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The ASX200 has fallen 1.4 per cent as investors fear persistent inflation could convince the Reserve Bank to raise interest rates once more.

Chris Stavrianou has been appointed to the Takeovers Panel, while Sharon Warburton and Tracey Horton step down from the national body after nine years.

More than a dozen Western Australian schools will share a $25 million funding pool to build or upgrade its infrastructure.

Nutrien Ag has made a last-ditch effort to stop Fremantle Ports from locking the company out of its Kwinana premises after parties disagreed on who is responsible for fire-damaged infrastructure.

Recent movements in the iron ore price may provide a pointer to how the market plays out in terms of cost and grade.

Amid record levels of job creation and economic participation in WA, unemployment is static for those with a disability.

Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy and Fertilisers' CSBP business will fast-track its pursuit of decarbonisation, after receiving $32.9 million from the federal government.

A recent beaching event near Dunsborough in which 28 pilot whales died had nothing to do with offshore wind farm plans for the area, the state government has confirmed.

A $200 million, 26-room mansion to be built for a local architect and inventor in the hills northeast of Perth has been approved by the Shire of Chittering.

Premier Roger Cook has labelled the actions of protestors at this week's Woodside Energy AGM despicable and threatening and says police should take them seriously.

Uranium exploration company Bannerman Energy is excited about its long-term future in the sector - on the back of a rising spot price and slight production shortfall of the commodity.

Carnarvon Energy's new chief executive Philip Huizenga will take a salary 20 per cent lower than his predecessor in the role, as the company rebuilds from a board overhaul last year.

From kindergarten to university, plans are progressing for future facilities.

Leadership WA has reconnected with its founding funder Rio Tinto, announcing a three-year partnership valued at $150,000.

A study has found more than one-quarter of university boards are comprised of unelected corporate appointments, leading to calls for a governance overhaul.

UPDATED: BHP has confirmed mega-merger talks with UK-listed Anglo American, but a potential $60 billion deal which would build the world's biggest copper miner has been rejected by its target.

BHP lobs $60b copper play for Anglo American

Bunbury Farmers Market founder Graham Heath, who is in partnership with Gina Rinehart, has bought a Kwinana Beach property.

Nadia Budihardjo and Tom Zaunmayr discuss innovators operating in the agribusiness space.

The ASX200 gave up its gains to finish unchanged after a hotter-than-expected domestic CPI report made interest rate cuts less likely this year.

The Economic Regulation Authority intends to knock back ATCO's five-year plan for its gas distribution system that delivers to more than 800,000 households in the state.

Woodside Energy leadership says it has been courageous in speaking honestly about the energy transition, despite its climate action plan being voted down by shareholders at its AGM today.

Perseus Mining boss says the company has a great opportunity to reach or potentially surpass its annual production guidance of 491,000-517,000 ounces of gold for the 2024 financial year.

Lower commodity prices have played a role in Lynas Rare Earths revenue taking a hit in the March 2024 quarter, along with news that the cost of its Kalgoorlie processing facility is set to rise.

The Engineering Institute of Technology's new West Perth campus aims to bolster engineers' ability to tackle climate change.

Mineral Resources has flagged plans to sell an interest in its Perth Basin gas infrastructure as it progresses the partial sale of an iron ore haul road in the Pilbara.

Decades of regeneration and biodynamic practices continue to deliver the goods at Henschke.

Introducing a new work model in institutions with a traditional culture such as academia is challenging.

Shire of Carnarvon councillors have rubbished a report which found there would be insufficient demand to build a new airport in the Gascoyne town.

Andrew Forrest-backed Fortescue recorded a six per cent drop in iron ore shipments throughout its March 2024 quarter.

UPDATED: Richard Goyder has survived a campaign to oust him as Woodside chair, but the gas producer's climate action plan was voted down at today's protester interrupted AGM.

Hesperia will start construction of a four-storey orthopaedic hospital, estimated to cost $69 million, by the end of the year after receiving unanimous support from a development panel.