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Korea Inc in $1b local gas boost

Perth’s occupancy levels are at their highest percentage since November 2021, Property Council data shows.

Two former Solomon Mine workers are suing mining contractor Thiess, alleging the company failed to pay out their redundancies.

Premier Mark McGowan's strategic director has quit after spending more than a decade as a Labor Party and government operative.

This week, Attorney General John Quigley was questioned for the first time since a Federal Court judge called him "confused and confusing". Political editor Gary Adshead assesses the impact.

St Barbara shares have fallen more than 11 per cent in response to the gold producer’s latest guidance update which foreshadowed improved output but higher costs.

Departing Fortescue Metals Group chief executive Elizabeth Gaines has a new role on the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute’s board.

China's ambassador to Australia has delivered a stinging rebuke of media coverage about his country while addressing the National Press Club in Canberra.

The federal government’s $200 million Bullsbrook quarantine hub could be used to house overseas workers migrating to WA under a plan being mulled by the state government.

The ASX finished the day down 0.5 per cent ahead of another US inflation readout that'll be key to determining how quickly interest rates rise in America.

A new platform to link people with disability to mainstream employment opportunities launched today as a solution to the state’s skills shortages.

Red tape stopping technology transfer in defence industries is keeping planes grounded and delaying helicopter maintenance, Boeing Australia chairman Brendan Nelson says.

Real estate fund manager Centuria Capital Group has posted a $292.6 per cent rise in revenue and 63 per cent profit uplift on the back of strong acquisition activity during the 2021-22 financial year.

The first EV charger along the state's proposed electric highway is due to be installed in the coming months courtesy of a major Victoria-based outfit.

A former Western Australian Liberal MP has been charged with attempting to hinder an investigation by the Corruption and Crime Commission.

Shares in new potash producer Kalium Lakes are in a trading halt ahead of new proposed funding measures for its flagship, which ran into ramp-up issues and delays earlier this year.

Good Drinks Australia says its 22 per cent fall in earnings was a “good result” given industry-wide disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The state’s administrative tribunal has overruled the City of Nedlands to approve a multi-million dollar residential development that stalled after the council failed to make a decision.

EG Funds Management has lodged an application for a $135 million apartment complex, combining build-to-sell and build-to-rent dwellings.

The premier clearly has more confidence in his AG than the judge in the recent defamation case.

Australia's biggest lender has lifted its annual profit by 11 per cent and declared a final dividend of $2.10 a share.

Industry bodies apologise after vile harassment

New residential land sales have dropped 17 per cent in the last quarter and 4.6 per cent this financial year, Urban Development Institute of Australia figures reveal.

Jesinta Burton and Matt Mckenzie discuss the environmental battle over the Bunbury Outer Ring Road and the project's costs.

OP Properties’ Montreal Commons has been recognised as one of Australia’s first carbon neutral apartment buildings.

ANALYSIS: Another day, another front-page headline about sexual harassment in mining. It’s clearly a major issue but where is the balance? What about industries with a bigger problem?

The Supreme Court of Western Australia has overturned a winding up order of health care architecture firm HHA Architects, which was put in liquidation more than a year ago.

Property developer Norm Carey has lost a last-ditch attempt to contest outstanding land taxes totalling $700,000 after the appeal was thrown out by the Supreme Court.

The local share market has closed modestly higher despite weakness in the financial sector and losses by the big three iron ore giants.

The slain former PM’s impact and legacy have been felt well beyond Japan’s borders.

COVID procedures at hospitals will be scaled back next week as Western Australia continues to record a decline in daily cases.

Labor has decided not to contest the by-election for the seat of North West Central and Attorney General John Quigley has defended himself in parliament after a scathing judgment in the Federal Court.