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The pandemic and uptick in e-commerce is continuing to drive the hype around industrial assets.

Premier's warning on 70pc vax level

On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior editor Mark Beyer talks about emerging challenges and risks in managing workplace health and safety.

Mark McGowan says he feels sorry about business failures at Yagan Square, while a process revealed by Business News in April to move market hall retailers to perimeter locations continues.

A former member of the state's Gaming and Wagering Commission has conceded the regulator should have done more to interrogate policy changes regarding junket operators.

Fortescue Metals' soaring annual profit has helped iron ore miners carry the Australian market to minor gains.

Western Australia's capacity to handle a COVID-19 outbreak is being questioned as the state again postpones hundreds of elective surgeries.

Journalist Matt Mckenzie talks to Cash Converters managing director Sam Budiselik about the company's financial year results, the subprime loan market, and use of machine learning.

Western Australia-based property developer Kuraland has lodged plans to build a $108 million apartment and retail complex in the heart of Claremont.

Four Western Australian explorers are preparing to list on the ASX, having launched initial public offerings to raise a combined $34 million.

WA went against the national trend in terms of feedlot cattle numbers in the period to June.

Neville Owen's ties to Kerry Stokes have created more complications for the Crown casino inquiry after Business News unearthed details of a joint venture with Tim Roberts.

Australia's gold production in the past six months has exceeded China's figures, according to a Melbourne consultancy.

Andrew Forrest will receive a $2.4 billion dividend from Fortescue Metals Group, after the company's profit more than doubled thanks to high iron ore prices.

Managing safety in the workplace has never been more challenging and the risks never higher, as psychosocial hazards gain more attention.

A satellite designed and built by Curtin University has launched into space from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

Virgin has joined Qantas in pushing for mandatory vaccination of its frontline workforce by mid-November, with office-based staff given until March 2022.

Coronavirus-related restrictions and a jump in restructuring and regulatory costs has dragged Crown Resorts to a full year loss of $261 million.

The treasurer has fired another warning shot at state premiers refusing to rule out harsh coronavirus restrictions when vaccination coverage targets are hit.

Dexus in talks to buy Perth airport for $1b

A damning report into the Liberal Party of WA's catastrophic election loss has laid bare the party's “disturbing” failings; from laziness to ineffective policies and unethical conduct.

Two truck drivers who entered WA from New South Wales have tested positive for COVID-19 overnight.

Investors returned to weekly gains on the ASX but trading slowed as investors wait for clues on whether US central bankers wind back economic support.

Two years and 12 design iterations later, Momentum Wealth has been given the green light to build a $4.75m development at the site of northern beaches cafe Yelo.

Rio Tinto says there's no evidence it deliberately covered up the dumping of cultural artefacts salvaged from a Western Australian heritage site.

Shares in MGC Pharmaceuticals have risen more than 40 per cent after the WA company revealed first orders for its plant-derived medicinal products in the US.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Matt McKenzie and Jordan Murray discuss The Doherty Institute and WA's path towards reopening.

Some aspects of the push for greener energy are having unintended consequences.

Women's football is a huge market still waiting to be fully developed.

Retail turnover has taken its largest dive for the year, falling 2.7 per cent in July.

Families could start being vaccinated together at GPs from next month after children aged 12 to 15 were added to Australia's rollout.

Updated: The University of Western Australia says it is working with subbies and will seek a new lead contractor at Forrest Hall, after six Jaxon Group entities entered liquidation today.