Western Australian billionaires Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest have topped the list of Australia’s wealthiest 250 for 2022, with Canva founders Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht scoring a spot in the top 10.
The Birchal platform has raised $100m over four years, with Perth companies Australian Honey Ventures and Bunsters among the latest WA enterprises to garner funding via the site.
High profile businessman Nev Power has narrowly avoided jail after being hit with an eight-month suspended sentence for breaching the state’s strict COVID travel laws.
A review into a series of electricity outages which left thousands of customers without power for up to 12 hours over Christmas has found demand during heatwave conditions went beyond Western Power's capacity.
Santos and its junior exploration partner Carnarvon Energy have struck a discovery believed to host 43 million barrels of oil east of Western Australia’s Dorado field.
A proposal for a two-storey house on the former Taj on Swan site has been refused by the council, but the applicants were offered another chance if the design plans are revised.
On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalist Jordan Murray talks about how councils, industry bodies and former policymakers are responding to the state government's reform of local government.
A plan hatched by a consortium of senior managers at DRA Global to remove the engineering company’s chair and chief executive last month has been elevated to the takeovers panel.
Peter Fiore has struggled to distance himself from an alleged $1.2 million scam involving the Regal Theatre, but has continued his push for freezing orders over his assets to be lifted.
Family members of the late Judy Wheeler have donated $300,000 to the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts in her honour to fund a new 10-year commissioning program.
