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Juukan owners want to repair Rio ties

Fifty Perth-based companies and organisations - including education institutions, numerous local startups and not for profits and mining giants have been announced as finalists for the INCITE Award

Pindan Group’s assets could soon be on the market as administrators EY trawl through the remnants of the construction group, with 500 subcontractors expected to be affected.

The minutes of the Reserve Bank's May board meeting have again highlighted the likelihood of keeping the cash rate at a record low until 2024.

A new report has found Australia is leading a global trend showing hundreds of millions of people are concerned by biodiversity loss.

In today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Jesinta Burton and Jordan Murray discuss where outgoing members of state parliament have ended up.

Commonwealth Bank shares notched a record and edged closer to $100 per share as the biggest players on the Australian market led gains.

Woodside will take a loss of between $50 million and $80 million as it exits its 50 per cent share of the Kitimat project in Canada, after partner Chevron also left the development.

Labour shortages resulting in a slower-than-expected change in mining contractor has forced St Barbara to lower full-year production forecast for its Gwalia operation near Leonora.

Fortescue Metals Group is aiming to award $1 billion of contracts to Aboriginal businesses and joint ventures over the next decade through its new green energy operation.

Administrators from EY have been appointed to various Pindan Group companies from 5pm this afternoon.

Four WA universities contribute significantly to the defence sector, operating together as ‘team WA’.

In his first major interview as Liberal leader, David Honey spoke to Business News about his childhood, desire for a compassionate society, and threats to WA’s prosperity.

Rights afforded to traditional owners and custodians are not being upheld due to deficiencies in the legislation, an inquiry has heard.

Wangara-based contractor McKay Drilling has agreed to sell all its shares in the company to a major Canadian firm for $80 million.

More than half of the world’s single-use plastic is produced by fewer than two-dozen companies, according to new research published by the Minderoo Foundation.

Newcrest Mining and South32 have announced plans to reduce their carbon emissions in the coming decades, in line with commitments to sustainable mining.

Scott Morrison has conceded the woefully slow coronavirus vaccine rollout in disability residential care needs to be stepped up.

Premier Mark McGowan says he's concerned by revelations about staff culture at Perth Children's Hospital exposed in a report into the death of Aishwarya Aswath.

Perth-based property funds management company Quadrant Investments has acquired an office building in Midland for $7.25 million as part of its new investment trust.

Jab to unlock travel freedom

Local computing company DUG Technology has signed an agreement with CSIRO to provide high-performance computing and storage services for two years.

In today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Jordan Murray and Katie McDonald discuss how the pandemic has changed architecture.

Concern about a slowing Chinese economy and inflation in Japan have sapped investor confidence on the Australian share market.

South32 is expecting to book a loss of up to $US175 million this financial year, in relation to the sale of its South African coal operations to local mining company Seriti Resources.

Former Pindan Group director Nicholas Allingame has launched a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the property giant, as subcontractors walk off their jobs amid rumours about the company’s future.

West Perth-based Predictive Discovery has raised funds to progress its largest drilling program to date for the company's Bankan gold project in Guinea.

Supply chain issues have been a feature of the COVID-19 global economy and have been disrupting business activity for some time, constraining business potential and operations.

The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine to people in disability residential care has been an "abject failure" and discriminatory, an inquiry has heard.

Jimmy Wilson has stepped down as chief executive of CBH Group after leading the grain co-operative for the past four years.

Former Austal boss David Singleton has taken on a new leadership role at Austin Engineering, which is relocating its headquarters to Perth.

Scott Morrison has refused to reveal the benchmark for reopening the international border, saying only that restrictions will remain in place until it is safe to do anything different.