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Western Australian universities have slipped or remain stagnant in their positions on the Times Higher Education's World Universities Rankings 2025.

Rio Tinto is boasting the world’s largest lithium resource base and major growth options after striking a counter-cyclical $US6.7 billion ($A9.9 billion) deal to buy Arcadium Lithium.

A wage increase for workers in the early education sector has been flagged, but not all educators are confident of the government promise.

OPINION: Rather than encouraging access to Australia’s study-abroad program, proposed changes may alienate some potential applicants.

Uranium producer Paladin Energy is potentially one step closer towards its desired acquisition of Fission Uranium Corporation, after the takeover target obtained court approval overnight.

Improved technology and accessibility were highlighted as key tourism trends at the first session of the world’s biggest tourism summit, which kicked off in Perth today.

Oil and gas major Woodside Energy has completed its $1.3 billion acquisition of the Driftwood LNG development on the US Gulf Coast.

Hesperia will add warehouses, estimated to cost $24 million, to its Hazelmere industrial precinct after receiving approval from an assessment panel.

Copper play Metals Acquisition Limited has launched a $140 million placement which it says could aid inorganic growth opportunities.

West Australian Ballet has postponed the search for a permanent artistic director while it completes a strategic review, with David McAllister to fill in for another year.

Warship-scale deals could prove the catalyst to unlocking much-needed infrastructure on the Henderson waterfront.

Senator Fatima Payman has launched her new political party, Australia’s Voice, and says Anthony Albanese’s seat of Grayndler is “on the table”.

Premier Roger Cook says the WA government will continue to work with the National Rugby League's expansion plans, amid speculation the Western Bears bid has been rejected.

Wall Street's benchmarks finished up on Tuesday, recouping some of the previous session's losses, as investors bought back in to technology stocks and investors shifted their focus to upcoming inflation data and the start of third-quarter earnings season.

RBA, Carr warns on student cap

Two major Perth tech businesses are set to join forces to form one of Australia’s largest providers of mission-critical software for high-risk industries.

ASX and LSE-listed GreenX Metals shares have soared off the back of the company winning $490 million in compensation and interest from the Republic of Poland.

Reward Minerals' Indigenous land use agreement has been terminated over a “serious breach” after it gave up tenements that were picked up just half an hour later, the land council says.

Liv Declerck and Isabel Vieira discuss the evolution of WA’s screen industry.

It might be the off-season, but for Perth Football League chief executive officer Andrew Dawe and his team, the real work begins now.

The ASX200 dropped 0.4 per cent, with iron ore giants losing ground after Beijing finally detailed plans to revive China's ailing economy.

International supermarket chain Aldi has renewed its interest in Captain Stirling Shopping Centre in Nedlands, submitting a fresh $12 million application for the site.

Progression of the $168.9 million WACA ground improvement project is ramping up, ahead of its tipped practical completion in September next year.

Stockland has cleared a planning hurdle to build its Beaconsfield residential project by early next year, after an assessment panel greenlit the $30 million proposal.

OPINION: Worldwide disarmament is a noble aspiration, but unlikely given the lack of trust between nations competing for influence.

The state government has injected $134 million to attract new businesses to Collie as part of the Collie Industrial Transition Fund.

Annual production at Hancock Prospecting’s proposed Mulga Downs iron ore mine in the Pilbara has been cut from 20 million tonnes to 12mt after the miner slashed the project footprint.

Premier Roger Cook was in Collie this morning to unveil the 80 units for one of WA’s largest battery systems.

The chief operating officer at newly producing lithium play Liontown Resources says the company will look to Pilbara Minerals for inspiration as it navigates commodity price turmoil.

Murdoch-based Orthocell has received regulatory approval to commence sales of Remplir in Singapore, as the listed biotech company posts a second consecutive quarter of record revenue.

UPDATE: WA ombudsman Chris Field has resigned after 17 years of service, amid the state's corruption watchdog handing down its findings of serious misconduct.

Shares In West African Resources began to recover early on Tuesday morning, following a clarification regarding foreign mining companies potentially having their mining permits withdrawn in Burkina Faso.