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Subiaco-based Hiddlestone Electrics has taken an old-school approach to business during its 100 years.

Group-based peer support, culturally appropriate services, and upskilling in regional areas are among initiatives to be funded through the Western Australian Sector Transition Fund.

Stronger relationships between WA's small businesses and universities will help students finding employment in a post-COVID-19 economy, according to Murdoch University vice-chancellor Eeva Leinonen.

Australia's competition regulator has rejected an undertaking by Alphabet Inc-owned Google that sought to address competition concerns over its planned $US2.1 billion ($A2.8 billion) acquisition of

Companies stripped of iron ore projects in Africa

Shares in Fortescue jumped 4.9 per cent, and Mineral Resources 4.7 per cent, during an overall steady day on the ASX despite an economic stimulus deal in the US.

Woodside Petroleum’s Scarborough LNG project faces a new hurdle after the Conservation Council of WA lodged a Supreme Court action to overturn environmental approvals.

ASX-listed AGL, which retails gas in WA and owns Perth Energy, has lowered earnings guidance following a fire at its Liddell coal power station in NSW.

Chevron will finish the year with both its Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG projects partly shut down due to safety concerns just as the LNG price soars to six times higher than its mid-year lows.

A Curtin Ignition program helped a Perth couple scale their business and take on all comers.

Global elite surfers are set to continue competing in Western Australia, following a sponsorship agreement that secures the Margaret River Pro event until 2024.

Private health insurance premiums will cost 2.74 per cent more a year on average, after the federal government approved an industry push for another increase.

Popular activewear brand Lorna Jane is being taken to court by the consumer watchdog for allegedly falsely claiming its clothes could eliminate COVID-19 and stop it spreading.

There are sensible options for reining-in the global tech giants, but the federal government has botched its first foray.

Australia’s most populous state will phase-out taxes on property sales by 2040, raising the question of whether WA could follow suit.

Bids roll in for Tropicana gold mine interest

The hard border with NSW will go back up at midnight tonight as the Sydney outbreak of COVID-19 continues to grow.

Australia's share market had its seventh consecutive week of gains helped by optimism overseas and a recovering local economy but investors will watch a Sydney coronavirus outbreak after it marred

Property leaders shed some light on the residential and commercial markets’ performance during 2020 and what they expect for the year ahead.

The internet’s influence on retail has accelerated during periods of pandemic lockdown.

International service provider Serco Australia will continue to manage the state’s largest prison under a new five-year contract, which includes two five-year extension options.

In this week’s podcast, Mark Pownall, Katie McDonald, and Sean Cowan discuss new quarantine restrictions, new Rio chief, WA dry dock, Andrew Hastie, Crown inquiry, Midland Brick, Perron Group, Curtin development, new Albany hotel, Barry Patterson, BP Kwinana, Liberals WA, and a wrap up on the year gone by.

NAB chief executive Ross McEwan expects the Australian economy will be back to pre-COVID levels by the end of next year, but acknowledges some of the bank's customers face a long struggle.

Premier Mark McGowan has announced he will not close the borders with NSW, but has warned Western Australians against travelling to the state given the COVID outbreak in Sydney's Northern Beaches area.

Canning MP Andrew Hastie has been appointed Assistant Minister for Defence in a ministerial reshuffle.

Leeuwin Coast has invested in new technologies in its quest to become a large and sustainable player in the Australian shellfish industry.

Floors of a Hay Street building left empty for 35 years will be revitalised as Hames Sharley’s new corporate headquarters.

The state government is expected to review its regime for travellers arriving from Sydney today after the coronavirus cluster on Sydney's northern beaches jumped to 28 people.

The construction industry in Western Australia is booming.

Handout to cut fees for students at Catholic uni

Just hours after announcing travellers to WA from NSW would have to quarantine until they had returned a negative result for COVID, WA Premier Mark McGowan has announced arrivals from NSW must now quarantine for a full 14 days.

Former McGowan Government media adviser Steve Kaless has launched a defamation case against the Premier, the Treasurer and several government staff members after his acquittal on a charge of indecently assaulting a female colleague at a Christmas party last year.