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A mandatory labelling scheme for inauthentic Aboriginal art could curb the sale of fake souvenirs, according to a new draft report by the Productivity Commission.

Subiaco-based SRG Global has secured $80 million in new contracts, including a three-year marine contract with state government trading enterprise Fremantle Ports.

The exodus of luxury retailers from King Street has sparked questions about the street's future.

Two speeches in two days will give the Reserve Bank of Australia an opportunity to demonstrate how hawkish it is feeling as rate hikes loom.

A record 18 traders will ship from CBH ports

Investors have voted for Mirvac to manage AMP Capital's $7.7 billion office fund, increasing the property giant's third-party funds under management by 76 per cent to $18.1 billion.

Jordan Murray discusses his recent article on the collapse of cryptocurrencies, including how Perth businesses are managing the crisis.

The big banks, miners and coalminers all gained ground as the market digested ANZ's $4.9 billion purchase of Suncorp Bank.

Recent data shows a surge in Perth's house values over the past three months, following the reopening of the state's border in March.

The Health Minister has insisted the state government has no plans to reintroduce mask mandates, despite conceding the rate of infection is much higher than is being reported.

Workpower Inc will be able to provide more opportunities for people with disability after it acquired property maintenance business Greg McKenna Property Services.

Tony Pignata has handed in his resignation and will move on as Perth Glory boss in September.

Government boards in WA are among the least political in the country, according to new research that has found federal boards to be stacked with party-affiliated appointees.

There's hope that families and small businesses could soon get a reprieve from high petrol prices, with Commsec predicting a 19 cent per litre drop ahead.

Lynas Rare Earths has recorded a "very strong" result of close to $300 million in sales revenue for the final quarter of the past financial year.

The opposition has demanded the auditor general launch a probe into the state government's abandoned $127 million Huawei deal to stop other government contracts from suffering the same fate.

Bad press amid a cryptocurrency downturn has done little to shake the faith of local observers.

Uneven population growth across the state's geography gives some cause for concern that workers are still not being drawn to regional areas to support local businesses and economies.

The big-four lender has agreed to pay $4.9 billion for the banking operation as it seeks to shore up its Queensland business.

Worker-hungry states issue summit demandsWorker-hungry state governments have urged Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers to

Mark Pownall and Jordan Murray discuss housing starts, industrial vacancies, Hesperia, Tattarang, Lawrence Escalante and South32.

A business owner has lost an eleventh-hour bid to avoid eviction from Hyde Park, after a court decided the process that delivered a new vendor monopoly rights to the precinct was above board.

Economic troubles in China, a falling iron ore price and cost pressures loom as problems for the state's big iron ore miners as their shares dive.

Choreographer Natalie Allen is inviting you to an end-of-the-world party. If you're up for some decadent dance, says Liz Cornish, you should accept.

A drop in iron ore prices and two major US banks missing earnings estimates have taken their toll on the Australian share market.

AMP Capital has signalled a further expansion of the $800 million Karrinyup Shopping Centre development by adding more luxury retailers, with groups including Louis Vuitton expressing interest.

Senior journalist Matt Mckenzie returns to At Close of Business to discuss WA's tourism priorities, Qantas, and the domestic value of direct international flights.

Russia's debt default and the economic struggles of Sri Lanka and Argentina have echoes of the 2008 financial crisis.

Rex has acquired the fly-in, fly-out arm of Cobham Aviation for $48 million, a move it hopes will help it become a premier operator in the lucrative resources sector.

Property developer Exal Group has bought a 31,100 square metre lot from a Chinese real estate group, as it progresses its plans for its project worth more than $500 million at the site.

Gurner Group and Grange Development will have to wait a few more months to amend its $320 million Nedlands apartment project despite a three-hour meeting by a planning body.

Developer Sirona Urban and Leonie Baldock have set their sights on a piece of land in Fremantle originally earmarked for a DoubleTree by Hilton hotel.