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Mark Pownall and Jack McGinn discuss companies making waves in the marine-based technology sector.

Major mining fleet provider Northfleet's former and current bosses have struck a deal to save troubled South Fremantle brewery Running With Thieves from administration.

Interest rates are about to hit the ceiling in the current cycle, which is good news for mortgage holders and savers.

The local share market has finished down 0.4 per cent, with every sector in the red except for utilities.

A land developer has sued Osborne Park firm Armada Accountants and its directors over alleged breach of confidential information and fiduciary duties.

The organisers blamed rises in event and insurance costs, as well as a downturn in mass-participation events, for cancelling the long-running challenge.

A Fortescue Future Industries staffer based in the US has left the business, adding to departures in recent months.

There has been a large increase in the value of fertiliser imported to WA compared with other states.

A deal to pluck Perth Glory Football Club out of receivership has collapsed after the Victorian consortium eyeing the club failed to meet certain conditions.

Mining magnates Gina Rinehart and Chris Ellison will back Delta Lithium's $70.2 million raising to fund its Goldfields lithium venture.

Matrix Composites & Engineering has secured $30 million worth of work from Subsea 7 to supply equipment for an international offshore project.

Seven West Media has acquired a near 20 per cent stake in ARN Media Limited, becoming a major shareholder of the Sydney-based broadcast radio company.

Perth-based startup fund Purpose Ventures has maintained its local focus, with its first $3 million fully invested in WA companies, the latest being pharmacogenomics company Gene S.

Medical implants and waste reduction are among the local uses for technology derived from the sea.

The childhood home of former prime minister Bob Hawke will be offered as short-term accommodation by the National Trust of Western Australia, three years after it was bought for almost $1.5 million.

Fortescue has staked out an area larger than Brisbane near its Pilbara iron ore operations for a potential green energy hub, days after terminating an application for another site.

The confidential information of Australians could be at risk after a survey revealed many organisations had limited or no capability to adequately protect data.

Telcos hit with strict cyber rules

WA will team up with the world's largest nuclear submarine manufacturer to support industry and workforce development, as it prepares for nuclear presence in Rockingham from 2027.

DevelopmentWA has approved the amendments to Malaysian developer Victor Goh's $400 million Elizabeth Quay development, including converting an apartment tower to hotel rooms.

The local share market finished down 0.6 per cent after Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said more interest rate hikes might be needed.

Claire Tyrrell and Nadia Budihardjo discuss cutting-edge vet school technology in use in Western Australia.

Businessman John Gillett has proposed to build a single home with a vintage car basement garage on one of the lots on the former Taj on Swan site.

In this podcast: Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss accounting action; WeWork; Qantas; exporters; hydrogen; coal; biofuels, and skills shortages.

A significant uptick in passenger numbers and further increases to the value of a billion-dollar property portfolio have led Perth Airport to a second consecutive financial year profit.

The Rhodes Ridge project could be a game changer for WA, and the Wright family.

The $40 million-plus sale of the family-owned business marks the third major M&A deal involving a logistics company at Fremantle harbour in recent years.

In a two-part series, Geoffrey Thomas looks at the 60-year history of Virgin Australia Regional Airlines.

Cyrenian House will refurbish a vacant and graffitied office building in Perth into a drug treatment centre after a panel approved its multi-million-dollar proposal in a tense meeting.

It will take until the end of this decade for WA to have the capacity to build the volume of houses it needs, HIA says.

Lithium miner Pilbara Minerals has engaged NRW Holdings' Primero Group for $64 million of work on the Pilgangoora operation expansion project.

Mineral Resources will purchase the lithium and base metal rights at Pantoro's Norseman gold project under a $60 million deal adding to its acquisitive streak.