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The machinery group has purchased 5.2ha of vacant industrial land in Forrestdale from a syndicate that includes the Della Bona family.

The ousted chief executive and the current chairman of Harvest Technology Group are battling for control of the ASX company, which counts some well-heeled Perth investors as shareholders.

The annual Business News corporate finance survey has highlighted the top advisers in the WA market and the emergence of a new style of strategic investor.

Innovating within a corporate culture can be challenging, so it pays to know the unwritten rules.

Perth will host the International Boxing Federation's lightweight world title bout between George Kambosos Jr and Vasiliy Lomachenko on Sunday May 12 at RAC Arena.

The family behind collapsed building firm Diploma Group has emerged as the developer of a seaside apartment complex in Carnarvon, the first in the north-west town.

Uranium explorer Bannerman Energy has announced a series of key appointments, as preparations for its Etango project in western Namibia continue.

Another two Bankwest Perth locations are set to close as the bank grapples with the decline in branch use due to surging digital transactions.

The state and federal governments have committed to invest $1.6 billion towards education in WA, which will make it the first state where all public schools will be fully funded.

LNG exporter Woodside Energy will adopt a United Nations methane reporting framework across its operations, in a move to assure the public of its responsible emissions management.

Inflation continues to fall with the Australian Bureau of Statistics recording a 4.1 per cent rate nationally and 3.6 per cent in Perth for the past year.

A proposal to add a swimming pool and pavilion to the late Alan Bond’s Dalkeith mansion has caused planners and lawyers to lock horns at a Nedlands council meeting.

Galan Lithium is tapping investors for $19.5 million to help fund the phase 1 development of its Hombre Muerto West lithium brine project in Argentina.

Kathleen Valley developer Liontown Resources has once again assured its lithium asset is on budget and on track towards production mid-2024 amid volatile market conditions.

The $3.7 million asset was sold to an eastern states investor.

A highly respected Indigenous elder, who built bridges between some of the world’s largest miners and traditional owners, has died.

Half of the nation's high-income earners back Labor's proposed tax changes as analysis shows most of the benefits will still flow to the rich.

IGO’s Cosmos nickel mine has become the latest victim of the nickel price crunch, with the company revealing it will shift the project to care and maintenance from the end of May.

CEOs urge talks to end tax ‘malaise’

Fortescue’s energy division chief financial officer Deborah Caudle is set to depart the empire, following a corporate restructure at the Andrew Forrest-led company.

WA Cricket has received a $5.2 million Lotterywest grant from the state government, as part of the WACA ground improvement project.

Tom Zaunmayr and Isabel Vieira discuss long-running plans to develop a port in Exmouth.

Nicola Forrest has signed up two experienced Minderoo executives as co-directors of a new foundation but says she remains committed to her philanthropic endeavours with ex-partner Andrew Forrest.

For a second time this month, the local share market came close to eclipsing its record high set back in mid-2021 but most of its gains faded in the afternoon.

Plans to establish a children’s mental health and wellbeing centre in the City of Swan are under way, with the Mental Health Commission seeking out a service provider for the job.

Transport companies have swooped in on bus depots in Canning Vale and Midvale.

Emerald Resources is on track to increase both its resources and reserves across the 2024 financial year, according to managing director Morgan Hart.

Vigilance and adaptability will be the watchwords for producers as they navigate fluctuations in livestock markets.

Former regional development minister Alannah MacTiernan will lead a fresh probe to address shortcomings in telecommunications services in regional Australia.

Western Australian rare earths developer Hastings Technology Metals is looking abroad to eastern Europe to process ore from its mine under construction in the Gascoyne.

Property industry groups have backed the state government’s raft of planning reforms, including the medium-density code policy, which was reworked after receiving mixed reviews.

Uranium company Peninsula Energy announced on Tuesday that its $10 million securities purchase plan had closed significantly oversubscribed, yielding $33.7 million from more than 2,000 investors.