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The world's biggest goldminer, NYSE-listed Newmont Corp, has proposed buying Australia's largest producer in an all-scrip offer at a 21 per cent premium.

The latest retail figures show Australians are tightening their spending, falling 0.2 per cent in the December quarter.

Hancock Prospecting may have secured the lead it needs to edge out Strike Energy in the fight for Warrego after Mineral Resources sold its stake in the target.

The state government and Catholic Education WA will be targeting student growth in Perth’s western suburbs.

Marles talks up Austal for key role in AUKUS 

Clough’s new owner Webuild is set to take on more of the collapsed Perth engineer’s projects for $35.9 million, including the $750 million Waitsia gas development.

The local bourse has finished the day up 0.6 per cent in its best performance in almost three weeks, closing at its highest level since April 21.

Journalists Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie discuss the viability of nuclear power.

Aquaculture company Seafarms Group has been told to pay $13.9 million to construction company Canstruct over disputes with its proposed Project Sea Dragon facility.

The state government has rejected calls by its key infrastructure adviser to evaluate asset sales and private funding for new developments.

UPDATE: Details of the deal between Italy's Webuild and the collapsed Perth engineer have been released at close of business this afternoon.

Perth-based mineral sands miner Iluka Resources has awarded two $14 million contracts to technology and chemistry company SciDev.

A civil construction company boss has bought a Fairway apartment complex previously approved for a 25-unit subdivision.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss radioactive capsules, Libby Mettam, Shane Love, property values, Westfield Booragoon expansion and Print Hall's new owner.

Businesses burned by China’s trade bans are finding market appeal elsewhere.

Direct flights between Perth and Manila will be launched on March 27 after being temporarily put on hold in 2020 due to the pandemic.

The first open-pit blast has been fired at Liontown Resources’ Kathleen Valley lithium mine after the company announced the project's $300 million cost blowout last month.

Estimated costs for Scentre Group’s updated proposal to build the state’s largest shopping centre in Booragoon have escalated by nearly $300 million.

John Poynton-chaired Strike Energy says it will not improve its scrip offer currently before undecided Warrego Energy investors, with the course of the takeover attempt still hanging in the balance.

Lithium hopeful Winsome Resources is set to raise $60 million to fast track its exploration projects in Canada.

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Former Perth financial adviser John Wertheimer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for making 48 unauthorised client transactions.

Stormy economic conditions have slowed hiring but some industries, especially those reliant on in-person attendance, are still recruiting.

Australia's foreign and defence ministers have met in London ahead of Defence Minister Richard Marles flying to the United States to meet his counterpart.

The results of a new survey could blunt other states’ attacks on WA’s GST share.

Alinta to take another shot at offloading Pilbara power assets

It took less than 10 minutes on average for Perth ambulances to respond to emergencies in the year to June 2022, the second best performance in the country.

Mark Pownall reveals some of the recent big moves in the Margaret River winery scene.

The director of a solar energy business that was based in WA for five years has been ordered to repay $48,000 for falsely claiming to have installed 11 solar systems.

The Australian share market rose after the US Fed chief hinted that an end to the tightening cycle was in sight, but the bourse's gains ebbed late in the day.

Home values are expected to fall across Australia, with the National Australia Bank expecting a 13 per cent drop in Perth's house prices this year.

West Perth-based Surefire Resources and I Synergy Group have announced the appointment of new chief executives.