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Andrew Forrest's Tattarang has lifted its stake in Huon Aquaculture to 18.5 per cent, less than a week after the fish-farming business received a takeover offer from meat processing giant JBS.

Balcatta-based Great Southern Mining is raising $2.5 million from a share placement to progress its projects in Western Australia and Queensland.

Build-to-rent apartment projects could solve the state’s housing challenges, but red tape remains a major issue.

Developers are pushing ahead with apartment projects, despite uncertainty clouding construction costs.

Local shipbuilder Austal has been contracted to deliver a high-speed catamaran vessel for a repeat tourism client operating in French Polynesia.

Commonwealth Bank has announced a $6 billion share buyback and lifted dividends after improving economic conditions helped it post a robust rise in full-year profit.

More than $951 million worth of Perth office assets have transacted so far in 2021, trending close to pre-pandemic volumes, according to the latest report from CBRE.

Australia's agriculture minister has declared the start date for a dedicated farm work visa will be announced imminently.

MM Creative Productions has acquired the rights to bring a Disney show to Perth.

WA tourism stars hit by lockdowns

The federal government has released a discussion paper seeking submissions on more changes to the auto sector in Australia.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior editor Mark Beyer discusses the Minderoo Foundation and Nicola Forrest's passion for early childhood development.

Contractors and creditors of Jaxon Construction are continuing to await an outcome of the company’s funding application, after a meeting today delivered no resolution.

Phil Payne has announced his intention to step down as StudyPerth's chief executive in January.

Investors raised the ASX to a record high despite a bleaker outlook for commodities as the coronavirus' Delta strain spreads in China and the US.

NBN Co has reported a jump in revenue to $4.6 billion, after connecting nearly a million more residential and business premises to the network in the past 12 months.

WA businesses are well placed to boost defence tech exports.

Western Australia will consider legislating its net zero emissions target but the premier has dismissed calls to rule out new major oil and gas projects.

Tony Sage's European Lithium and fellow WA company Marvel Gold have secured funds to progress their projects in Austria and Mali.

Underwater acoustics and coral reseeding will be used at the Ningaloo Reef and Great Barrier Reef in a $27 million Australian Institute of Marine Science project supported by BHP.

Goldminer Red 5 says it has completed more than half of the construction work required for its $226 million King of the Hills project in WA, where production is on track for mid-next year.

Global technology company Insight has secured a $23 million contract with the state government to build a new environmental assessment platform over the next three years.

The shortage of workers for major resources and infrastructure projects will peak at 31,000 in early 2023 and continue at high levels for several years, new modelling has found.

Aspiring producers Bardoc Gold and TNG have selected Perth-based companies GR Engineering and METS Engineering for work on projects in WA and the Northern Territory.

More than 11,000 people have been sent debt notices worth almost $33 million linked to JobKeeper wage subsidies.

An application to build a multi-tower mixed-use development on Brighton Road is the latest in a series of towers proposed for the Scarborough area.

A charity for musicians, performers and crew will receive a $20 million funding boost as calls for help spike on the back of COVID-19 lockdowns.

Fortescue Metals Group has leased more than 3,000 square metres of space at an office building close to its headquarters in East Perth.

The Minderoo Foundation co-founder wants the business sector to understand the importance of investing in early childhood development.

Woodside told to pay outstanding super

The federal government says 85 per cent of its promised support from the devastating bushfires of 2019/20 has been delivered.

Fewer than half of Australia's disability care residents have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus almost six months into the rollout.