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Western Australia has recorded no new local cases of COVID-19 overnight, according to Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt.

The WA Liberal Party has demanded the state government immediately establish a 24-hour COVID-19 testing clinic and stop frontline workers from holding second jobs.

Toilet paper, long-life milk and pet food have been among the most highly sought-after goods for Perth shoppers in the past 48 hours.

A family-owned business in Canning Vale has been contracted to build up to 300 firefighting vehicles, as part of the state government’s bushfire response.

Western Australians will be required to sign in at retail venues, commercial transport services, and hospitals after an expansion of the COVID-19 contact register.

The Reserve Bank has left the cash rate and its other monetary policy rates unchanged after its first board meeting for 2021.

UPDATED: A hotel quarantine security guard who roamed the streets of Perth while infected with COVID-19 "did everything right", a Western Australian health chief says.

More than $230 million of developer-contributed funds are sitting in local government-managed bank accounts waiting to be spent, according to a new report.

Miners dig in with their own travel bans

Scott Morrison shows no signs of blinking first in response to Google's threat to remove its search engine from Australia over the proposed media bargaining code.

Perenti’s underground mining division has secured a $200 million extension of works on Gold Fields’ Agnew operations in WA.

The Waitsia expansion, a gas power station in the Pilbara, and a potash project near Laverton have received ministerial approval days before the government enters caretaker mode.

Andrew Miller has sounded a note of caution after WA recorded no new cases of COVID-19 overnight, arguing the result was not evidence of no community transmission.

WA tech company K2fly has agreed to purchase business assets associated with Wesfarmers’ Decipher for Mining software.

Perth Festival has postponed all live performances until after next weekend and Fringe World Festival has cancelled all events until 6pm on Friday, due to the COVID-19 lockdown.

Opposition leader Zak Kirkup has backed the state government’s decision to enter a five-day lockdown, hitting back at internet trolls in the process.

Australia's share market turned around mid-session and followed Asian markets higher to record its biggest gain in almost two weeks.

A Perth startup led by three tech veterans is planning to manufacture and export a new high-speed COVID testing machine after getting backing from the state government.

Welshpool-based MACA has completed its acquisition of Downer EDI’s mining services business, which includes contracted work on major operations in Western Australia.

The EPA will undertake consultation this week to determine whether or not to assess the proposed Binduli North project in the state’s Goldfields.

Shares in Valmec soared by more than 15 per cent this morning after the diversified contractor reported solid first-half earnings and a growing order book.

Clive Palmer's Mineralogy and Woodside Petroleum were among the biggest political donors last year, having contributed a combined $6.2 million to federal parties.

Georgiou Group has been selected to upgrade Australian Marine Complex’s vessel transfer path, the first of four contracts at the Henderson facility worth a cumulative $88 million.

The state has recorded no further local cases of COVID-19 overnight, as health authorities track down more than 100 close contacts of a hotel security guard that tested positive for the UK strain.

The NSW government has been the latest to place restrictions on travellers from Western Australia after Perth and the South West entered lockdown yesterday.

Perth’s housing values increased in January, cementing the city's position as one of the country’s fastest growing property markets.

The state’s environmental authority has recommended approval of a potash project in Western Australia’s Mid West.

The chief executives of ExxonMobil Corp and Chevron Corp reportedly held preliminary talks in early 2020 to explore combining the two largest US oil producers.

Almost $2 billion will be spent equipping hospitals and other health centres to administer coronavirus vaccines.

Western Australians have completed their first night of lockdown, triggered after a hotel quarantine security guard attended more than a dozen venues while infected with COVID-19.

Specialist disability accommodation provider Sana Living has added Brisbane apartments to its existing $75 million pipeline of Western Australian properties.

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