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Senior editor Mark Beyer delves into how staffing changes behind the scenes have shaken up the law sector in WA.

Decmil remains locked in a bitter battle with Avid Australia over $1.3 million in bills subsidiary Avid Resources disputed before its collapse.

Fringe World Festival’s parent company, Artrage, has pointed to some signs of a recovery from the pandemic in a new report, posting a higher box office spend but overall lower attendance.

The major miners have led the ASX higher, with iron ore prices rising as China reopens.

Fire, police and health officers have been dispatched to St John HQ over the death of a Perth grandmother.

Subiaco-based SRG Global has booked a five-year contract providing civil maintenance works at Alcoa’s alumina refinery in Kwinana.

The state's auditor-general has found "significant weaknesses" in the COVID-19 contact tracing system, including allowing unnecessary and excessive access to personal information.

Australian Vanadium is powering ahead with plans to build a vanadium processing plant in the state’s Midwest, lodging the proposal with the environmental watchdog.

Building materials company Boral has shed $45 million off forecasted underlying earnings on account of heavy rainfall and ballooning fuel prices.

Urbis says WA’s population could rise faster than the government expects, as jobs figures remain at boom levels.

Hundreds of property owners in City of Vincent will be able to tap into underground power as part of a $50 million Western Power project.

Wages in WA have performed worse than any state in the year to March, and were running more than 5 per cent behind inflation.

The number of COVID cases in WA has risen by 16,253 overnight, as active infections across the state continue to edge closer to the 90,000 mark.

Business leader John Poynton has detailed the challenging year he has endured, dissecting his role at Crown and the retention of Nev Power on the Strike Energy board.

New data suggests the sharp rise in inflation and an expected rapid rise in interest rates will take the edge off Australia's economic expansion.

Perth’s top law firms open up on the extraordinary wave of partner poaching that is reshaping the sector.

Fortescue has announced a raft of changes at the top end of the business, including Andrew Forrest stepping in as interim iron ore boss.

Woodside CEO ‘feels good’ about $63b BHP deal vote

East coast group Tempe Tyres spent $10.6 million on a Bayswater industrial site.

The local share market has posted its third consecutive winning session, although the gains were modest.

OZ Minerals will have 18 months to assess Havilah Resource’s Kalkaroo project before deciding whether to acquire the South Australian copper outfit for up to $405 million.

Senior editor Mark Pownall digs into a property boom taking place in WA's South West region and explores why people are choosing to live outside of Perth after the pandemic.

Blaq Projects is set to build a five-storey apartment development at the Australian Fine China Precinct, where Edge Visionary Living’s plans fell over.

The owners of luxury retreat Amaroo have unveiled an expansion plan that would more than double capacity, following an influx of bookings during the COVID-19 pandemic.

With an election looming, Business News spoke exclusively with Labor defence industry spokesman Matt Keogh.

Superbly danced, West Australian Ballet’s ALICE (in wonderland) is a trip worth taking, advises Kim Balfour.

Equinox Resources boss Daniel Taylor has resigned a week after the iron ore junior’s non-executive chair and non-executive director announced their departure.

The premier has apologised to the family of an 80-year-old woman, who died while waiting more than two hours for an ambulance.

Alannah MacTiernan has returned from promoting WA’s green hydrogen potential in Europe more confident than ever the state can develop the industry, including manufacturing electrolysers.

Labor's Anthony Albanese finishes campaign visit to WA.

Mark McGowan has pleaded with the public to take COVID seriously as WA recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic, with 14 historic deaths and 15,674 new infections overnight.

Pilbara Minerals has been awarded a $20 million federal government grant to develop a new demonstration-scale chemicals facility within its Pilgangoora project.