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Engineering and construction firm Calibre Group is offering former employees $10,000 in company shares as an incentive to rejoin the business as labour shortages bite.

Saracen Properties’ and Security Capital Australia’s proposed five-star resort in Gnarabup has blown out to $118 million.

WA grain growers are facing an 18 per cent hike in freight costs while also dealing with machinery supply disruptions caused by industrial action at Fremantle Port.

Central banks are expected to dial back the easy money in the next few months, and overextended borrowers are in for a shock.

Claremont-based property technology company Openn Negotiation has been chosen to participate in a Canadian real estate accelerator program.

The Australian Workers' Union has flagged a possible legal challenge to BHP's decision to lock out workers who refuse to be vaccinated for COVID-19.

The federal court has ordered Griffin Coal to hand over more than $5 million in damages to its former contractor Carna Group, following a bitter six-year contractual dispute.

Australia's education minister has pledged a rapid increase in international students returning next year with hopes tens of thousands could be welcomed.

Westgold Resources is preparing to lodge its takeover bid for fellow goldminer Gascoyne Resources, following “positive engagement” with the target’s shareholders.

Woolworths has settled a wage theft claim worth about $300 million and pledged to pay more underpaid workers $50 million.

The federal government has bolstered the latest round of the Building Better Regions Fund to $300 million to drive the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Analysts argue iron ore prices won’t have to fall far to inflict pain.

Wesfarmers ramps up API battle with strategic stake

AMTE Power and InfraNomics are planning a 200,000 micro cell battery production line in Kwinana.

Investors are poised to stop a four week losing run on the Australian share market as they return to buying bank stocks.

Listed contractor Lycopodium has secured work on Talison Lithium’s Greenbushes project in WA, while Clough has been appointed to TNG’s Mount Peake project in the Northern Territory.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior editor Mark Beyer runs through some of the highlights of his recent conversation with RAC chief executive Rob Slocombe.

The state government is still working to clarify criteria for onshore gas projects to export, after it was revealed a Kimberley fracking proposal had been given the tick.

West Perth-based Nomadic Energy has commissioned a 3.3-megawatt of solar farm at Northern Star Resources’ Carosue Dam mine in the Goldfields.

The construction of Bullsbrook's 1,000-bed quarantine facility has officially begun today, just one month after the federal government abandoned plans to build it at Jandakot.

Jay Weatherill has backed higher wages and improved benefits for childcare workers as Australia's early education sector grapples with a tightening labour market.

Australia’s largest new iron ore mine in over 50 years has been officially opened after BHP completed its South Flank project on time and within budget.

Osborne Park-based Kin Mining has rejected a takeover offer from goldminer and major shareholder St Barbara, while announcing a $13 million capital raising.

Qube Property Group has bought a Canning Vale industrial area for an estimated $12 million, as the group aims to expand its industrial offering.

Unlike some of his peers, the 1980s entrepreneur had some notable positive achievements.

Payroll jobs dropped further by mid-September as coronavirus lockdowns continued to bite, and now stand below their pre-pandemic level.

A Welshpool-based towing company is suing fuel supplier Maisey Fuels for allegedly failing to pay a $1.3 million bill as part of a diesel spill clean-up expected to cost $15 million.

Perth business Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has won a suite of new contracts, including with ADCO Constructions and CIMIC.

Architects and builders have been awarded contracts for projects totalling close to $95 million across seven WA schools.

Fortescue’s green hydrogen arm has bought a 60 per cent stake in Netherlands-based High yield Energy Technologies Group (HyET).

Resources companies hope a decision on Port Hedland’s South West Creek development is imminent, helping unlock higher iron ore exports.

Lithium miner Pilbara Minerals has started commissioning its Ngungaju plant which it acquired from Altura Mining earlier this year.