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Budget recovery to hit tax cap

On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior editor Mark Beyer gives an update on where the state government is at with two separate inquiries into Crown; one covering its operations, and the other its potential overseas suitor.

Wesfarmers is one step closer to completing its acquisition of Australian Pharmaceutical Industries after securing shareholder approval.

Scott Morrison says it was Mark McGowan who convinced him to back down in the battle over the state's borders.

There was no gloom on the ASX despite the US rate rise decision, and the Australian market closed higher for the third day this week.

The state and federal governments have stumped up an extra $50 million to keep the Swan River Bridge project alive after the cost doubled.

Civilised safeguards against tyranny in Europe are proving ineffective in light of Russia's nuclear threats.

Good Drinks Australia has signed a deal to distribute Magners Irish Cider, after the drink brand's previous supplier Coca-Cola Europacific Partners left the alcohol business.

Former treasurer Mike Nahan is chairing a business that plans to manufacture cathode material in Kwinana.

Veris Australia has won work on the $2.7 billion M6 motorway works in Sydney in a contract it estimates will generate up to $8 million in revenue.

Giving circle Impact100 WA founding members Sophie Chamberlain and Simone Eley have been named in the Pro Bono Australia Impact 25 National Awards.

Prominent psychologist Tracy Westerman has mounted a lawsuit against Communities Minister Simone McGurk over allegations the minister made defamatory comments about her.

COVID WRAP: WA recorded 7,151 new COVID cases and one death overnight, as the state's peak building body called on the state government to end the vaccine mandate.

The state and federal governments have poured an extra $150 million into the $1.7 billion Perth City Deal to safeguard its projects as costs spike, with Multiplex to build the new ECU CBD campus.

The national unemployment rate is now lower than Western Australia's, with a rate of 4 per cent across the country slightly less than 4.1 per cent out west.

The Crown royal commission has just been completed but another ‘closed doors' inquiry will be pivotal in determining the company's future.

Plea to end vax mandate

The company building the Hazelmere wood waste-to-energy project has entered administration, after work on the plant stopped around Christmas amid rising cost pressures.

The arts union is concerned for workers involved in Entertaind's Little Shop of Horrors and the Australian School of Theatre after the companies announced they were going into liquidation.

ANALYSIS: The $243 million critical minerals package announced today adds to a seemingly neverending flow of federal government grants and cheap loans for commercial projects.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalist Simone Grogan looks at a steady uptick in support for uranium miners in WA.

The state's land authority is progressing plans to clear portions of a 168-hectare site to make way for a future industrial subdivision in the Shire of Harvey.

Australia's share market gained more than one per cent before an expected rate rise from the US Federal Reserve.

Boss Energy is hoping to garner $125 million from investors to bring the company's Honeymoon uranium project into production.

AI platforms are set to become more readily customisable as a result of new, open-source software created with the support of Minderoo Foundation.

Administrators have been given more time to sell Probuild and WBHO Infrastructure, while further details on creditors and the sale processes have emerged.

WA's largest university is well placed to benefit from a federal commercialisation program.

The extent of the cost increase on the Midland Station project has been revealed, with the project value having almost doubled from $165 million to $315 million.

With explorers well funded and strong commodity prices, all signs point to a lengthy period of activity.

The head of the international property group behind Subiaco's Element 27 apartment project has died aged 79.

Fresh demand for uranium has renewed belief among some in the sector that the market will turn again.

Western Australian companies have won the lion's share of a $243 million critical minerals funding initiative from the federal government hoped to bolster domestic manufacturing.