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Kwik Transport & Crane Hire has gone into administration after losing two big contracts but related company Kwik Haul continues to trade.

The Australian share market has snapped a four day losing streak after easing investor concerns about China's debt-laden property sector prompted a jump in local mining stocks.

Junior explorer Greenland Minerals says it may be able to salvage a planned rare earth minerals project despite the Greenland parliament voting to stop it.

Housing Minister John Carey and Lands Minister Tony Buti have described social housing as one of the greatest challenges the government is facing over the next 12 months.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the Westfield Booragoon expansion, local deals, local busts, Tim Goyder, Megan Wynne, Perth Festival, accountants and hydrogen.

The property fund manager has divested most of its multi-billion-dollar portfolio and plans to rebuild.

ASX-listed companies have detailed roughly $2 billion in JobKeeper payments spanning the last two financial years, with only a handful making voluntary repayments.

Scentre Group has offered a first look at its $500 million expansion plan for Westfield Booragoon, with retail tenancies, outdoor dining and an entertainment precinct.

The ASX-listed company behind Dan Murphy’s and BWS is in the process of purchasing family-owned liquor store Swanbourne Cellars.

The Art Gallery of Western Australia has reopened with a bang.

Shares in mega stock market float APM Human Services International made a soft start today, falling slightly but still leaving the company worth more than $3 billion.

The former chief of financial advisory firm PMM Group is facing another lawsuit from an investor, taking the total of the claims against him to more than $2 million.

The harvest of this year's record crop has been “stop-start” due to continued rain and cool conditions, leaving most of the grain still in the paddock.

Engineering and construction company Duratec has secured work on Sydney’s new $5.3 billion international airport through a subcontract with Multiplex Constructions.

Limitless WA: Autonomous trains and trucks in the resources industry have brought benefits to Western Australia beyond productivity.

Scott Morrison has warned of potential economic uncertainty for global markets in coming months in the wake of COVID-19.

Businesswoman’s company float biggest in 18 years

BHP has defended its climate strategy despite involvement in Woodside’s contended Scarborough LNG project, which has been subject to increasing environmental campaigns.

Chevron will spend $40 million in WA, and acquire carbon 5.2 million tonnes of offsets, to compensate for delays in the scale up of its Gorgon carbon sequestration plant.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior journalist Matt Mckenzie details the story behind a $4 billion redevelopment of land near the racecourse at Belmont Park.

Fortescue Metals shares had their biggest gain of the year but the Australian market slumped on concerns of how US authorities will respond to the biggest rise in inflation in 31 years.

AvidSys Group's engineering subsidiary, which comprises three businesses formerly part of RCR Tomlinson, has laid off more than 100 employees after falling into administration.

Limitless WA: Academia is driving WA’s cyber security edge with both governments and businesses coming up trumps.

Orica has made a $20 million-plus investment in mining technology by purchasing WA companies RIG Technologies, from Wallis Drilling, and Hopper Industrial Group.

The state government has imposed stricter conditions on BCI Minerals’ $1.2 billion Mardie project amid concerns about its environmental impact.

New WA gold, nickel and lithium play 8AU is looking to raise between $8 million and $12 million before landing on ASX boards in early December.

Shares in Australian Vanadium have jumped 17 per cent on the news its battery storage technology will be trialled by IGO.

Perth Angels group, celebrating its 10th year, finds success in starting small and working together.

The racing industry hoped a land deal at Belmont Park would create a $4 billion precinct, but 10 years later it sits empty.

The former chief of the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council is pursuing the native title body and its chair for damages over allegedly defamatory comments he claims it published last year.

Limitless WA: Physics researchers in Western Australia have made a global impact and have successfully commercialised their work.

WA’s jobless rate has fallen to a nine-year low but declining employment indicates workers are withdrawing from the labour force while outstanding vacancies remain unfilled.