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Prominent businessman Steve Birkbeck’s plan to build an eco-retreat and luxury spa neighbouring his farm-to-plate restaurant has been backed by the Shire of Denmark officer.

The aim is to ensure the continued relevance and sustainability of the disability scheme.

In this podcast, Mark Pownall and Simone Grogan discuss lithium action, Chalice Mining, Qantas, John Carey, Tim Gurner and The Court Hotel.

The developer has lodged a $72 million plan for 74 townhouses on the Belmont Racecourse site.

A state government panel has received almost 100 complaints about WA councils in the past financial year, with about a fifth coming from one western suburbs council.

A WA company has been lashed by the Fair Work Commission over a “sham” agreement later used to win a contract with Chevron.

A temporary injunction placed on seismic testing at Woodside’s Scarborough project off the North West coast has been hailed by Traditional Owners ahead of a second hearing later this month.

Worker wages are keeping up with productivity gains in most industries, except in the agriculture and mining, an independent commission says.

Workers get fair share of pie

A potential sale is on the cards for a Carnarvon salt mine majority owned by Rio Tinto, although operators say there's no certainty a deal will be struck.

Mark Pownall and Jack McGinn discuss the Dick Lester's long-term sponsorship of the Lester Prize for Portraiture.

Fisheries Minister Don Punch has poured cold water on a rethink of demersal fishing limits, claiming they are necessary to avoid complete collapse of the fishery.

Property developer Tim Gurner says he 'sincerely' regrets the impact of his now-viral comments about needing to see 'pain in the economy', following intense public backlash.

The local share market has finished 0.5 per cent higher following a better than expected Australian jobs report and a slightly hotter US inflation readout.

Ausgold has bought two farming properties covering more than 1,000 hectares at its Katanning Gold Project for $10 million.

Dick Lester hopes to widen interest in his eponymous portrait prize.

Fortescue Energy’s ambition to have the world’s first green ammonia-powered ship at sea by 2022 has seemingly veered off course, but the group has affirmed plans to trial the ‘Green Pioneer’ later this year.

The old Dome Café on Fremantle’s cappuccino strip could be leased for a San Churro as the historic building's ground floor continues to gather dust.

Commissioning of a $484 million mineral sands project has begun, with production ramp-up slated to begin this year.

The well-known winemakers behind Picardy in Pemberton have nailed it with this 2020 vintage.

The acquisition will see the commercial and industrial real estate firm establish a presence in Bunbury.

Mandurah and Dwellingup have been nationally recognised as leading tourism towns, winning first place at the Australian Top Tourism Town Awards 2023.

Mining services group Perenti is set to pocket $150 million worth of work after securing contracts from Regis Resources, BHP and Catalyst Metals.

Augusta Margaret River councillors have voted in favour of rezoning former farm paddocks into a future development zone in Cowaramup.

Western Australia's unemployment rate rose by 0.4 percentage points in August, despite reporting a record high number of people in work.

John Carey has called on the state to shift the conversation around housing density if it wants to catch up to other parts of the world.

Australian Venue Co will add The Court Hotel to its Western Australian portfolio, with owner Bree Maddox ready to move on after 18 years of operating the Northbridge venue.

The imminent production milestone at Strike Energy’s Walyering gas project in the Perth Basin has taken a back-seat as regional rhetoric and policy changes ramp up.

Nationals Leader David Littleproud says there are serious cultural deficiencies at Qantas, which lost a court appeal over the sacking of thousands of workers.

Qantas offers fast compo as sackings ruled illegal

The state government has appointed KPMG to lead a review into the culture at the Western Australian Institute of Sport after the minister overhauled the organisation's board.

The share market has closed 0.74 per cent lower as traders await another key US inflation report that will likely influence the direction of interest rates.