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The local bourse has fallen 1.2 per cent, with every sector in the red except utilities after the Reserve Bank hiked interest rates once again.

Isabel Vieira and Jack McGinn discuss the growing movement to create greater corporate awareness around menopause in the workplace.

Singapore Airlines has begun work on a new SilverKris Lounge at Perth Airport which will be a significant improvement on the current lounge.

Residential builder Pride Homes & Developments has entered liquidation after joining the list of collapsed construction companies hit by cost and labour pressures.

The 40-hectare property, purchased for $2.8 million, has the potential to be a large-scale industrial site.

Emerging as officially elected party leader alongside deputy Rita Saffioti, incoming premier Roger Cook has also confirmed Balcatta MP David Michael as a new cabinet minister.

The federal budget delivered some good news for veterans and WA industry.

Oil and gas explorer Invictus Energy is set to raise $12.75 million to fund drilling activities at its project in Zimbabwe.

The Federal Court has unveiled its judgment against Michael Dunjey that found his company Ascent having liabilities of $117 million and likely to have operated a Ponzi scheme.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted the nation’s official cash rate to 4.1 per cent – a 25 basis point jump which takes it above four per cent for the first time since April 2012.

Menopause advocacy organisations want to destigmatise women's health issues in the workplace.

Mining services group Perenti has marginally increased its 2023 financial year revenue expectations and has shaved $40 million off its capital expenditure targets.

Big data and AI present an opportunity to crack the ESG code.

Austal says it is regularly involved in discussions with potential suitors in response to reports several US investment funds had approached the Henderson-based shipbuilder.

Consumer confidence has not budged from its weak position, although mortgage holders have regained some optimism ahead of the next cash rate decision.

PwC can regain the public's trust: ASIC

A worker has been killed in an incident at Woodside Energy's North Rankin offshore platform off the Burrup peninsula.

The cost of fixing up the failed Ellendale diamond mine in the Kimberley has risen to $70 million after the state government awarded a major contract for rehabilitation earthworks.

Senior journalists Claire Tyrrell and Jack McGinn speak on the latest property figures from CoreLogic.

The local share market finished the day 0.5 per cent higher, although it closed the week down 0.1 per cent.

St Barbara's board has told shareholders there is no material improvement in Silver Lake Resources' latest proposal to buy Gwalia and can't see a realistic pathway that it could become superior.

Rio Tinto will spend $US395 million ($A597 million) building a desalination plant in a two-year construction effort to increase water supply for its Pilbara operations.

Mark McGowan's third budget as treasurer reinforced the state's standing as the country's strongest economy.

In this podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the new premier, builder collapses, urban infill, PwC, BHP, Perth Airport and Ben Roberts-Smith.

A 17-storey apartment tower valued at $60 million is the latest development in a list of projects approved for the Scarborough Redevelopment Area.

Work has been called off at the PACT site, following the death of a man in his 60s.

With powerful performances and impeccable staging, Kate Champion's direction of Andrew Bovell's Things I Know To Be True impresses David Zampatti, even if he has some doubts about the play.

Andrew Forrest's iron ore business has recruited US-based energy executive Christine Morris as its new chief financial officer.

Millions of low paid workers will enjoy a 5.75 per cent pay boost that will still fall shy of the rising cost of living.

A Senate budget estimates hearing in Canberra has been told $25 million in contracts with PwC are being examined for any conflicts of interest and risks.

Analysis of last year's federal poll shows parties and their campaigners have a significant challenge ahead to establish broad appeal.

Cash flowing into the exploration sector fell sharply while initial public activity stagnated during the March quarter, new research from BDO has shown.