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Western Australia will get an $80 million specialist rural fire division at the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, as recommended in an independent report into the deadly Yarloop bushfire.

A new utility-scale battery launched in the Pilbara by Alinta Energy today will be Australia’s second biggest, behind Elon Musk’s Tesla battery in South Australia.

The Australian share market has closed higher, after Wall Street rose on easing US-Russia tensions over Syria and investors looked for bargains in healthcare and resources.

The state government has announced Richard Sellers as acting director general of the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation after Stephen Wood was forced out last week.

Perth-based Andrew Hopkins has led a $508 million buyout of national panel beating business AMA Group, with the deal backed by private equity giant Blackstone.

Treasurer Ben Wyatt's ambition for increased private participation in the electricity sector remains, despite a slow start, touting it as part of a microeconomic reform program designed to lift productivity.

A group of not for profits that joined forces 18 months ago with a mission to end homelessness will today publicly launch its 10-year plan on Adelaide Terrace, followed by a music event through the streets of the CBD.

Mark Connelly-led Tao Commodities is set to commence trading on the ASX on Monday, after the junior explorer raised $4.7 million via an initial public offering.

More women than men are being appointed to the boards of Australia's top 200 companies for the first time on record.

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Commonwealth Bank of Australia has agreed to pay $3 million after the corporate watchdog found two of the lender's financial planning arms charged customers millions of dollars for advice they did not receive.

Perth-based Genesis Minerals has received commitments to raise $5 million through a share placement, with the funds to be spent on a drilling program and a feasibility study at its Ulysses gold project.

Finbar Group has raised $31 million through a share placement, with the funds going towards the construction of the $350 million Canning Bridge project in Applecross and the $108 million Palmyra Apartments Estate project.

The Australian share market has opened slightly higher as investors' concerns about US and Russia's tensions over Syria eased.

The Seven Network and Foxtel have won the bidding war for cricket's TV rights, paying almost $1.2 billion and ending the four-decade relationship between the sport and the Nine Network.

The Australian dollar is slightly higher against a stronger US dollar which was buoyed by US President Donald Trump's more conciliatory trade comments, including the possibility of rejoining the Tr

Oil prices have held steady remaining close to highs last reached in late 2014 on tensions over Syria and shrinking global oil inventories.

Wall Street stocks bounced higher as expectations that lower US taxes would fuel corporate earnings added to easing of nerves over US military conflict with Russia in Syria.

Urban infill ‘will save us $30 billion’

Property veteran and former ABN Group co-owner Garry Brown-Neaves has seized the opportunity to broaden his portfolio, launching new industrial and commercial estate Precinct 95 late last month.

Opposition leader Bill Shorten today pledged $241 million to extend the Armadale suburban rail line to Byford, bringing federal Labor’s infrastructure commitments in the state to $1.2 billion.

Barrister John Vaughan has been appointed a judge of the WA Supreme Court, filling the vacancy left by the resignation of Justice Peter Martino.

The Australian share market has closed lower as increasing tensions between the US and Russia over Syria unnerve investors.

Dowsing Concrete and Axiis Contracting will split an $18 million contract for concrete work associated with the Public Transport Authority’s bus stop upgrade program over the next five years.

SPECIAL REPORT: The state government’s plan to remove the payroll tax exemption for employees undertaking training has secured the support of the Greens and The Nationals WA, despite strong opposition from the Liberals and the state's leading business lobby group.

Perth-based company Lycopodium has been appointed as lead engineer and author for a pre-feasibility study at Jervois Mining’s Nico Young cobalt-nickel project in NSW.

An emerging social enterprise, The Underground Collaborative, is seeking about $50,000 to provide employment pathways for Perth’s homeless and disadvantaged amid plans to roll out a series of coffee carts across local parks.

Accounting firm BDO has appointed Perth-based chairman Sherif Andrawes as its global natural resources leader, replacing Charles Dewhurst from the company’s US arm, after 12 years in the role.

Western Australia has retained the highest home loan delinquency rate in the country for the third straight year despite an improvement in 2017, with some of Perth’s northern suburbs among the worst performing in Australia, according to ratings agency Moody’s.

Junior explorers Black Mountain Resources and Australian Vanadium have announced $3 million capital raisings, while gold-focused Crusader Resources is tapping investors for $6.5 million as part of its initial public offering on the London AIM.

A not-for-profit group established and chaired by retiring Governor Kerry Sanderson has attracted strong corporate support in its mission to improve our state’s parks.

Australian shares are lower as potential US military action against Syria stoked investor concerns about the impact of military action on the American economy.