaced other states and territories, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

A WA cement producer has successfully appealed for a reduced fine after being found guilty of releasing emissions with an “offensive” and “horrendous” odour.

A WA invention using silkworms to fix perforated eardrums is nearing human trials having been buoyed by promising pre-clinical tests.