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APM Human Services has returned to the black after recording a $50.1 million profit and declaring dividends in its first-half report.

Gascoyne Resources is offering up new shares at nearly half price to cover costs following the closure of its flagship mine and to settle its dues with contractor-turned-creditor NRW Holdings.

Pilbara Minerals and its partner POSCO have secured backing from two government-owned banks for their lithium hydroxide refinery being built in South Korea at a cost of $1.1 billion.

Changing worker requirements are driving growth in Perth’s flexible workspace realm.

With world-class performances and a stunning if unusual setting, WA Opera’s Carmen should help find the genre new audiences, writes Bourby Webster.

After trebling profits following 12 months of surging oil and gas prices, Woodside Energy is considering growing its asset portfolio, chief executive Meg O'Neill says.

Lynas Rare Earths is building inventory ahead of the Malaysian government's upcoming ban on cracking and leaching at its processing facility.

Diesel and petrol prices are moving to a more traditional price spread after a tumultuous 2022.

Perth-based NRW Holdings has secured a $24 million contract from aspiring miner Bellevue Gold for work at its nameplate project in the northern Goldfields.

Oil and gas giant Woodside has announced an underlying full-year net profit of $US5.2 billion ($A7.7 billion), up 223 per cent from the previous year.

Renters living in inner-city apartments or houses in regional hotspots across Australia have seen astronomical rental increases in the past year.

A new commissioner will be appointed to help oversee cyber security breaches as part of an overhaul of the sector in Australia, the government has announced.

Offshore wind developers look towards WA as NSW rivalry heats up

Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie discuss planning changes, university amalgamations and what they signal about the direction of WA.

The ASX has gained 0.3 per cent but still suffered its third straight week of losses as interest rates anxiety ratcheted up.

Perth-based shipbuilder Austal has recorded a $7.3 million loss for the first half of 2023 and forecasts an even bigger blow for the full financial year.

ASX-listed contractor DRA Global has been hit with a $9 million lawsuit from former chief executive officer Andrew Naude over alleged breaches of his employment contract.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss planning reforms, Madeleine King, venture capital funding, Eurovision, Mineral Resources, and next fortnight's edition of Business News.

The Fitzroy River Bridge will be replaced and is expected to open by the end of next year, with Georgiou Group and BMD Constructions appointed as contractors.

Acciona has locked out the owners of the East Rockingham Waste to Energy plant, following a dispute believed to be north of $100 million.

This state has been slow to adopt an initiative for the supply of new disability accommodation stock.

A new $20 million round of funding is now open for farmers to help develop ways to measure carbon in their soil, in a plan to help reduce emissions.

Gina Rinehart-backed Catalyst Metals has inked a $C55 million merger with Toronto-based Superior Gold, just a month after securing control of Vango Mining.

Western Australia’s state-of-the-art agrifood and beverage precinct, tipped to deliver up to $330 million into the economy, has officially opened.

Technology entrepreneur Michael Malone has further broadened his board portfolio to five with his recent appointment to health insurer HIF.

It is a classic political alphabet soup, but when the IRA is mixed with the CRMA it should be good news for WA.

A bountiful lithium market has driven a 500 per cent increase in underlying earnings for Mineral Resources but founder Chris Ellison says short-staffed regulatory departments have held up a new iron ore operation.

The Australia Institute has linked rising prices to growing business profits, and claimed workers should not accept sluggish wage growth.

Australia urged to join hydrogen subsidy race 

Swan Valley distiller Old Young's Distillery has received a big boost to its fund raising plans, winning two major global gin awards last night.

Pilbara Minerals will reward shareholders with inaugural dividends to the tune of $330 million after riding the lithium boom to record a massive surge in half-year profit.

Senior journalist Matt Mckenzie and journalist Liv Declerck discuss a new paradancing competition in Western Australia.