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City of Fremantle Mayor Brad Pettitt explores tree loss and community pushback in relation to what he claims is a wave of 'dumb density' taking place across Perth.

Christine Holgate has resigned as chief executive of Australia Post after the launch of an investigation into the organisation's gift and expenses culture.

Henderson-based engineering services company Orontide Group has added new capabilities with the acquisition of recently established business Hydrocarbon Solutions.

Westpac has had a 62 per cent dive in full-year cash earnings, largely from the effects of COVID-19 and its $1.3 billion penalty for breaches of money laundering and terror financing laws.

CoreLogic’s national home value index recorded positive growth for October, with Perth’s housing values up 0.6 per cent amid a tightening rental market.

The highly anticipated WA Museum Boola Bardip will open later this month.

Australia could lose $3 trillion and 880,000 jobs over the next 50 years if climate change is not addressed, according to a report by Deloitte.

Miner targets heritage site for project.

Victorian artist Serena Cowie is the 2020 winner of Western Australia’s richest art award, The Lester Prize for Portraiture.

Australia's share market had its worst week since April, and one investment analyst has warned more trouble looms if the US election result next week takes time to unfold.

The state government has released a new planning policy for the development of activity centres, replacing guidelines that are 10 years old.

Bonfire and Living Online have been recognised as the best marketing agencies of the year at two separate award ceremonies.

Mark Beyer and Matt Mckenzie discuss: the battle over a lithium miner, corporate lawyers on the move, a new iron ore mine, Perth apartment projects, Karratha's property boom, recycling, commercial property and data disruption.

Privately owned investment company Perron Group has reported a rare annual loss after making big write-downs in the value of its shopping centres and other assets.

Decisions made by our elected representatives over many years have put the nation in an unenviable trade position.

Shares in Western Areas fell sharply today after the nickel miner said it expected lower production volumes and higher costs this financial year.

Western Australia will reopen its borders to all states and territories from November 14, but some restrictions will remain for people from NSW and Victoria.

Australia's longest-serving finance minister has officially resigned to contest the leadership of a powerful global economic advisory body.

BP Australia is ceasing fuel production at its Kwinana refinery and will convert it into an import terminal, resulting in hundreds of job losses.

Construction has started on Stockland’s new residential community in Glendalough, the national land developer’s first urban infill project in Western Australia in more than 20 years.

Just days into his term as Perth Lord Mayor, Basil Zempilas will be the subject of a city protest this weekend over comments he made about gender identity on morning radio.

A royal commission sparked by last summer's devastating bushfires has recommended the federal government have the power to declare a national emergency for such disasters.

An entrepreneurship program is opening doors for people who are deaf and hard of hearing.

The Premier will this morning chair a meeting of the State Disaster Council where updated health advice about a travel bubble with States that have no community spread will be considered.

Myer chair Garry Hounsell has left the company after criticism from shareholders including retail kingpin Solomon Lew.

There's late mail in the Australia Post scandal, with chief executive Christine Holgate querying the nature of the investigation into spending of gifts.

Perth-based Baxter Healthcare and PureIV have won a $290 million state government contract, in a move set to streamline the distribution of medical equipment to public hospitals.

National office sublease space jumped by more than 30 per cent in the September quarter, with sublease space in the Perth office market increasing by just 2.2 per cent.

A parliamentary committee examining Rio Tinto's destruction of the ancient Juukan Gorge rock shelters will visit the sacred Western Australian sites next week.

A private Hong Kong-based entity is purchasing a high-grade iron ore mine on Cockatoo Island from its former owner, Pluton Resources.

Australia's share market closed at its lowest level since the first week of October after investors felt the fallout of a plunge on US markets.

ASX-listed retail group Mosaic Brands has informed shareholders of plans to shut about a fifth of its stores, citing decreasing income from brick-and-mortar stores.