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The Australian share market has finished up 0.2 per cent for the day, but closed the week down 1.7 per cent after losses from Monday to Thursday.

Green ammonia producers Kinara Power and Blue Diamond have progressed lease negotiations for land in the Oakajee Strategic Industrial Area in the Mid West.

Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes is set to acquire collapsed renewable energy business Sun Cable, despite previous interest from former project partner Andrew Forrest.

Australians are reining in their spending, although the unusually fierce start to winter weather prompted many to splash out on new warm clothes.

NRW Holdings has secured a $54 million contract with Rio Tinto for work at the miners Western Range iron ore project in the Pilbara.

Despite significant progress, the disability services sector still faces tensions between desired outcomes and the costs of achieving them.

Multinational human services provider APM has won a $720 million contract to provide its services in the UK but declared its earnings growth was expected to take a hit.

The state government has flagged reforms to tenancy laws in a bid to balance the rights between tenants and landlords, including banning rent bidding and allowing pets.

Housing Industry Association data shows that new housing sales are increasing in WA, but skills shortages persist.

A $119.6 million conditional federal government grant awarded under the Modern Manufacturing Initiative program to a battery mineral refinery hub near Kalgoorlie will not go ahead.

As regulators scrutinise Perth Mint and the state government reviews its ownership, the business has continued to lose market share to rival ABC Refinery.

Mining giant Rio Tinto has topped long-time market leader Fortescue Metals Group as the biggest supporter of Indigenous businesses in WA, data compiled by Business News shows.

WA’s residential housing market has responded to demographic shifts over the decades.

Swedish Trade Minister Johan Forssell says there is very strong support among European Union countries for a free trade deal with Australia.

PwC shut out of future contracts

Two Western Australia health projects are among 19 national recipients sharing $12 million in commercial acceleration funding from a CSIRO-backed fund.

Jack McGinn and senior editor Mark Beyer discuss the rapid rate of change in Perth's professional services industries over the past 30 years.

Woodside Energy chief executive Meg O’Neill has called for improvements to Australian regulatory processes at a business lunch in Perth today.

Bellevue Gold has inked a deal to refine its gold with independent ABC Refinery alongside an agreement with Zenith Energy to build a hybrid power station at its namesake project.

PwC is under attack on multiple fronts with the federal government ordering consultants to stand down and tightening procurement rules after police launched a criminal probe.

Whether Australia’s tropical north-west or the frozen Antarctic, Ponant has it covered.

The local share market has suffered its biggest loss since March 20 as the US debt ceiling talks drag on with no end in sight.

Critical minerals hopeful Augustus Minerals has made its debut on the ASX after taping investors for $10 million through an initial public offering.

Australia’s position as significant global wine producer is in the balance due to issues both under, and outside of, our control.

Agriculture technology company RLF AgTech has struck a $3.3 million contract with another distributor in Vietnam, expanding its network in South-East Asia.

City of Fremantle council has shut down a possible shake up in the ownership of Fremantle Markets after another investor flagged interest for the 20-year lease.

Getting on board a Silversea cruise has never been easier.

Tony Burke says it's unbelievable mining giant BHP has already put a dollar figure on what same job, same pay laws would cost before the legislation is written.

Woodside Energy chief executive Meg O’Neill has praised the United States’ lead on energy policy while flagging Woodside’s potential to fuel US energy cooperation with Australia.

Leaders from some of Perth’s major professional services firms have seen big changes in their working lives over three decades.

How to process critical minerals the big debate

Treasury has referred recent revelations of a tax leaks scandal currently plaguing PwC Australia to the Australian Federal Police to consider a criminal investigation.