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Western Australia's legal bill in fighting mining magnate Clive Palmer's defamation lawsuit against Premier Mark McGowan has been calculated to be more than $2 million.

The local share market has advanced for a second day, rising 0.5 per cent with nearly every sector in the green.

Perth-headquartered mining companies Perenti and NRW Holdings have locked in contracts valued at more than $500 million.

International mining technology provider Datamine has snapped up Perth-based mining compliance company LandTrack Systems.

CPS Capital managing director Jason Peterson is seeking damages from Fairfax Media over an article published by the national news group that he claims is defamatory.

A report into 123 state government entities' financial audits has raised concerns about serious deficiencies and greater exposure to fraud, the Auditor General says.

Frankfurt-headquartered Air Liquide Engineering and Construction has won a major contract from Woodside Energy to design and manufacture liquification equipment at its proposed project in Oklahoma.

Rare earths developer Northern Minerals has appointed two Perth contractors for its proposed beneficiation plant at Browns Range in Carnarvon.

A former ASX-listed mining company director has pleaded guilty over alleged misuse of bridging finance by authorising a transfer of $915,000 when the business was in financial difficulty.

The Reserve Bank needs to take on board the lessons learnt from its poorly communicated forward guidance, a parliamentary committee has found.

Minderoo Foundation has set new donation target of $1 million to support the build of WA's first children's hospice.

An unintended consequence of the scheme is that it makes a raft of public expenditure more visible.

IGO's flagship is back up and running after a fire forced the miner to shut down operations at the site for several weeks, but the downtime is expected to put a dent in December production.

The majority of West Australian police members polled by the union voted to reject the government's latest pay offer.

Limitless: ResApp co-founder Brian Leedman talks about the challenges of commercialising tech in Perth after the company was acquired by Pfizer for $179 million.

Immediate investments in skills training and increasing opportunities for students from low socio-economic backgrounds loom as key targets of the government's universities accord.

WA to miss worst of 2023 slide

The latest headlines from Business News featuring the state government's wages offer, Hancock Energy and new board appointments.

The ASX has recovered most of Tuesday's sharp losses suffered after the Bank of Japan's surprise move on bond yields, closing up 1.29 per cent.

Hancock Energy has revealed a cohort of Warrego shareholders pledging to support Gina Rinehart's $342 million cash offer for the business, hitting back at a scrip bid from Strike Energy.

Singapore-based investor Eagle Eye Asset Holdings is set to become Canyon Resources' largest shareholder under a $12.1 million strategic placement to help develop the Minim-Martap project in Africa.

CIMIC Group subsidiary CPB Contractors has been awarded a Rio Tinto contract valued at $250 million.

Former federal minister Ben Morton, former South Australian premier Jay Weatherill and Noongar elder Richard Walley will join state government boards in the new year.

WA won't escape higher energy costs as the political plays grind on.

Business News values the assets of WA's richest people, and explores how they've used that wealth in 2022.

Three industrial sites in Western Australia have been snapped up this month, with the deals amounting to $40 million.

Mining and exploration company Solstice has appointed Nick Castleden as chief executive and managing director.

The state government has tabled what it says will be a final pay bump of between 3 per cent and 4.5 per cent to WA nurses and called on the union to come back to the negotiating table on working conditions.

Matrix Composites and Engineering is set to produce and deliver a buoyancy system valued at approximately $44 million for a major deep-water project in Brazil.

WA's largest charity has fallen away from its number one position for the first time since 2014, suffering a financial loss of $10.8 million.

Nearly 700 people attended WA's long-running Women in Technology conference.

TPG and Telstra will appeal after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission declined to approve their proposed $1.8 billion network-sharing deal.