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Fortescue Metals Group has pledged $750,000 to provide training, professional development and support for telephone crisis supporters under a three-year partnership with Lifeline WA.

The state government has awarded Province Resources' green hydrogen project HyEnergy with lead agency status, lifting the group's shares by more than 7 per cent.

China's trade dispute with Australia may grab the headlines, but there are growth opportunities elsewhere.

Shares in Fremantle-based junior Bardoc Gold enjoyed a 13 per cent rise after revealing a takeover proposal from gold producer St Barbara valuing the company at $157 million.

Neerabup explorer Orbit Drilling and Bayswater engineering company B&Y Precision Engineering have been fined a combined $456,000 for a workplace death and injury by the state's workplace regulator.

Canadian Ambassador to China and McKinsey & Company mainstay Dominic Barton will take over as chair of Rio Tinto from May 2022, as the company navigates a post-Juukan Gorge era.

Emerging Perth gaming studio Ninja Syndicate has partnered with private equity firm DashEx, to fund its metaverse game Supremacy.

Australia has struck a deal to increase the local manufacturing of urea amid a global shortage, but Western Roads has expressed concerns that WA could be left out.

With multiple changes at the top of WA's leading investor relations firms, we review their performance and strategies.

Energy crisis lifts exports to record

Broad Construction has been appointed to build the controversial $44.5 million performing arts and convention centre in Busselton.

Residential developer Peet is suing major landholder G&M Candeloro Nominees for more than $1.3 million over a six-year-old sales management agreement between the parties.

DevelopmentWA has approved Edith Cowan University's city campus proposal, with a contractor to build the $695 million project to be selected in February.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Matt Mckenzie and Jordan Murray review the year in business and politics in Western Australia.

The federal government is manoeuvring to reduce the NDIS to simply another dysfunctional welfare program.

A lack of homeowner warranty insurance for apartment developments can be a deterrent for buyers, but industry is seeking change.

Competition between carmakers to boost their fleets of EVs spells good news for WA's lithium sector.

Afterpay and rivals Zip and Sezzle have fallen heavily on the Australian share market due to a possible US probe into consumer harms from their services.

Western Australia will be effectively closed to every state and territory for Christmas under plans to further strengthen border controls.

Oil Search non-executive director Michael Utsler will join the Santos board as the $21 billion merger between the companies takes effect.

Winemakers have welcomed a new trade deal between Australia and the United Kingdom, while sugar, beef and sheep exports are also expected to benefit.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the border reopening, cabinet reshuffle, economic updates, coastal developments, royalties windfall and workplace safety.

Perenti will sell its geochemical and precious metal analyses subsidiary to competitor ALS for $43.6 million as part of a reassessment of its operations.

The state's grain growers are expected to yield 22 million tonnes this year, well above the previous record-setting 18.1mt harvested in 2016.

Premier Mark McGowan has announced a major cabinet reshuffle this morning, with Amber-Jade Sanderson set to replace Roger Cook as Health Minister.

GenusPlus Group has secured more work on Fortescue's $US250 million transmission project, having been selected to build a 98-kilometre powerline for the iron ore miner.

NAB chairman Philip Chronican has assured investors he is yet to learn of any fines from a financial crimes regulator investigating money laundering.

Mines grapple with labour unrest

Perth developer Barry Baltinas has submitted plans for a $27 million apartment building alongside the site of Gary Dempsey's derailed proposal to the state's expedited planning pathway.

Soaring valuations for tech companies and mining stocks have brought major shifts in this year's list of WA wealth creators.

Higher public sector wages, new transport projects and Burrup Peninsula infrastructure are among $2.2 billion of state government spending announced as rising tax revenue fills treasury coffers.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior editor Mark Beyer speaks about how mining contractor Byrnecut has grown its Aboriginal workforce.