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Dutton to slash migrant intake

A 928-room hotel and beer garden has been proposed on the site of a shuttered caravan park overlooking Karratha's salt flats.

The city's rental vacancy rate has risen above 1 per cent for the first time in almost three years, Proptrack says.

Mark Pownall speaks to Nadia Budihardjo about the Brooks family and the expansion of their equipment hire business.

The ASX has hit a six-week high with the energy sector the only loser in a day of gains across the ASX.

Exploration aspirant Sun Silver continued its impressive start to life on the ASX, reaching 58.5 cents before closing at 53.5 cents per share, up 26 per cent, on Thursday.

Western Australia-focused corporate firm Euroz Hartleys has announced an improved net profit after tax, due to an uptake in equity capital market activities.

Two remote Kimberley iron ore minnows are dusting off the cobwebs to resume mining.

JJ Leach Group boss has slammed the state government's ‘shovel-ready' planning pathway after the developer's $65 million Claremont project took years to be approved.

Green Tech Metals and Anax Metals have signed a memorandum of understanding, as both exploration and development companies consider a formalised alliance.

The University of Western Australia will pay back more than $10 million after finding out it has underpaid thousands of its employees since mid-2013.

The Australian market has always been tough for small and startup airlines.

Government intervention in housing and energy spheres speaks as much to the lack of investor interest as it does political overreach.

Investors in a product run by collapsed fund manager NWQ Capital Management are owed almost $1.6 million, after being given a guarantee of capital return following shocking losses.

The nation's unemployment rate has risen to 4.1 per cent last month with Western Australia also recording a slight increase, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Uranium explorer Peninsula Energy has announced it will raise $105.9 million in a bid to generate sustainable free cash flow and enhance activities at its US-based Lance project.

Western Australian cotton growers could be disadvantaged by a multinational company's proposed takeover of the country's largest producer, the competition regulator has warned.

Collie is one step closer to construction of a $400 million steel mill, which is expected to create hundreds of jobs as the region transitions from coal-powered to green energy.

Lester Group will sell a Jandakot site to a national property developer, which plans to build 46 warehouse units.

Bauxite miner and aluminium producer Alcoa will spend $15 million on a Forest Research Centre in Western Australia, as it seeks to further its environmental credentials in the state.

The full bench of the Federal Court is due to rule on whether Australia's environment minister must scrutinise climate harms from new fossil fuel projects.

Once an equipment hire firm operating only out of Perth, the Brooks family business has spread its wings.

Libs reject ‘Rich Lister' tax cuts

The state's energy market regulator has pushed back on a request for almost $100 million in additional funds from energy market participants to run the state's wholesale electricity market.

Shares in Aurora Energy Metals closed up 7 per cent to 8.8 cents per share on Wednesday following the release of its uranium project scoping study.

Claire Tyrrell and Nadia Budihardjo discuss architects repurposing existing assets amid a focus on climate change.

East Perth-based Sun Silver made its Australian Securities Exchange debut on Wednesday, closing trade up 125 per cent to 42.5 cents a share.

Pathology chains have lost ground while major miners made gains following the federal budget, with the ASX200 overall finishing 0.4 per cent higher.

The Corruption and Crime Commission has tabled its findings over misconduct allegations at the Department of Finance and the Mid West Ports Authority.

WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam has defended the state's resources industry, after federal opposition treasury spokesperson Angus Taylor lashed critical minerals production tax subsidies.

The Office of the Auditor General found a 66 per cent increase on media buying, with state government entities spending $58 million in 2023.

Oil and gas play Santos has revealed it will chop 200 mostly-Perth based jobs, as part of a cost-cutting measure undertaken in response to slow project approvals.