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For most Western Australians, learning to live with COVID-19 will mean looking to the eastern states, if not the rest of the world, for direction.

Dozens of new public schools will be built across Perth in the coming years, with the state government having approved millions of dollars’ worth of developments and refurbishments.

Defence Minister Peter Dutton says there are "many worrying signs" from Russia on the Ukrainian border as Europe looks to Australia as a potential gas supplier with Kremlin tensions increasing.

Forrest fuels another nickel bidding war

Wyloo has stepped up its stake in WA nickel play Western Areas to just over 9 per cent, despite the target agreeing to a $1.1 billion takeover with IGO six weeks ago.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalist Simone Grogan highlights how a Williams-based business is making the case for clean produce here in WA.

Big falls from WA companies have driven shares to plummet to their second-steepest fall of the year, while a higher than expected inflation reading added to fears of higher rates.

It's hoped construction of a $3 billion, globally significant space research project in the Murchison region will start mid-year, as negotiations with Traditional Custodians for a land use agreement continue.

The construction of a $7 million development on Cottesloe’s coastal strip could begin in a matter of months, after being given the green light.

Fortescue chief executive Elizabeth Gaines said the company was continuing to assess the impact of uncertainty clouding WA’s border reopening, on the back of a solid quarterly production update.

Thor Mining has reported drilling delays from its Ragged Range project in the Eastern Pilbara, with only 50 per cent of the program completed so far.

Logistics company ASCO Australia has secured two contracts associated with the $768 million expansion of the Waitsia gas field in the Perth Basin.

Iluka Resources has reported a big cost increase at its phase 2 rare earths project at Eneabba as it finalises a feasibility study on a much larger rare earths refinery.

After two years of negotiations, Rio Tinto and the Mongolian government have concluded a $3.3 billion debt waiver deal to allow the miner to establish one of the world’s largest copper mines.

Let’s use this moment to solve new and old issues.

Shares in West Perth-based Poseidon Nickel were down as much as 10 per cent amid notice that Andrew Forrest’s Tattarang had ceased to be substantial shareholder.

The Aboriginal flag is now owned by the federal government and freed for public use after a $20 million copyright transfer deal was finalised.

The corporate watchdog has barred Ananda Kathiravelu from providing financial services over a market manipulation scheme that almost landed him behind bars.

Perth has posted its highest inflation rate in 20 years, at 5.7 per cent in 2021, as national prices lifted 3.5 per cent.

A further 14 new local COVID cases have been recorded in Western Australia overnight, including two cases of unknown origin.

Rising energy prices are making it hard for some countries to kick the coal habit, and climate policy may suffer as a result.

Freight costs keep import prices up

South32's quarterly results give some guidance of how an Omicron outbreak in WA might impact the resources sector, with marginally lower output at two east coast units.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior journalist Matt Mckenzie outlines some of the biggest challenges facing some of WA's biggest projects in the year ahead.

MCS Services has acquired Carlisle-based Highways Traffic for an initial estimated $2 million in a move to diversify from its WA security offerings.

West Perth-based developer G Living has lodged plans to build a $9.5 million mixed-use development in Nedlands, but the project may have hit a hurdle.

Investors have taken money out of the ASX to start a week in which Australian inflation data and US Federal Reserve decisions could change market dynamics.

Buru Energy shares fell 10 per cent today after it revealed the state’s border closures had slowed exploration work, compounded by drilling problems.

Regis Resources shares fell sharply after a geotechnical incident forced the producer to cut full year guidance.

The state government has selected Indigenous business CareyMC to complete upgrades at Two Rocks Marina, while BMD Constructions has been appointed to a project in the Wheatbelt.

Police Commissioner Chris Dawson’s deputy Gary Dreibergs will succeed him as the state’s vaccine commander, as the vaccine rollout reaches school-aged children.

Subiaco-based gold and copper explorer Carnaby Resources is planning to spend $20 million in new capital on a substantial drilling program at Greater Duchess projects over east.