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BHP has pushed the button on a $50 million project to automate iron ore shiploading at its export operations at Port Hedland, lauding the move as a world-first.

Property Council data shows a 13 per cent uptick in CBD office occupancy in May.

Senior editor Mark Beyer digs into the latest data underpinning Business News' list of Indigenous businesses.

Major lithium producer Pilbara Minerals has selected its 40-year old chief operating officer Dale Henderson to be the next leader of the company.

The City of Perth has knocked back Ruah Community Services' bid to relocate its Northbridge community centre, only leaving several months to find an alternative.

The Australian share market has ended modestly higher despite huge drops for lithium miners and electricity supplier Origin Energy.

Ralph Addis has been appointed chief executive officer of Lotterywest and Healthway for an 18-month period, after assuming the position earlier this year while a permanent leader was sought.

Victoria Park mayor Karen Vernon has acknowledged community frustration around the $4 billion project.

Mineral Resources has rubbished a lawsuit against the miner, boss Chris Ellison and its high-profile lawyers by a former employee who was sacked earlier this year.

A correction in the lithium market turned into a rout today, with Pilbara Minerals and Liontown Resources leading the fall after two bearish research reports.

A hopeful developer who threw their hat in the ring to buy the South Fremantle Power Station site has said they believe the sale process was “a complete stitch up”.

Decmil has further reduced its expected revenue but is set to bounce back in the new financial year, ending a difficult few months by announcing $137 million in new contracts.

The City of Perth has extended the deadline over a $25 million contribution towards the WACA pool but costs could pile up due to legal issues with its funding agreement.

The state government is planning to expand Casuarina prison with a new health precinct with accommodation for specialised care.

Fresh from completing Woodside Energy’s merger with BHP’s petroleum business, Meg O’Neill says the world is facing its biggest energy crisis in 50 years.

A $9.5 million seven-storey apartment building in Nedlands has been approved to be built near a major health precinct.

Perth house prices have increased last month despite CoreLogic data recording the first national decline in 20 months.

Premier lifts a range of mandatory vaccination rules as the state's third jab rate passes 81 per cent.

An in-depth study profiling indigenous employment practices in Australia has thrown down a challenge.

Indigenous businesses in WA generated more than $1 billion in revenue last year and the total is set to rise.

Household spending helped to prop up economic growth in the early months of this year, although there was a marked slowdown compared with the strong finish of 2021.

Albany is mourning the loss of local identity and businessman Paul Lionetti, who owned up to a third of the commercial floor space in town.

AVZ Minerals has extended the suspension of its shares after pushing out the target completion date for a company-defining deal for its lithium project in Africa.

Co-chief executives will lead Uniting WA, with diversification of the organisation’s income a key priority.

WA’s north-west remains a point of potential strategic vulnerability that must be addressed.

50-50 is aim as 13-woman ministry unveiled

The new leaseholders of Rottnest Lodge have detailed their final redevelopment plan, with an increase in the number of rooms but construction costs held to around $40 million.

Perth Festival’s box office sales increased slightly from the 2021 iteration, but total attendance was heavily disrupted by cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The building that houses Perth’s C Restaurant is on the market for the first time in 33 years.

Wet weather and difficulty accessing workers curbed exploration spending in Western Australia by 13 per cent in early 2022, albeit from record investment in prior quarters.

Anthony Albanese has announced his 23-person cabinet with some major responsibilities for Western Australians in the outer ministry.

Perth Airport-based Metalicity has stepped up its pursuit of Tom Percy-led Nex Metals over outstanding payments it claims it’s owed as part of a takeover bid.