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Perth-based financial advisory firm PMM Group and property entity My Two Boys will be wound up, almost one year after investors lobbed $2 million in claims against them.

The City of Nedlands will be requesting a two-month extension to plan its next move over the fallen Tawarri deal, which has been described by the Lands Minister as risky “flip-flopping”.

A mega-merger between Woodside Petroleum and BHP’s oil and gas business has received overwhelming shareholder approval at an AGM in Perth this afternoon.

The City of Nedlands has opposed another apartment building, recommending a state government assessment panel to refuse the $9.5 million proposal at an upcoming meeting.

The unemployment rate in WA has fallen to 2.9 per cent in April, amid an environment of soaring inflation.

St John WA could take up to six weeks to respond to a report which recommended the state government bring ambulance services in-house if the non-profit could not improve operations within five years.

Western Australia has reached a new peak in its daily COVID infections with 17,105 new COVID cases reported overnight.

Arafura Resources shares are trading higher on the back of a new potential seven-year offtake deal with South Korean-based automotive business Hyundai.

Retailers enjoyed a buoyant sales period during April compared to a year earlier, but ballooning inflation is eating into business operations.

Like-minded groupings of universities are far more suited to mergers than those based on location.

This year most disruptive ever, says Toll chief

Senior editor Mark Beyer delves into how staffing changes behind the scenes have shaken up the law sector in WA.

Decmil remains locked in a bitter battle with Avid Australia over $1.3 million in bills subsidiary Avid Resources disputed before its collapse.

Fringe World Festival’s parent company, Artrage, has pointed to some signs of a recovery from the pandemic in a new report, posting a higher box office spend but overall lower attendance.

The major miners have led the ASX higher, with iron ore prices rising as China reopens.

Fire, police and health officers have been dispatched to St John HQ over the death of a Perth grandmother.

Subiaco-based SRG Global has booked a five-year contract providing civil maintenance works at Alcoa’s alumina refinery in Kwinana.

The state's auditor-general has found "significant weaknesses" in the COVID-19 contact tracing system, including allowing unnecessary and excessive access to personal information.

Australian Vanadium is powering ahead with plans to build a vanadium processing plant in the state’s Midwest, lodging the proposal with the environmental watchdog.

Building materials company Boral has shed $45 million off forecasted underlying earnings on account of heavy rainfall and ballooning fuel prices.

Urbis says WA’s population could rise faster than the government expects, as jobs figures remain at boom levels.

Hundreds of property owners in City of Vincent will be able to tap into underground power as part of a $50 million Western Power project.

Wages in WA have performed worse than any state in the year to March, and were running more than 5 per cent behind inflation.

The number of COVID cases in WA has risen by 16,253 overnight, as active infections across the state continue to edge closer to the 90,000 mark.

Business leader John Poynton has detailed the challenging year he has endured, dissecting his role at Crown and the retention of Nev Power on the Strike Energy board.

New data suggests the sharp rise in inflation and an expected rapid rise in interest rates will take the edge off Australia's economic expansion.

Perth’s top law firms open up on the extraordinary wave of partner poaching that is reshaping the sector.

Fortescue has announced a raft of changes at the top end of the business, including Andrew Forrest stepping in as interim iron ore boss.

Woodside CEO ‘feels good’ about $63b BHP deal vote

East coast group Tempe Tyres spent $10.6 million on a Bayswater industrial site.

The local share market has posted its third consecutive winning session, although the gains were modest.

OZ Minerals will have 18 months to assess Havilah Resource’s Kalkaroo project before deciding whether to acquire the South Australian copper outfit for up to $405 million.