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Technology and innovation festival West Tech Fest has revealed its headline acts for the week-long program in early December, including Aaron Gershenberg who founded one of Silicon Valley’s early venture capital funds.

The city’s home values rose by 1.6 per cent in October, the largest increase nationally and Perth’s largest monthly increase in more than two years.

Roy Hill and manufacturer Wabtec Corporation have unveiled the industry’s first battery-powered heavy-haul freight locomotives in Gina Rinehart’s signature pink livery.

State opposition leader Shane Love has expressed disappointment in the bombshell defection of North West Central MP Merome Beard from the WA Nationals to the Liberal Party.

Isabel Vieira and Nadia Budihardjo discuss recent ACCC reports into the childcare sector.

Santos has vowed to “vigorously defend” Federal Court proceedings launched by Tiwi traditional owners over the oil and gas company’s $US4.7 billion Barossa project.

The local share market finished October down 3.8 per cent, its third straight month of losses and worst monthly performance in more than a year.

Wilson Parking has recorded $18 million in profit in FY23, putting the company back on track after reporting losses in previous years.

New financials for Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting have revealed the company made more than $5 billion after tax in 2023, as an ongoing royalties dispute lingers.

The North Fremantle-based digital platform helps companies get on board with making changes to reduce their carbon footprint.

Growing availability and affordability have put AI squarely in the frame for business.

Former Reserve Bank board member and Fortescue Metals Group deputy chairman Mark Barnaba has been appointed chair of data centre company AirTrunk.

Perth-based Pioneer Credit claims it lost more than $30 million because of PwC’s breach of duty and misleading conduct, in a court action against the accounting firm.

The two-storey building on Abernethy Road will be converted into a church.

Construction has started on a natural gas research facility backed by Chevron Australia at Curtin University’s Technology Park.

Premier Roger Cook has backed Woodside’s controversial Scarborough and Browse projects as part of the regional solution to Asia’s “acute anxieties” around energy supply.

Kathleen Valley developer Liontown Resources has reached the halfway milestone for the construction of its flagship $951 million lithium venture.

LNG producer Chevron Australia paid more than $1.2 billion in tax in Australia in 2022, over a period during which it racked up income tax payment liability of $4.2 billion.

Carbon abatement technology company SeaStock has won a key prize at a major Europe-based global competition for startups focused on climate change.

Billionaire Kerry Stokes' private company Australian Capital Equity has recorded a drop in revenue but still ended the financial year with an increase in profit compared to the previous reporting period.

Unions and major companies are going head to head over proposed labour hire laws, with the latter arguing higher pay rates will threaten business viability.

Black Swan State Theatre Company and West Australian Opera were the most awarded arts organisations at the 2023 Performing Arts Western Australia Awards.

A $300 million bioenergy plant to supply renewable fuel to the aviation and trucking industries has been earmarked for Esperance.

Japingka Aboriginal Art fosters long-term connections with First Nations artists and works to elevate WA’s Indigenous culture.

The mood among consumers has soured further, with many particularly worried about the health of their finances in the short term.

An inquiry into childcare services has found WA to be one of the most expensive states.

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BGC has told workers to down tools at the $140 million apartment development, amid a dispute between the builder and developer Iris Residential-PW.

Liv Declerck and Jack McGinn discuss Japingka Aboriginal Art's mission to elevate WA's Indigenous culture.

The local share market has closed 0.8 per cent lower amid fears the conflict in the oil-rich Middle East could spread to neighbouring countries.

A development assessment panel was unable to decide on a $120 million Northam energy plant over concerns on risks and hazards from hydrogen production.