High iron ore prices meant the average Western Australian’s purchasing power skyrocketed by 17 per cent in the year to June, although the state is more reliant on mining than ever.
On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie assess whether reopening WA's border will resolve widespread labour and skills shortages.
The Department of Planning is understood to have given the nod of approval to Funk Cider’s planned 5 million litre production facility expansion in the Swan Valley.
The City of Swan’s tender review committee is standing by its decision to list Perkins as the preferred tenderer for Ellenbrook’s $58 million Leisure Centre, despite a call for it to be revoked.
Another round of industrial action is set to hit the delivery sector as the Transport Workers Union plans rolling strikes in Western Australia and NSW starting Monday.
After years of planning and three design iterations, Gary Dempsey's $22.8 million Cottesloe apartment proposal may have been derailed following the owners' sale of the block to developer Barry Baltinas.
Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Roy Hill profits, Woodside's Pluto 2, Rob Scott, JobKeeper, Burswood apartments, Swanbourne Cellars and Albany Hilton.
Vimy Resources has knocked back a $687 million merger proposal from fellow uranium aspirant Deep Yellow, choosing instead to start a strategic review and open the bidding to other potential buyers.
Iron ore miner Roy Hill Holdings doubled its profit last year to $4.4 billion, triggering a big dividend payout to shareholders led by Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting.
Melbourne-based company director Peter Lowe has replaced John Langoulant as chair of two major gas companies, adding to his many other roles including chair of DGL Group.
Technology and design consultant Mantel Group has expanded from the east coast into Perth, as it plans to take on 200 more staff nationally in the next 12 months.
Economic activity in WA could be $35 billion higher in 2027, with 9,700 more jobs, if a series of oil and gas projects enter construction, EY has projected.
Osborne Park-based Decmil Group is chasing Avid Australia for more than $1.3 million it claims it’s owed for works at Rio Tinto’s Mesa mines, just one week after Avid's subsidiary went bust.
Big Start Capital, headed by the son of Attorney General John Quigley, is suing the state government for damages for allegedly breaching a personal protective equipment supply deal.
Woodside Petroleum lured a self-confessed ‘tech geek’ from NASA to head its hydrogen plans, including a $1 billion-plus proposal for a Perth export hub.
Almost all funding allocated to tax relief for commercial landlords as part of recent COVID-19 relief measures was either spent as industry support or returned to consolidated revenue, state parliament has heard.
BCI Minerals is set to receive a $175 million cash injection from AustralianSuper and $110 million from major stakeholder Kerry Stokes to get its $1.2 billion potash project up and running.
Episode 3 of the Business News Future Perth podcast is now available, focusing on the struggle to bring more women into leadership roles in business and government.
