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The Australian share market has been unable to put together a three-day winning streak, with most sectors sinking lower as sentiment soured.

Medibank's hackers are threatening to release stolen personal health information, and Cyber Security Minister Clare O'Neil says that's a "dog act".

The nursing union and the state government are headed for peace talks in their ongoing wages row, but Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson has ruled out throwing more money behind the offer.

Aspiring vanadium producer TNG has confirmed a significant increase in costs for its Mount Peake project but neither the company or its lead contractor Clough know by how much.

Many questions remain regarding the death of a man at Rockingham Hospital.

Former Labor leader Kim Beazley has been appointed as the newest member of the Australian War Memorial Council.

How is government going to support providers in the pathway to good governance and who is going to pay for it?

The number of Western Australians in employment fell in September, while the national jobless rate held steady at 3.5 per cent.

WA continues to lag rest of the nation

Cabinet documents will soon be available to the state's auditor general as part of a suite of proposed reforms to the oversight body.

Market darling Chalice Mining says it is mulling some form of joint venture arrangement to develop a potential mine at Gonneville after receiving a stream of inbound interest.

Senior journalist Claire Tyrrell talks about why residential builders are cautiously optimistic they've turned a corner after two years of difficulty.

Lachlan Henderson will return to WA after five years in Victoria to lead one of the state's biggest health insurers.

Western Australia’s international education industry is poised for a much-needed boost thanks to the state government’s $10 million agent incentive scheme.

The Australian share market has finished higher, however the gains were muted compared to the past three days of sharp volatility.

City of Perth councillors will decide on a new deputy lord mayor with Di Bain set to finish her term in the position next week.

Shares in Perth-based Delorean Corporation closed 33 per cent higher today after the company struck a $200 million funding deal with Palisade Impact for its bioenergy projects.

Australia’s biggest miner has recorded a steady start to the financial year as it ramps up its newest operation, South Flank.

The low-profile Perth billionaires bought the asset from global aerospace and defence group L3Harris Technologies for $4.18 million.

BHP has joined Rio Tinto in committing to assemble some of its iron ore rail cars in Perth, in a move the state government hopes will lead to more substantial manufacturing in future.

The nursing union is forging ahead with its planned industrial action this afternoon, rejecting a final plea by Premier Mark McGowan to abandon the strike and return to the negotiating table.

WorkSafe WA is investigating the death of a 50-year-old man in a work accident at a transport company in the Perth suburb of Bibra Lake.

The state government has appointed Sam Vandongen to the Supreme Court bench and Robert Owen to head the office of Director of Public Prosecutions.

Residential builders are returning to normalised levels of activity.

Mark McGowan has backed calls by a parliamentary committee for MP James Hayward to be suspended over claims he used his position to have his bail conditions relaxed.

Whitehaven Coal says production was down in the September quarter, but it still generated a record $1.6 billion in cash as prices skyrocketed.

BP, Fortescue handed portside land for projects

Changes to the state government's home indemnity insurance scheme mean homebuilders can access greater cover, but the policy still leaves apartment builds out.

St Barbara shares have tanked after the gold miner told investors it was deferring processing plant upgrades at its star asset on the back of equipment and labour shortages.

Senior editor Mark Pownall talks about the impact long COVID is having on the workforce and the research being done in Perth to understand the condition.

The local share market has bounced back strongly from previous losses in a third straight day of volatile trading.

For Steve Tucker and his business partner Paul Heath the Western Australian market they bought into probably looks a world away from the Perth scene they left in the early 1990s to make their way to the very top of the financial services ladder.