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The state government's $13.5 million proposal for a new COVID-19 patient facility in Perth's south has been approved in a swift decision by its own development panel.

WA's daily COVID cases have jumped again, with 6,349 new infections and three historical deaths recorded overnight, including a man in his 30s.

With high demand, insufficient supply and a logging ban, WA's forestry industry could be facing the perfect storm.

Gillon McLachlan is set to announce that he will step aside as AFL chief executive at the end of the 2022 season.

Consumer confidence rose for a second week in a row as petrol prices continued to retreat from the $2 a litre mark.

Shell restarts Prelude as Japan seeks back-up LNG

Alcoa has announced an $8.6 million grant from the federal government's renewable energy agency just days after locking in a grant from the WA government.

Scott Morrison wanted a six-week election campaign believing it could expose any of Anthony Albanese's shortfalls. One day was enough.

Pilbara Minerals and joint venture partner POSCO have met key conditions needed to build a lithium processing plant in South Korea.

As one of only a handful of aviation lawyers in town, Rebecca Johnston's latest gig has been helping ‘dream client' and VGW founder Laurence Escalante secure a Bombardier 7500.

Brewers and consultants Limestone Coast Brewing are raising $10 million to grow their Perth operations and expand to Melbourne.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, political editor Gary Adshead gives some insight into why the state's deputy premier has gone from policing COVID-19 to rebuilding WA's tourism industry.

Investors baulked at moving the Australian share market as an election campaign, hefty dividend payouts and surging bond yields gave them plenty to reconsider.

Pfizer has made a $100 million bid for WA-founded med-tech company ResApp Health, as it announces a six-month research partnership for COVID-19 products.

FQM has returned to environmental regulators to ensure it has sufficient approvals to continue mining at Ravensthorpe until 2041, as it shifts its focus to the Shoemaker-Levy orebody.

Pressure mounts on attorney general over Palmer evidence.

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.