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A report says hundreds of hospital patients are occupying much-needed beds for thousands of days because there are no community facilities to release them into.

Hit hard by four months of lockdowns last calendar year, national shoe retailer Betts Group has been buoyed by the positive market despite marking a loss for the year.

Perth-based tech startup ULUU has raised $8.6 million to develop and distribute its plastic alternative made from seaweed.

The local share market has closed lower, with investors apparently treading cautiously as the war in Ukraine threatened to spill across the border into Poland.

OZ Minerals has placed its shares in a trading halt as it evaluates a “potential change of control transaction”.

Another high-rise has been proposed for the Scarborough Redevelopment Area, a region already occupied with projects amounting to more than $300 million.

Senior editor Mark Beyer discusses this year's changes to Data & Insights' accountants list and highlights some of the biggest issues affecting the sector.

Birds of a different feather may flock together if Elon Musk changes Twitter’s content rules.

WA charity Lionheart Camp for Kids will encourage conversation about death and grief on Children’s Grief Awareness Day on November 17.

Former Fortescue Metals and Mitsui & Co executive Don Hyma will be joining Caravel Minerals as its managing director later this month.

Osborne Park developer Built Form Capital is targeting the local business community to buy into the $20 million development.

A new modular building has been flagged for Shenton College, in a bid to cater for the growing population of students in the western suburbs.

The buoyant WA economy is creating plenty of opportunities for accounting firms, but their growth has been highly varied.

The Perth-based property syndicator acquired the $5 million Magnetic Island asset as part of its partnership with global hotel operator Selina.

Wages are tracking upwards, growing by 3.1 per cent in the year to September, but still failing to keep up with the rising cost of living.

Maritime mayhem threatens WA grain

MACA Cancer 200 Ride for Research fundraiser has nearly reached its participant capacity for the 2023 event in only four weeks.

Strike Energy boss Stuart Nicholls has implored joint venture partner Warrego Energy to reconsider a $246 million cash takeover from Beach Energy, flagging a potential change in development plans.

Political editor Gary Adshead talks about the state government's record on facilities management.

The local share market has finished little changed for a second straight day, despite double-digit losses for a number of lithium producers.

Three of the biggest mining companies in WA have launched a program in their bid to combat sexual harassment, bullying and racism in the resources industry.

Georgiou gets the deal of the century while a juvenile detention centre’s woes worsen.

The industrial dispute between the government and nurses has been resolved with ground given on both sides.

The Supreme Court has rejected claims by multinational builder Acciona that Western Australia’s pandemic border rules amounted to a force majeure event over a $700 million project.

Edge Visionary Living has been given the green light to build on a site that has been earmarked for development for more than two decades.

The premier has rallied around the state’s corrective services minister amid damning reports of restraining practices used at Banksia Hill Detention Centre.

Commonwealth Bank says its cash net profit after tax in the September quarter was up 13 per cent from the same time a year ago.

Consumer confidence has recovered a little after weeks of declines, with people feeling slightly less bleak about the future of their finances and the economy.

The heavy rain on the eastern seaboard will affect crop quality, while WA farmers eye potential premium prices.

Technical setbacks hit Gorgon carbon capture project

WA’s regional housing market has remained buoyant throughout COVID, with a 7.21 per cent year-on-year increase.

Byron Bay Bluesfest has announced it will visit the Swan Valley in 2023 for the festival’s 34th annual event and a first for Western Australia.