Western Australia’s push towards potentially hosting the Australian Football League’s ‘Gather Round’ in future will result in a massive coup for one of the state’s most iconic venues.
Resources Minister Madeleine King has told the WA business community a union push into the Pilbara was an opportunity for collaboration with industry but warned against hysteria.
Qantas Group says it made $1.25 billion in profit in 2023/24, down 28 per cent from last year, but its on-time performance and customer approval levels rose.
Wesfarmers’ retail businesses carried its increased profit for the full year, while its lithium business posted a $26 million loss pinned on weak prices for the battery metal.
Business stakeholders and WA Rugby League diehards were given greater insight into how the Western Bears could operate within an expanded national competition.
Mineral Resources will push back growth plans amid uncertain lithium and iron ore prices, while junior ore hopefuls are reaching out about the miner's Onslow assets.
Lynas Rare Earths has pointed to positive moments in the rare earths price market in recent months after "stubbornly low" prices impacted its full-year results.
The ASX200 finished 0.2 points higher after being down as many as 62 points in morning trading, while the Australian dollar briefly traded over 68 US cents.
With a desire to enhance its Caldeira clay rare earth element project in Brazil, Meteoric Resources has elected to divest a non-core project in Western Australia.
Lawyers for Senator Linda Reynolds and Brittany Higgins have applied to admit more evidence in the ongoing defamation trial in the state’s highest court.
Edtech company Qoria grew revenue by 21 per cent in FY24 to achieve its first ever positive earnings before tax, interest, depreciation and amortisation.
A booming gold price has helped ensure a strong 2024 financial year for Perseus Mining, which posted a net profit after tax of $US364.8 million, or $536.4 million.
The state government has expressed disappointment at Province Resources’ decision to scrap its plans for a major green hydrogen project, and rejected claims it was responsible for the company’s decision.
New Tabcorp boss Gillon McLachlan admits the business ‘is not where it ultimately needs to be’ following news it posted a statutory net loss after tax of $1.35 billion for the 2024 financial year.
Fortescue ended the 2024 financial year with a profit of $US5.7 billion ($A8.39 billion), an 18 per cent growth from the previous reporting period, while announcing an increase in dividends.
Tax benefits and local defence procurement appear likely to be front and centre of the Coalition’s push to win northerners’ votes at next year’s federal election.
