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Investment firm Dorado Property has bought an industrial property in the southern Perth suburb of Naval Base for $9 million.

New home sales fell by 1.3 per cent in October, but continued to perform stronger when compared with the same time last year.

The Takeovers Panel has rejected a request from Perth-based Cardinal Resources to improve separate takeover offers from Russian mining giant Nordgold and China’s Shandong Gold.

SRG Global has secured $55 million in new work, including with Water Corporation to design and build a water tank in Karratha.

Crown has declared it will stop dealing with all junket operations as it continues its bid to persuade the NSW gaming regulator that the public company is fit to run a new $2.2 billion casino in Sydney.

UPDATED: Australia's share market was a little higher but the market operator has found another problem with data.

PM urges states to lift SA border bans after latest outbreak.

Buy now, pay later giants Afterpay and Zip are unlikely to face more regulatory challenges despite government research showing one in five customers of such providers miss payments.

Restrictions on pubs, restaurants and gyms will come into effect from midnight in response to a COVID-19 outbreak in Adelaide.

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe says a rapid economic recovery is possible if there is further good news on the health front, such as a COVID-19 vaccine.

Chalice Gold Mines will pay nearly $15 million to acquire three private properties near its Julimar nickel-copper project in Western Australia.

Perth-based communications firm gtmedia hasn’t let the state’s hard border policy deter its plans for national expansion, opening an office in Sydney.

Australia's share market finished higher but trade was suspended for most of the day after the introduction of a new trading system did not go as planned.

Edith Cowan University has opened expressions of interest for a lead architect and lead designer to work on its recently announced campus relocation.

Western Australian companies Dacian Gold and NTM Gold have agreed to merge their assets, with the combined group to have a market capitalisation of $285 million.

National recruitment firm Building Careers Australia was on shaky ground in its legal action against former state director Lezly D’Limi, the Supreme Court has found.

Gas may not be the fuel for an east coast recovery, Grattan Institute said today, but the picture was brighter for Western Australia.

Medicinal cannabis company AusCann Group Holdings has bought in to the animal health sector after announcing its acquisition of NSW business CannPal Animal Therapeutics.

Nine CEO Hugh Marks will remain in his role until well into next year as the media company begins the search for a new chief.

Western Australian Treasurer Ben Wyatt has abandoned plans to stay on in politics, announcing he will retire at the next election.

Decmil Group has secured further work at Rio Tinto’s Robe Valley operations in the Pilbara to supply heavy and light vehicle facilities.

There are hopes a new regional pact will pave the way for Australia and China to resolve diplomatic tensions and trade disputes.

Anyone entering Western Australia from South Australia will be forced to meet exemption criteria in a return to hard border arrangements.

A new flu vaccine manufacturing plant will be built in Melbourne to guard against future pandemics and provide antivenoms for some of Australia's most deadly creatures.

Perth-based property group JJ Leach Group hopes its pop-up concept for retail will breathe new life into the CBD’s shopping strip.

Many employees have embraced the chance to work outside the office environment, and it’s a change heading in only one direction.

Taxpayers, CSL to build vaccine plant

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg believes the federal government's new insolvency laws will help keep businesses operating and Australians in jobs.

One of the state’s largest building surveyors, John Massey Group, has been placed into liquidation after it warned an insurance impasse could hike up costs.

Perth-based Battery Minerals is raising $5.5 million from a share placement to explore its recently acquired copper-gold tenements in Victoria.

The state government has appointed seven building companies to deliver construction and refurbishment projects under its WA Recovery Plan.

Roy Hill sales hit $6.4 billion in the year to June, with the company reporting payment of more than $900 million in taxes.