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A disability workforce retention fund and a campaign to attract workers are among the seven initiatives awarded funding to grow the sector’s labour force.

Corporate regulator ASIC is alleging a former auditor made a false and misleading statement about collapsed former ASX-listed business Big Un.

IGO has won back endorsement from the Western Areas board for a proposed takeover after bumping up its offer price from $3.36 to $3.87 per share.

Western Australia has recorded just under 5,000 new COVID cases overnight, the lowest number of daily infections in almost one month.

OPINION: This is just the start of our comeback and the decisions we make now will determine its strength and durability, City of Perth councillor Brent Fleeton says.

This week's jobs data will give Scott Morrison's election campaign a shot in the arm, with the nation's unemployment rate expected to fall below four per cent.

From keeping people out of WA as health minister to luring them in under the tourism portfolio, Roger Cook has had a busy couple of years.

Perth Airport vies for direct flights to India

The City of Stirling and the state government are still at odds on ways to combat traffic in Scarborough, with the council recently reaffirming its preference for a tunnel.

The state’s peak music body says financial strain caused by the COVID-19 pandemic meant it had to make about half its staff redundant.

The Singaporean funding partner was seeking $1 million from the developers behind South Perth’s One Richardson project.

Investors on the ASX bounced back to post gains at the end of a week highlighted by central bank warnings of rate increases.

Randal Humich's Southern Cross Properties WA has submitted a plan for a 22-storey office tower as part of a major facelift of a retail and hospitality strip on Barrack Street.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie review growing debate about mask mandates and offer their thoughts on the future of Perth's CBD.

Synergy is taking the owners of NewGen Kwinana power station to court in a bid to claw back $16.9 million it claims it paid them “by mistake”.

An electric vehicle for underground mines and a geothermal development in the Mid West are among more than a dozen projects to have secured grants worth nearly $14 million.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Iluka's refinery deal, BGC for sale, Clough sues Rio Tinto, Roger Cook, mining taxes, Sheffield sold, the business of sport and agribusiness.

The war in Ukraine is likely to lift emissions in the short term, but may accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels.

Perth's lord mayor has called for WA's mask mandate to be rolled back by the end of the month, while declining to get behind removing the state's vaccination requirements.

Liquidators have been appointed to New Sensation Homes, with labour shortages and supply chain pressure blamed.

More than 1,000 COVID cases from last month were only reported to WA Health yesterday as the state records a drop in daily case numbers overnight.

Updated: The court appearance of health sector supremo Kempton Cowan on child pornography charges is sending shockwaves through all sides of politics and across WA's business community.

Decmil Group shares fell after flagging likely lower revenues, a loss and the resignation of its chief executive, Dickie Dique.

Scott Morrison says rising inflation levels are not just limited to Australia, amid a predicted rise in interest rates in coming months.

WA's attorney general has blamed a "memory failure" and having to operate under "a lot of pressure" for giving incorrect evidence at the defamation trial between billionaire Clive Palmer and Premier Mark McGowan.

The former chief executive of Joondalup Health Campus, Kempton Cowan, has been charged with possessing child abuse material and transmitting child pornography.

Shares in International Graphite surge on stock exchange debut

On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalist Jordan Murray gives an overview of Business News' latest update of its lobbyists' database.

Hancock Prospecting’s plan to earn-in to a slice of a Yilgarn magnetite project is proceeding, with the deal finalised just days after a new trade agreement with India.

BCI Minerals is anticipating cost hikes at the Mardie salt and potash project, citing inflationary pressures on fuel, labour and transport.

A committee of state parliament will investigate claims against a controversial treatment centre for women and teenagers.

Asbestos contamination at the site of rail works was downplayed by Rio Tinto subsidiary Hamersley Iron, two rail contractors have alleged in a lawsuit.