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An industrial infill precinct in Welshpool with a chequered history is attracting interest from occupiers, with four-wheel drive accessory manufacturer ARB Corporation and United Fasteners moving in late last year, and a leasing campaign launched for a new-build office and warehouse at the same site.

Nickel miner Panoramic Resources has reported a 72 per cent take-up by shareholders for the retail component of its underwritten $32.7 million entitlement offer, helped by support from major shareholder Zeta Resources.

Western Australia is leading the country in the adoption of waste-to-energy projects, with $1.2 billion being invested in two path-breaking facilities under construction.

WA’s newest cultural drawcard is set to showcase the state’s unique heritage on a world stage.

Former Wesfarmers executive Terry Bowen is planning to reduce his involvement at private equity group BGH Capital after taking an expanded board role at BHP and joining the board of Transurban.

Warrington Capital Partners has made a tidy return on selling 66 Kings Park Road to Primewest, with the ASX-listed funds manager paying more than twice what Warrington did for the property in 2017.

Australians buying homes with at least a seven-star energy rating will be eligible for discounted loans under a new scheme through the federal government's green bank.

Curious Planet, formerly known as Australian Geographic, will close all 63 of its stores in Australia over the next eight weeks after the owner's administrators were unable to find a suitable buyer for the struggling retailer.

Sumitomo Forestry has taken a controlling stake in Scott Park Group, becoming the first Japan-owned company to enter Western Australia’s residential construction market.

Copper prices overnight hit their highest point since May as traders awaited the signing of a US-China Phase 1 trade deal and Chinese data that will show whether a pick-up in economic activity has been maintained.

Australian shares have hit a fresh record high amid surging global investor optimism ahead of a looming US-China trade deal.

Oil prices fell about 1 per cent overnight as Middle East tensions eased and investors turned their focus to lackluster seasonal demand following last week's bearish US report showing a large fuel stockbuilds.

A looming US-China trade deal and the easing of tensions in the Middle East have prompted gold prices to fall overnight.

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Wembley has emerged as one of Perth’s most in-demand suburbs, with time it takes to sell a home averaging just 39 days in 2019, the shortest period in the metropolitan area.

Workers at the DP World terminal at Fremantle Ports are striking today after negotiations between the company and union broke down over provisions to restrict automation and outsourcing in a draft bargaining agreement.

Neale Fong has been appointed chief executive of Bethesda Health Care after serving as chairman of the Claremont-based hospital operator since 2008.

The Australian share market has pulled back after breaking through its all-time highs on Friday, with Australia's largest companies dipping the most.

EcoGraf, formerly Kibaran Resources, has signed a letter of intent with GR Engineering Services for its proposed battery graphite facility in Kwinana, which is budgeted to cost just more than $100 million.

Buoyed by a second successful capital raising at the end of 2019, a Leederville-based firm is taking a high-tech, personalised approach to aged care.

The federal government has announced a $50 million emergency fund to address the loss of wildlife during the nation’s bushfire season, as more Australian businesses have pledged millions in combined donations.

Rio Tinto has awarded Perth-based engineering company Mondium with a $400 million contract for works at the Western Turner Syncline phase two mine, located in the Pilbara.

A summary of the smaller deals from last week, which did not get included in our daily news coverage.

The bushfire crisis will cost Australia $5 billion in direct losses and lop off 0.2 to 0.5 per cent from its economic growth, Westpac has estimated.

Australian share prices have dipped at the opening of the trading week with most industry sectors down by less than one per cent.

Camfield pub in rates battle

Oil fell below $US65 a barrel overnight in its first weekly loss since late November, erasing the week's risk premium added since a US drone strike killed a top Iranian general as investors focused on rising US inventories and other signs of ample supply.

Gold edged higher overnight, and was on track to post a weekly gain for fifth straight week, as fresh sanctions on Iran by the United States stoked uncertainty supporting demand for the bullion.

Woodside Petroleum is set to begin drilling for oil off the coast of Senegal, executing key contracts to begin the first phase of its $US4.2 billion ($6 billion) Sangomar project.

Toyota, Mazda and Suzuki are the latest manufacturers to voluntarily recall cars with the potentially deadly Takata NADI 5-AT airbags, and are offering to buy the vehicles back.