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Neurological services provider MSWA has undergone substantial growth in the past 10 years, working towards reliance on private revenue sources.

The state government has used the launch of its battery industry strategy today to announce that one of the first initiatives will be to develop an investment attraction strategy for the sector.

Perth-based mining technology company Qteq will use a $2.8 million federal grant to bring oil and gas technology into the mining industry.

Clean technology company Eden Innovations has announced it is planning to raise $9.8 million through a share placement and rights issue after running down its cash balance to $1.35 million at the end of December.

SRG Global and WBHO Infrastructure have entered a $41.6 million joint venture to deliver the Wanneroo Road and Ocean Reef Road Interchange project.

Opinion: WA miners stand to benefit as China appears more likely to ride out the damaging trade war run by Donald Trump.

Online screening and verification company CV Check has generated a cash surplus of $200,000 for the December quarter, its first cash positive quarter since it was founded in 2004.

Big business has stepped up its campaign in favour of a constitutionally enshrined ‘voice’ for indigenous Australians, with BHP Group chief executive Andrew Mackenzie using a speech in Perth this morning to endorse the proposal.

Australian cosmetics empire Napoleon Perdis Group has gone into voluntary administration, putting jobs and 56 local stores at risk.

Fortescue Metals Group has recorded a 5 per cent rise in iron-ore shipments for the December quarter, as it positions itself to increase output of a new higher-grade product.

Belmont-based contractor NRW Holdings will purchase the mining and heat treatment businesses of RCR Tomlinson for $10 million.

Australian shares are up at the start of trade, with the big miners and energy companies leading the way thanks to a continued rise in iron ore and oil prices.

Miners back Uluru call for ‘voice’

Oil prices have risen after US government data showed signs of tightening supply and investors remained concerned about supply disruptions following US sanctions on Venezuela's oil industry.

Gold has inched lower but stayed close to its highest in more than eight months as the US dollar ticked up on better-than-expected US private-sector jobs data and investors waited to hear about the Federal Reserve's decision on monetary policy.

US stocks have surged after the Federal Reserve said it would be patient in lifting borrowing costs further this year, reassuring investors worried about a slowing economy.

Galena Mining has struck a deal with Japanese company Toho Zinc to invest up to $90 million in stages in the Abra zinc project in the Gascoyne region.

The Supreme Court has this week dismissed two separate appeals, by manufacturer Best Bar Reinforcements and a Harvey Norman franchisee, finding both companies were liable for workplace incidents.

Opinion: WA should be careful not to be railroaded into supplying gas to the eastern states via a transcontinental gas pipeline.

The Australian share market has closed higher after a fluctuating trading session with the resources sector putting in a strong performance.

There are doubts Chinese government-owned telecommunications giant Huawei will be able to deliver a $136 million contract for Perth’s rail network, after the United States brought criminal charges against the company.

Australian Gas Infrastructure Group has announced it is expanding its Tubridgi gas storage facility near Onslow in the north-west of Western Australia.

MACA has signed a memorandum of understanding for a $US220 million ($306 million) contract for Emerald Resources planned gold project in Cambodia.

Perth’s subdued inflation rate has continued, coming in at just 1.3 per cent in 2018, trailing only Darwin for the lowest price increase out of Australia’s eight capital cities.

A new collaboration between Perth Festival’s Writers Week and The Literature Centre is promising to expand the centre’s audience reach to an adult demographic.

Women accounted for 29.7 per cent of ASX200 board members by the end of last year, an increase of more than 10 percentage points since the Australian Institute of Company Directors in 2015 called for ASX200 companies to achieve 30 per cent female representation on boards by the conclusion of 2018.

West Perth-based ClearVue Technologies has launched the first commercial trial of its photovoltaic solar panel, with the glass structure installed at Warwick Grove shopping centre.

Australian shares have opened higher with the big miners driving the market on surging gold, copper and iron ore prices.

Malaysian property investment group YTL Corporation has added to its Perth portfolio, with one of its subsidiaries acquiring The Westin Perth from BGC Australia in a deal understood to be worth around $200 million.

Red alert on train deal

Oil prices have gained more than two per cent after the United States imposed sanctions on state-owned Venezuelan oil company PDVSA, a move likely to reduce the OPEC member's crude exports and relieve some global oversupply worries.

Gold has jumped to its highest in more than eight-months, on doubts surrounding US-China trade relations and ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting with increasing expectations for a pause to the central bank's rate hike trajectory.