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Jordan Murray dissects Business News' latest executive remuneration survey and discusses trends and highlights from this year's data.

The federal government is adopting a swathe of reforms recommended by Infrastructure WA chair Nicole Lockwood but the local body will not be directly affected.

Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation has announced it would be Euroz Hartleys Port to Pub Swim charity partner until 2025.

The local share market has fallen by 0.75 per cent to an almost three-week low, with gold gaining and oil hitting its lowest level since early January.

It’s not hard to find highlights from a stellar year of wines.

Dave Kelly has confirmed he will resign as minister, claiming the premier asked him personally to step aside to make way for more women in cabinet.

Perth-based PT Supplies Group has been fined over $240,000 after a teenage worker’s fingers were severed by forklift chains.

The multinational group has divested $522.5 million of retail assets, including Willetton's Southlands Boulevarde for $92.5 million.

A western suburbs organisation has been selected to provide disability services from Cottesloe’s Lady Lawley Cottage which has been closed for more than two years.

A Perth organisation has launched a new mentorship program to upskill women moving into leadership.

The Labor government has detailed how it will fix Australia's "flawed" laws for nature, with development decisions to be passed to an independent adjudicator.

Swiss multinational Glencore is reviewing how its plan for a new $2 billion coal mine in central Queensland fits with its aims to cut emissions to net zero.

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CBD occupancy has bounced back to 80 per cent of pre-COVID levels and to 15 per cent above the national average.

Andrew Forrest’s CWP Renewables buy propels Squadron Energy to the biggest renewable energy developer in the country and supports the billionaire’s dream for a ‘green energy ecosystem’.

Matt Mckenzie and Simone Grogan discuss this morning's Success & Leadership event with Pilbara Minerals managing director Dale Henderson.

The state government’s $350 million plan to expand the state’s timber industry is progressing, with 3,000 hectares of South West land acquired.

Janet Reah has vowed the nurses’ union won’t again defy the industrial relations commission’s orders as the threat of deregistration lingers following last month’s strike.

The state’s economy grew 0.6 per cent in the three months to September, despite a fall in business investment.

The local share market has fallen 0.85 per cent, its biggest drop in a month amid fears the US Federal Reserve may keep hiking interest rates aggressively.

The court has ordered more than $4.5 million taken out from Marc Cardaci’s trusts to fund the legal proceedings between his widow and brother to be repaid.

West Australian Ballet has announced three of its prominent dancers would be retiring amidst the celebration of the company’s 70th year.

The defence sector’s culture and growth was on display at an industry event earlier this month.

The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies council has elected Regis Resources chief executive Jim Beyer as its new president, following the unexpected death of Peter Bradford.

Inflation and sluggish wage growth has barely affected pay for many of WA's top executives.

The Claremont Hotel is set to open in early January after nearly three years of closure, with the $12 million refurbished bar becoming Australian Venue Co's largest WA asset.

Nonstop flights to Manila will begin early next year, the first time Perth travellers can fly directly to the Philippines.

Strike Energy has muscled back in amid the fight for ownership of its joint venture partner Warrego, lifting its stake in the target to 19.9 per cent to become its biggest shareholder.

Half a million dollars committed to West Tech Fest as state government outlines a new innovation strategy.

Holocaust survivor and major Western Australian real estate developer Harry Hoffman has passed away at the age of 92.

Mitsui & Co says it is confident of finding a workable solution for its Waitsia gas project as the share price of its joint venture partner Beach Energy continues to slide.

Pilbara Minerals boss Dale Henderson says moving down the value chain is a ‘no-brainer’ but the lithium success story will stop short of pushing all the way to full-scale battery production.