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The Reserve Bank of Australia board is expected to lift the official cash rate to 1.35 per cent when it meets on Tuesday.

National connections and regional understanding are a rare combination.

Genesis Minerals is set to acquire WA gold miner Dacian Gold in a scrip deal valuing the target at $111 million, with non-executive director Nev Power to resign should the purchase go ahead.

Australian pilots are being pressured to fly while tired and work around "unstable" rosters, according to a union survey.

Jacques warns miners could face ‘nightmare’

Firefinch says a review into its Mali operations is underway after withdrawing production guidance entirely citing sanctions in West Africa and swelling cost pressures.

Senior editor Mark Beyer highlights a curious case study in which MinterEllison worked on a case for an overseas client without leaving Perth.

An application has been lodged to increase the height and number of apartments of a development on the Chellingworth Motors site in Nedlands.

Fremantle’s Silverleaf Investments bought the eight-storey building at 186 St Georges Terrace for $16.1 million.

Belmont-based NRW Holdings has snapped up two contracts expected to bolster its order book by $78 million.

The S&P/ASX 200 index rose 1.1 per cent by noon, recouping some of the losses from the previous three sessions.

Len Buckeridge’s eldest son and a former union secretary are the latest additions to the commission that oversees gambling operations in WA.

Forrest-owned bootmaker R.M. Williams has enforced price increases across its range of lavish products as it grapples with rising materials costs and inflationary pressures.

The move marks the international makeup retailer’s second shopfront in Western Australia.

Western Australia’s domestic economy continues to grow, according to the latest quarterly national accounts data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Discussions regarding a potential deal between Genesis Minerals and St Barbara are back on the table, though fellow gold play Dacian Gold is also reportedly in the Raleigh Finalyson-led company’s sights.

Linda Reynolds has backflipped on the need for gender-based quotas in the Liberal Party, conceding they should be considered after the party's worst federal election defeat in four decades.

Misbehaving councillors could be hit with 10-year expulsions from local politics under the state government’s finalised set of reforms for the sector.

Emergency services were at the scene of a fire which started at the top floor of the South32 building on St Georges Terrace.

An extraordinary case involving Perth lawyers working for a foreign client but not travelling illustrates a shift in how law is practised.

Anthony Albanese has ushered in a new relationship between Australia and France with commitments to tackle climate change and engage more with Pacific nations.

Soaring prices extend energy, resource boom

The S&P/ASX 200 index has ended 0.4 per cent lower by the close amid concerns over global economic growth.

An 11,170-hectare parcel of land that belonged to Texan entrepreneur Joseph Matthews has sold to VIMG for about $40 million.

Political editor Gary Adshead digs into what a failed deal between the state government and Huawei to build a vital piece of rail infrastructure means for transparency here in WA.

Oceana Lithium has made a strong start to its first day on the ASX on the back of an oversubscribed $6 million initial public offering.

A former contractor of a failed Pindan entity has been brought out of liquidation to allow the construction company to pursue an insurance payout over alleged building defects.

Woodside Energy has proposed to build a $25 million development for temporary medical facilities and offices at its LNG processing train site in Burrup.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the end of the financial year, house prices, Power 500, lithium, apartments, workplace safety, Zhenya Tsvetnenko's sentencing, and Michelle Fyfe's resignation.

Expect a tough 12 to 24 months as inflation rises and interest rates follow, and those who fail to adapt to the new reality will likely be hit hardest.

Serpentine-Jarrahdale residents will be sent back to the polling booth after the council election was declared invalid, ending a nine-month lawsuit over a result shrouded in controversy.

A cohort of 11 regional and metropolitan architects have been contracted to design new STEM facilities for 19 public secondary schools in Western Australia.