Local industrial firm Perron Group has reported yet another big net profit, boosted by gains from a diversification strategy that included the sale of stakes in two Perth shopping centres.
Mineral Resources will pocket the remaining $200 million from its sale of a 49 per cent stake in the trust for its troubled Onslow Iron haul road after notching a key shipping milestone.
WA has again claimed the top spot in the CommBank State of the States report, the fifth consecutive quarter it has been named the nation's best performing economy.
Officials from the United States and China are working on a potential deal to pause steeper tariffs and rare earths export controls ahead of a leaders' meeting.
Energy and Decarbonisation Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson has argued the cost of doing nothing on coal-fired power could drive the state-owned utilities off a financial cliff.
The federal government faces a tough fight to get its amendments to environmental protection and biodiversity conservation laws over the line as the details are scrutinised.
Australia's share market has limped to the finish line in an almost flat session but held onto some of the week's gains that took it to all-time highs.
Heavyweight developer Nigel Satterley has called for more resources to be pulled into government approvals agencies to streamline processes and build more houses.
Mark Pownall and Tom Zaunmayr discuss critical minerals' in Trump deal; Perdaman's $3bn plan; Nicheliving; Brownes dairy; Koolan Island mine; Climate 200 donors; and MSWA's expansion.
ACMA has rejected a proposed Telecommunications Consumer Protection code from the industry's association, and will instead step in to bolster consumer protections.
The owners of one of Western Australia's oldest iron ore projects have decided to shut the mine down early, one week after a rockfall halted operations.
The window for recruiting players might not begin until November 1, but Perth Bears officials are planning to make the most of a special carnival this weekend.
