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Libby Mettam has cooled her strong stance in support of a Voice to Parliament, admitting she is now unclear where she stands on the issue months out from an expected referendum.

A federal government review of infrastructure projects has delayed progress on numerous roads projects in WA, with contractors and the state government calling for action.

Mines minister Bill Johnston has denied that trust between the state and public is broken after cultural heritage laws were unceremoniously dumped this week.

Goldminer Pantoro has received firm commitments to raise $30 million to meet higher than expected costs from its merger with Tulla Resources.

Two apartment projects in Nedlands will have to go through a fresh approval process after the developer found it was no longer feasible to build the original plans.

The salt of the earth miner-turned reluctant dealmaker talks to Business News about the transaction that’s kept him, and the market, on the hook for more than a year.

Perth boutique brokerage Mac Equity Partners has launched a digital fund-raising platform for sophisticated investors.

The state’s biggest gold miner Northern Star Resources has backed the embattled Perth Mint, which is currently subject to a strategic review, to stay in state government hands.

The head of Universities Australia says the economy could lose $7 billion if the number of university graduates doesn't rise to meet demand.

CIMIC Group's UGL has won $600 million of work in WA, with more than half coming from the largest contract awarded by Albemarle Corporation in Australia.

Asia, iron ore feel the China pinch

Quadrant Investments bought the three-level building from the Christie family.

Patriot Battery Metals chair and lithium linchpin Ken Brinsden says Patriot Battery Metals made the deliberate move to offer Albemarle a 'small' stake in the Canada-focused explorer.

Bali move aside, Vietnam is calling, and from November Western Australians will have two new airlines offering services to Vietnam and beyond.

Mark Pownall and Jack McGinn discuss WA innovators looking to use seaweed to reduce methane emissions.

The Rokeby Road building was sold to two Westminster National directors by owner occupiers Lateral Capital Ventures.

The state government has revealed it could provide further funding to Griffin Coal on top of $23.2 million already allocated in an effort to stabilise the embattled operation in Collie.

The local share market has finished about where it started, having earlier been as much as 0.4 per cent higher.

ANALYSIS: Attorney General John Quigley has never seen laws repealed in five weeks but says the state’s Aboriginal cultural heritage backflip should be seen as a historic positive.

A development assessment panel has given the green light to Willing Property’s $32 million apartment proposal on Lake Street, with construction slated to start next year.

Juukan Gorge’s traditional custodians have blasted the state government for treating First Nations people as “second class citizens” in the fallout from Tuesday’s unprecedented decision to scrap the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act one month after coming into effect.

I began sending video updates of my project every two weeks and started reaping unexpected benefits, John Vial writes.

Euroz Hartleys has reported a “solid” annual profit in a difficult market while also announcing inaugural director Jay Hughes has retired from the board after 23 years.

Hancock Prospecting has called Wright Prospecting's reading of a 1987 agreement a "legal absurdity" during a Supreme Court trial over billions of dollars in iron ore royalties.

Local scientists have won significant funding from the US military because its veterans are more likely to suffer from a debilitating motor neurone disease they are researching.

An apologetic Roger Cook has confirmed the state will scrap its contentious Aboriginal cultural heritage laws just five weeks after they were implemented.

Oil and gas giant Woodside Energy has inked a $1.3bn deal to sell a 10 per cent stake of its flagship Scarborough gas project to Sumitomo Corp and Sojitz Corp.

Lynas Rare Earths chief Amanda Lacaze ends the absence of female speakers at Diggers & Dealers, calling for more infrastructure investment to foster domestic critical minerals efforts.

Calls for greater transparency are growing after analysis shows Australia's biggest four consultancy firms raked in billions of dollars from Defence contracts.

The residential rental vacancy rate has increased to 0.9 per cent, the first rise in six months recorded by REIWA.

Two WA companies have taken different approaches to controlling methane emissions from cattle.

Tax Office warned PwC