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Opposition leader Zak Kirkup has backed the state government's decision to close the border to Queensland by midnight tonight.

In this week's podcast, Mark Beyer and Matt Mckenzie discuss US politics and the impact on markets, tough new COVID restrictions, the residential property recovery, WA gas projects, and commercial property developments.

Fruit and vegetable crop losses across the country as a result of labour shortages continued to mount over the festive season and now top $38 million.

The state and federal governments have allocated $158 million for 62 roads projects in regional Western Australia.

Travel restrictions imposed by the state government on Queensland arrivals have wreaked havoc on a number of sports and arts events.

The state's international arrival cap will be halved until mid-February under a national proposal by the chief medical officer.

Pre-flight testing of returning Australians will be introduced to help prevent the spread of the more transmissible variant of COVID-19 identified in the United Kingdom.

The state government will close the border to Queensland from tonight after the highly infectious UK strain of COVID-19 was detected.

A coronavirus patient in WA at the centre of personal protective equipment breaches has been confirmed to have the highly contagious UK strain.

Chamber sinks SA sub claim

WA mining exploration company Cockatoo Iron is facing legal action for allegedly failing to repay almost $5 million in loans.

Shares boomed on the ASX, led by energy and materials, as investors expect more economic stimulus in the US after the Democrats' key Senate victory.

The state government has hailed the findings of new research from Deloitte Access Economics purporting to show Ningaloo Coast as an economic powerhouse of northern WA.

Premier Mark McGowan has urged frontline workers not to get complacent ahead of a review into safety protocol breaches that saw three people quarantined.

Perth-based Torrens Mining has listed on the stock market after raising $10 million from its IPO, with its share price closing up nearly 50 per cent.

Perth lobbyist Jason Marocchi and former WA bureaucrat Peter Conran are among nine members appointed to the federal government's inaugural sport advisory council.

Four organisations have received funding to run indigenous girls academy services, after the federal government pulled funding from basketballer Ricky Grace's Role Models and Leaders Australia.

Plico Energy has locked in $2.4 million from investors while also agreeing to a $1.6 million debt facility with a major lender, with the funds to go towards its WA marketing initiatives.

Opposition leader Zak Kirkup has promised $200 million in apprenticeship incentives.

Australians will start to be vaccinated against coronavirus in February, following new advice provided to the federal government.

Georgiou Capital has been chosen as the preferred proponent to redevelop and buy the Landgate building in Midland, under the state government's Market-led Proposals Policy.

Twitter and Facebook have temporarily locked the accounts of President Donald Trump and YouTube removed his video message to protesters who stormed the Capitol.

WA grain growers net $6b

Police in the US Capitol have responded with drawn guns and tear gas as swarms of protesters stormed in and sought to force Congress to undo President Donald Trump's election loss shortly after some of Trump's fellow Republicans launched a last-ditch effort to throw out the results.

The state government and property development giant Pivot Group are forging ahead with plans for a $30m office building in West Perth to accommodate parliamentary staff.

Google has launched a fresh bid to tackle a federal government move to make it pay for news content, offering a $1.3 billion program to support journalism.

Car sales in WA were stronger than anywhere else in Australia in 2020, aside from the ACT, although they were still down on the prior year.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called a special meeting of national cabinet later this week to consider a proposal to strengthen the COVID safety of international travel processes.

Investors lost more than one per cent on the ASX as they grew uneasy about early US Senate votes, which may hand Joe Biden support for a progressive agenda.

Shares in Pilbara Minerals continued their strong rally today as the company announced record quarterly shipments and highlighted the lift in global lithium prices.

The state government has set up a quarantine zone in Coolbellup after confirming the detection of a Queensland fruit fly, warning an outbreak could cost WA millions to manage.

A long-running defamation dispute between Rottnest Island retailers is heading back to the Supreme Court more than four years after it was thrown out.