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The first in a new series of columns focused on WA tech startup stories, drawing out lessons for business.

Refrigeration business finds the devil really is in the detail when it comes to lease contracts.

Failure to tax mining boom ‘stupid’: Henry

Premier Mark McGowan has accused Clive Palmer of seeking to enter Western Australia so he can promote hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus cure.

Perth-based Tietto Minerals is seeking up to $62.5 million from a placement and share purchase plan to progress its Abujar gold project in Cote d’Ivoire.

With Tourism WA urging locals to “Wander Out Yonder” and take a different kind of holiday, Charles Kobelke writes about his experience exploring WA’s backyard.

Unemployment will reach 11 per cent in WA this financial year, according to CCIWA, with business investment set to fall.

Investors sold off the big banks for the second consecutive session as Melbourne braced for a six-week hard lockdown.

Mineral sands company Strandline Resources has made further progress on its Coburn project in Western Australia, having contracted Macmahon Holdings to complete road access and bulk earthworks.

The rise of workplace 'cliques' is a worrying trend that can facilitate social exclusion and lead to unethical behaviour.

Property market analyst CoreLogic has reported that Perth’s housing values dropped again in July, with both CoreLogic and AMP Capital expecting prices to continue falling amid COVID uncertainty.

Sipa Resources has signed a farm-in deal with Rio Tinto, which will spend up to $12 million to explore Sipa’s flagship copper-gold project in Western Australia.

The state government has unveiled details of several infrastructure packages as part of the WA Recovery Fund, including a further $319.2 million in school upgrades.

Perth Mayor candidate Mark Gibson discusses what he thinks will shape a better future for the city.

Rio Tinto has filed a claim against engineering company Monadelphous in relation to a fire incident that broke out at Rio’s Cape Lambert port facility.

Oil and gas player Shell is purchasing a Perth-based environmental services firm to help cut back on emissions, as well as further the company’s nature-based solutions business.

Countries are re-evaluating their relationship with China after a series of aggressive moves by the Asian giant.

Victoria’s COVID coma

Since the earliest days of settlement, the relationship between people living in the western third of Australia and those east of the Nullarbor has been a contentious one.

Di Bain discusses the impact on Perth City businesses from thousands of people continuing to work from home post COVID-19.

The Australian share market has suffered its worst day in five weeks, falling alongside overseas indices after a record contraction in the US economy.

Perth has secured the rights to host the world’s largest marine mammal conference, ahead of competing bids from China and Singapore.

A consortium including Spanish-owned ACCIONA has been named the preferred proponent to complete major works on Western Australia’s largest transport infrastructure project.

All workers at BHP's Perth headquarters will be able to return to the office full-time from Monday.

The state government has continued the rollout of its COVID-19 recovery plan, announcing it will spend millions of dollars to upgrade port infrastructure across WA.

Members of the property industry are calling on the government to reconsider its targeted stimulus approach to the sector, warning it could jeopardise broader recovery.

In this week's podcast Mark Pownall and Matt Mckenzie discuss the border battle, WA stimulus analysis, McCulloch for mayor, FMG, Julia Gillard, Subi office dilemma, and our special report on infrastructure contractors.

Clive Palmer's federal government-aided challenge to Western Australia's tough border stance is wrapping up in the Federal Court as the prime minister repeatedly tips the state will lose.

Perth-based Tyranna Resources has received three competing proposals to buy its Jumbuck gold project in South Australia, with the bidders offering cash payments of $2 million or more.

Kelvin Dushnisky will step down from his role as chief executive of Johannesburg-based goldminer AngloGold Ashanti in September after serving two years with the company.

ASX-listed NEXTDC has officially opened its new 20MW data centre in East Perth, adding further capacity to the company’s existing Malaga facility.

Electricity and gas retailer Origin Energy's fourth-quarter revenue from its share in the Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) project has fallen 5.2 per cent.