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Australia’s second oldest family business, Lionel Samson Sadleirs, has sold its Plantagenet Wine business to Tom Wisdom, a sixth-generation descendant of founder Lionel Samson.

REA Group has proposed a $244 million purchase of the Mortgage Choice broking business.

Perth-based NRW Holdings has secured further work in Queensland under civil construction and mining contracts totalling $170 million.

Sentinel Fund Manager Australia has received development approval for its 24-storey mixed-use project on the corner of West Coast Highway and Manning Street in Scarborough.

A snap lockdown in Brisbane days out from the Easter weekend threatens to spark nationwide chaos.

Australia's resources and energy exports are forecast to reach a record $296 billion in 2020/21, despite the global economic downturn driven by COVID-19.

Embattled residential construction company Mener Group has launched legal action against its former directors in a bid to recover the $1.27 million it owes its creditors.

Jobs bonanza with more than 20,000 roles up for grabs

10x10 Philanthropy held its first event in Perth this week and raised a record-breaking $429,400 for local charities.

Investors have had their best week on the ASX in the past seven, while the surging buy now, pay later sector may be the best indicator of any effect on shares from the end of the JobKeeper wage subsidy.

Three WA companies have been contracted by CBH Group to improve storage capacity at the Australian grain exporter’s Brookton, Dale and Hyden receival sites.

Cranecorp and Tutt Bryant are forming a joint venture to provide clients access to a larger supply of cranes, heavy and lifting and transportation equipment.

UPDATE: Visitors from Queensland will now be tested for COVID-19 and be required to undergo 14 days of quarantine following several new cases being recorded in Brisbane overnight.

Rosalind Appleby found that the light prevailed over the darkness in WASO's season launch.

Australian Strategic Materials has secured $65 million from investors while announcing plans to raise a further $41 million to build a rare earths processing facility in South Korea.

In their weekly podcast, Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss JobKeeper, green steel, coastal planning tensions, Jukaan Gorge, WACA's redevelopment, new law firms, copper and WA's most influential.

Perth-founded technology company WellteQ listed this week in Canada after a $9.8 million capital raising, the first step in its assault on the North American market.

Cannabis legislation at state and federal levels has failed to meet public expectations or needs.

AMP denies media reports that chief executive Francesco De Ferrari has resigned, but says he and the board are discussing the wealth manager's future leadership.

Julie Bishop has called on Australia to deepen its ties with the US, India and Japan to counteract China’s assertiveness on economic and security matters.

TPG Telecom chairman David Teoh has resigned after many years developing the major force in the Australian telecommunications industry, and shares fell to a record low.

Mincor Resources has secured $55 million in funding from two banks to progress the restart of its Kambalda nickel operations, expected early next year.

Another aged care project has been given the green light via the State Development Assessment Unit process, despite a lack of support from local council.

Mining contractor MACA has bolstered its order book to $3.4 billion with two separate contracts, for work on iron ore and gold operations in WA.

Australia is unlikely to close the gender pay gap until at least 2046 despite significant progress made over the past seven years.

Scott Morrison has reeled off a shopping list of his government's coronavirus vaccine achievements despite the rollout being well behind.

The prime minister has confirmed Linda Reynolds and Christian Porter will remain in cabinet, even though a reshuffle is looming.

Cattle out, renewables in, Forrest set for win

With resources royalties high and the economy booming, WA’s business and political leaders have an opportunity to learn from past mistakes.

Mineral Commodities Ltd has sacked its chief executive and major shareholder Mark Caruso over a related party matter, five months after he stepped down as executive chairman.

Failing to navigate the transition to a lower-emissions economy could have a disruptive impact on WA’s standard of living.

Steedman Stagg Lawyers, Kennedy Vinciullo and Gaffney & Palermo Lawyers are new names in Perth’s legal fraternity while a fourth, Mason Ledger, has been radically restructured.