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The WA Nationals have called on state and federal governments to do more to push the case for WA cattle as a key deadline for Indonesian exports draws closer.

Workers’ accommodation, a spruce up in South Hedland and new childcare facility headline a bold Town of Port Hedland pitch to breathe fresh life into Australia’s export powerhouse.

Matrix Composites & Engineering has secured a $13 million order from Japan’s Cosmos Shoji Co to supply a deepwater buoyancy system.

Western Australia’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry has lashed the Federal Government’s industrial relations reforms, claiming they will set back productivity in the state.

Shares in Tim Goyder’s lithium developer Liontown Resources rally after revealing intentions to accept what will be the fourth disclosed takeover proposal from Albemarle Corporation.

BCI Minerals has secured a $150 million loan from two commercial banks to fund its Mardie salt project after notching the bulk of the funding support from the federal government last month.

During WA’s resources boom the Pilbara was known for three things – mining, Red Dog and the beating sun. The remarkable landscape barely rated a mention.

A loophole allowing labour hire workers to be paid less than other employees is in the federal government's sights.

China is a major player in global grain markets and could become our most significant buyer of barley.

Fortescue to front investors over exits, FFI board doubts

Vietnam Airlines has announced it will offer non-stop flights between Perth and Ho Chi Minh by the end of the year.

Institutional and domestic shareholders have backed WA1 Resources to raise $15 million to fund drilling and development activities at its West Arunta project.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss the big changes taking place at West Australian Ballet and Ingrid Puzey's plans for the organisation's future.

The local share market has finished 0.4 per cent lower, snapping its four-day winning streak on profit-taking ahead of an key monthly US jobs report.

Researchers have published a report on MH370, finding a possible location for the missing aircraft to be about 1,500 kilometres west of Perth.

Marine services supplier MMA Offshore has notched two contracts worth $12 million to provide liquefied natural gas field support.

NRW will be forced to fork out $25 million to cover the costs of a legal dispute it inherited as part of its acquisition of Primero Group in 2021.

A proposed enterprise agreement covering Chevron’s Gorgon and Wheatstone gas plants has been emphatically rejected as the oil and gas giant’s workers veer closer toward a strike.

A hotel, retail precinct and more than 300 dwellings could be on the cards for a 16-hectare waterfront site situated on the state’s south coast.

The state’s highest court has dismissed the corporate watchdog’s bid to reverse payments made to insolvency experts Martin Jones and Andrew Smith.

Ingrid Puzey talks about the big changes at West Australian Ballet and her plans for its future.

ANALYSIS: This week’s departure of three senior people from Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group highlights just how different the Perth company is from its ASX peers.

In this podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Fortescue's revolving door, Qantas, Perth house prices, renewable deal, Frank Wilson, Federal IR changes and the Dowerin Field Days. 

The imposition of high-cost power supply changes in pursuit of zero emissions may start to bite at the ballot box.

HotCopper and Gumtree owner The Market Herald says a return to profitability is testament to strategy endorsed by its board and management team, amid a tumultuous period for the company.

The East Kimberley Chamber of Commerce and Industry has detailed the extreme impact to business and residents of the Martuwarra Fitzroy River floods.

Gary Dempsey has submitted a proposal for a 12-storey apartment building in Scarborough, with an expected end value of $80 million.

Stage two plastic bans begin in Western Australia today, with election bunting soon to follow.

The head of the consumer watchdog wants Qantas to face a fine of $250 million if a cancelled tickets case against it is successful.

Guy Debelle has become the third person to resign from a senior role at Fortescue Metals Group in the space of a week, after CEO Fiona Hick and CFO Christine Morris.

The city’s home value index has grown by 0.9 per cent, exceeding national growth of 0.8 per cent in August.

Another debt-laden Chinese property developer is on the brink, with potential repercussions for Australia and the world.