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Mining giant Rio Tinto has been hit with an $80,000 fine today after three of the company’s Pilbara-based workers were exposed to extreme heat without adequate training.

The key export industry claims it has made gains in animal welfare practices and wants some of the restrictions eased or lifted.

A creation story and a powerful First Nations cast provide the perfect vehicle to bring the Noongar tongue to a new audience, as Rosalind Appleby and junior reviewers Emma and Liliane Wadley discover.

Heather Zampatti, Jennifer Morris and Amber Banfield are set to take up new board positions with three ASX-listed mining companies respectively.

Master Builders WA is standing firm on its support for voluntary vaccines and has criticised the state government’s proposed fines for unvaccinated workers as excessive.

Woodside Petroleum hopes to build a $1 billion-plus hydrogen plant near Rockingham, with construction targeted to start in 2024.

Mineral Resources and NYSE-listed Albemarle Corporation plan to restart production at their dormant Wodgina lithium mine in a show of confidence for the commodity’s long term outlook.

Westgold Resources has improved its all-scrip offer for fellow Western Australian goldminer Gascoyne Resources, following a rejected application to the Takeovers Panel.

The federal government is playing up its partnership with Telstra to buy a South Pacific mobile and broadband company as a sign of its commitment to the region.

The point about energy, old or new, is that the state has it, and the world wants it.

More Woodside job cuts in BHP deal

Engineering and construction contractor Clough has expanded its North American presence by acquiring privately owned company J.J. White Incorporated.

The Takeovers Panel has rejected an application submitted by Westgold Resources in relation to its hostile takeover offer for fellow Western Australian goldminer Gascoyne Resources.

APM has finalised the terms of its stockmarket float, with the Perth company planning to raise $972 million, confirming it as WA’s largest-ever IPO.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie discuss the state's enlarged vaccine mandate and its potential impact.

Less reliance on cars, more green spaces and a shift away from centralised electricity could form the basis of a new policy on WA’s neighbourhoods, the WA Planning Commission says.

Australia's share market had a third consecutive week of gains as investors look to inflation data and a debate on whether a rate rise may be brought forward.

Shares in Lynas Rare Earths took a knock after it was revealed production and sales had been hindered by COVID-19 induced staff shortages.

Property investment giant Perron Group is expected to get the green light to proceed with its $1 billion plan to build a new town centre for Cockburn.

Plans to build Australia’s largest marine observatory in the South West have hit a hurdle after the project came in more than 50 per cent over budget amid rising construction costs.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss vaccine mandates, potash projects, big WA IPOs, charity fundraisers, Perron Group, Busselton Underwater Observatory and Ascot Capital.

The Australian singer-songwriter’s Byron Bay “piece of paradise” will join the likes of RM Williams and Cooee in the Forrest's lifestyle investment portfolios.

Pindan Group's Singaporean owners have proposed a DoCA with $7.5 million for employees and creditors in the coming weeks.

Perth-based online gaming company VGW Holdings raked in $2.2 billion in revenue and $295 million profit in FY21, financial statements lodged with ASIC this week reveal.

International travel restarting in Australia's two most populous states has been dangled as an incentive for vaccination laggards to pick up the pace.

Podiatrist and business owner Rachael Ferguson has persevered through the pandemic, landing another retail deal for her new pain relief product.

Lib hopes go west as voters desert PM

Western Australia will delay relaxing its border to Queensland after a Gold Coast man who tested positive to COVID-19 was active in the community.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior journalist Claire Tyrrell reports on the constraints and opportunities facing Perth's residential building market.

Company leaders put a positive spin on tricky times but investors were not always persuaded on a busy day of annual meetings and quarterly updates.

A Perth research institute focused on battery industries has signed up a consortium of companies, government agencies and universities to build a cathode precursor production pilot plant.

Perth-based property developer Hesperia has announced multi-national hotel giant Marriott will join its new $200 million Murdoch health precinct, delivering 150 guest rooms.