A $715 million state budget package to ease financial pressures from households will include $450 million worth in energy bill relief from the WA government.
ANALYSIS: The state budget has been designed so Mark McGowan can announce unexpectedly good outcomes in future but also sets the scene for a bitter GST battle with other states.
Payroll tax changes will save Western Australia's largest employers around $230 million next financial year, according to state government budget papers.
A move to extend the price cap for apartments eligible for stamp duty rebate is expected to cost the state government $33 million, as part of a $750 million package to boost housing.
The McGowan government's seventh annual budget features a $3.3 billion surplus, with households and businesses to benefit from $566 million in energy bill credits and modest payroll tax relief.
Civmec boss Patrick Tallon says the company's "relentless focus" on cost containment amid high inflation and labour shortages has led to another strong set of financial results.
Silver Lake Resources has lobbed a revised proposal to merge with St Barbara saying it ‘stands ready' to progress due diligence and move to a binding offer.
The state government has committed $2.8 billion to four green energy projects, as part of an ongoing commitment to its net zero emissions by 2050 target.
Iluka Resources boss Tom O'Leary has applauded the federal government's efforts to foster downstream processing in Australia, saying growth ambitions ‘should not be constrained by geopolitical tensions'.
BHP has laid out plans to bring together the copper assets it bought from OZ Minerals with its existing mines to boost Australia's share of the global market.
SRG Global has lifted its operating profit guidance for the 2023 financial year after securing more than $1 billion worth of work and acquiring a new business.
The corporate watchdog has shut down a Mosman Park-based corporate advisory firm, which was established by Gavin Argyle, Alec Pismiris, and the late Adam Rankine-Wilson.
The federal budget has significantly expanded a Telethon Kids Institute-led early intervention scheme to treat autism, devoting more than $22 million to boost the pilot program.
The pipeline of big resources projects in WA increasingly features complex processing plants, despite a spate of large cost blowouts on projects currently under way.
The rent assistance limit has been increased to help more than one million Australian households, which is expected to cost the federal government $2.7 billion over five years.
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