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Travellers from New South Wales who have visited COVID-19 exposure sites have been told to self-isolate for two weeks, potentially impacting APPEA conference delegates.

Laws to ban serious criminals from accessing secure areas at airports and seaports have passed both houses of parliament.

An urgent push to have Western Australia's former corruption watchdog reappointed to the role has been labelled "arrogance" by the opposition.

Premier Mark McGowan says it was an "oversight" that police had lawful access to data obtained through a contact tracing app.

In today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Jordan Murray and Mark Beyer discuss how a small business from Cottesloe found itself on a path to becoming a premium global retail operation.

Pentanet has entered a trading halt as it seeks $20 million from sophisticated and professional investors just six months out from listing on the ASX.

Australia's lowest-paid workers will receive a bigger pay rise than last year after the industrial umpire decided on an $18.80-a-week wage increase.

Australia's share market notched a second consecutive all-time high, but China's continued efforts to lower commodity prices caused mining shares to slump.

WA's Native Title Alliance has called on the state government to halt the progression of its Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill, arguing that traditional owners should be better consulted.

Hydrogen hopeful Hazer Group has revealed its planned demonstration plant could cost 29 per cent more than first estimated, with shares down 9 per cent.

A Chinese exploration company has made a bid for West Perth-based Myanmar Metals, which is planning for an operational restart at the Bawdwin silver and lead project.

What's the next big-ticket item for Perth after decades focused on road, rail and port infrastructure?

Rail networks are modernising amid a big construction pipeline in WA.

WA's civil construction industry could be facing the perfect storm.

The EPA will review the impact of Mineral Resources' plan to build an 88-kilometre private haulage road to facilitate the development of Parker Range.

Why do a university degree over three years when it can be finished in two?

Investors have abandoned the Shaver Shop Group after its full-year earnings forecast failed to match expectations.

Gascoyne Resources is set to extend the life of its Dalgaranga operations near Mt Magnet through an all-scrip purchase of Firefly Resources, whose assets include a nearby gold project.

Australia's farm production has been forecast to surge past $66 billion with a bumper crop pushing forecasts $400 million higher than expected.

Australia plans to lure more than 10,000 farm workers from South-East Asia under a new agriculture visa farmers have long campaigned for.

Two Perth businesswomen are building a premium global retail operation, helped by an impressive network of advisers and investors.

Resources giant Rio Tinto is set to trial the use of hydrogen to replace natural gas in a bid to cut emissions from an alumina plant in Queensland.

More Australian beef and lamb will be exported to the UK as import taxes are phased out over a decade under a free trade deal between the two nations.

Farm, visa deal wins FTA

The Supreme Court has granted the administrators of Pindan an extension of the convening period to facilitate the sale of the company's asset management arm.

Commonwealth Bank and CSL shares have helped the Australian share market to a record high but some analysts are tipping the fertile environment will be slowly withdrawn from next month.

The state government will move to protect contact tracing data after it was legally obtained by police to assist a murder investigation.

In today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Jordan Murray and Katie McDonald discuss the recent architecture awards and rejuvenating Perth's unused spaces.

Western Australia will be battling with other states to build a hydrogen industry, and won't be able to rely on its traditional advantages, a senior state bureaucrat has said.

The state government will introduce legislation to reappoint John McKechnie as head of the corruption watchdog, a year after his appointment was blocked.

Australia could take up to four years to start manufacturing cutting-edge coronavirus vaccines like the Pfizer and Moderna jabs.

A recent meeting in Perth featured heavy hitters from defence, politics and industry.