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A construction material shortfall is reaching crisis point, with a pine shortage threatening to delay projects and prompting calls for restrictions on local mill output to be lifted.

The spinout company of GWR Group focused on exploring for gold in Western Australia has listed on the ASX after raising $7 million.

Australian Development Capital (ADC_) has unveiled a scaled down version of its $48 million plan to redevelop the Mosman Heights neighbourhood centre.

A lack of local content on major projects will hurt WA in the long run.

BARD1 Life Sciences has secured funds from a share placement to develop tests focused on the early detection of ovarian and breast cancer.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss South-West developments, the Infrastructure Strategy, Rita Saffioti, Crown Casino, the gold sector and WA's fund managers.

Jenny Seabrook, one of the state’s most senior and experienced non-executive directors, has been appointed to the board of health insurer HBF.

Shares in Silver Lake Resources have dropped 10 per cent today after the goldminer revealed the impact of labour shortages on its Mount Monger mine in WA.

Popular activewear brand Lorna Jane has been fined $5 million in the Federal Court for claiming its clothes prevent the transmission of COVID-19.

Osborne Park-based Decmil Group has narrowed its earnings forecast for the full financial year while flagging a $9.7 million write-down of a contract.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has popped the trans-Tasman travel bubble with Australia and urged Kiwis to come home.

Australian children as young as 12 could start to receive coronavirus vaccines this year after Pfizer was given the initial nod for those under 16.

A merger proposal for Crown Resorts has been withdrawn after a royal commission raised the prospect the gaming group could lose the licence for its Melbourne casino.

Huge spike in Sydney investor interest in WA

Stockbroking and corporate finance firm Argonaut is expanding its operations after striking a deal to merge with Liam Twigger’s specialist advisory business PCF Capital Group.

Scott Morrison has apologised for the vaccine rollout not meeting its targets but insists some of the issues were out of his control.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalist Jesinta Burton discusses current legal action against GHD by the head contractors of the Forrestfield-Airport Link.

Western Australia's nurses union is worried continued COVID-19 domestic border closures will impede efforts to find more badly needed hospital staff.

Northern Star Resources has sold a large portion of its Kalgoorlie operations to Evolution Mining on the same day it appointed Stuart Tonkin as the goldminer’s new managing director.

WA’s role in the electric vehicle supply chain has received a big boost, with BHP Nickel West announcing a deal with carmaker Tesla.

Investors have pushed shares to a record closing level on the ASX, helped by elevated commodity prices.

Dexus has spent $339 million on a 49 per cent equity stake in Capital Square Tower 1, home to Woodside’s headquarters in Perth’s CBD.

The place of human beings in the ecosystem hierarchy is questioned in two clever exhibitions at Goolugatup/Heathcote Gallery, and Craig McKeough is intrigued.

The state’s peak planning body has given property developers Yolk Property Group the green light to build a $24 million hotel on Fremantle’s renowned cappuccino strip.

A seven-year-old girl from Queensland and a Hollywood filmmaker have been enlisted to promote a new, global endeavor from Minderoo Foundation’s Thrive by Five initiative.

The funds may not be overflowing for the tech sector, but it’s not all doom and gloom.

AGL Energy will give investors a say on reducing carbon emissions but some argue the energy provider needs to do more.

Eight businesses including Lynas Rare Earths, Albemarle Corporation and Australian Vanadium have secured nearly $50 million in federal government manufacturing grants.

Perth’s hospitality scene is embracing plant-based eating.

Strong mining activity has highlighted the critical housing shortages in resources-rich areas.

Western Australia will close its border to South Australia and expand its coronavirus vaccination rollout which is the worst-performing in the nation.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg concedes the economy faces a downturn in the September quarter, but is confident it won't extend into the December quarter.