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A new $62 million research centre at UWA plans to advance solutions for the management, sustainability and conservation of marine resources via tie-ups between scientists and industry.

The impact of a WA initiative that empowers young Aboriginal women was recently showcased at the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education.

The state’s first early stage venture capital limited partnership is one of three funds announced by Western Australian money managers this year, and one of two in a joint project by Cottesloe-based View Street Partners and Nedlands-based Mac Equity.

Melinda Cilento has been chosen to succeed Stephen Martin as chief executive of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia.

A Singaporean group that holds about a 5 per cent stake in Troy Resources has called for a meeting to seek the replacement of the gold miner’s board members with its own nominees.

A long-running dispute between Karara Mining and DM Civil over a contract originally worth $26 million has highlighted the extraordinary gulf that often arises between project developers and contractors when their relationship sours.

Chevron’s Gorgon project has shaken off last year’s teething issues to ship at an above-capacity run rate in July, exporting 1.4 million tonnes of LNG in the month, according to the latest data from consultancy Energy Quest.

Aspiring lithium miner Tawana Resources has confirmed the award of a $30 million engineering procurement and construction contract to Primero Group for its Bald Hill project in the Goldfields.

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The new Chinese owners of manganese miner Consolidated Minerals will employ 300 personnel for the restart of operations at the mothballed Woodie Woodie mine in the Pilbara.

One of the state’s most experienced financial services leaders, John Van Der Wielen says the opportunity to put something back into the community was one factor motivating his move to HBF.

Oil and gas producer Santos will book an impairment charge of $US690 million ($A877 million) in its half-year results due next week after lowering its oil price forecasts.

ANZ Banking Group has reported a third-quarter cash profit of $1.79 billion, helped by strong growth in owner-occupier mortgage lending.

The Australian market has opened sharply higher as tension over North Korea ebbs, and investors are lured back to equities.

Two revitalisation projects not only promise to develop new tourism precincts, but will also bring beachfront apartment living to the regions.

Kids’ hospital flawed from start: doctorsDoctors have told a State Government inquiry into the problem plagued Perth Children’s Hospital that the project was flawed fro

Oil prices have tumbled more than 2.5 per cent in volatile trade, as US dollar strength and weak domestic demand data in China hammered prices that had received a short-lived boost on concerns about potential reductions in crude supply from Libya.

Gold prices have fallen by half a per cent, retreating from last week's two-month highs, as US dollar strength and the easing of tensions between the United States and North Korea pushed prices lower.

FIRM Construction has announced it has been awarded contracts for the Forrestdale South West Primary School forward works, and the refurbishment of the ground and first floors of the Kalgoorlie Pol

THE 2016-17 financial year marked the start of a recovery for Western Australian merchandise exports, which were up 20 per cent to be worth nearly $121 billion in the year to June.

THE first brushstrokes have been applied to four CBH grain silos in Merredin as part of cultural organisation FORM’s annual PUBLIC street art project.

Steel fabrication workshops on the Kwinana industrial strip have secured some big contracts.

Rail freight operator Aurizon has announced the closure of its Forrestfield terminal by the end of the year, as part of a national restructure that will result in the loss of 250 jobs.

The Australian share market has closed higher after weak US inflation figures dampened prospects that the US Federal Reserve and other central banks will raise interest rates later this year.

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce may become the fifth federal politician to be removed from parliament for holding dual citizenship, after New Zealand's prime minister said Mr Joyce was a citizen of the country.

Finbar Group has called on the City of South Perth to introduce a special planning scheme for its Civic Heart project, where it is now aiming to build two apartment towers despite describing the WA apartment market as the most challenging in the company’s history.

Oil and gas producer Santos has signed an agreement to supply gas to Engie's Pelican Point power station in South Australia.

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Gold junior Spitfire Materials has entered into an agreement to merge with Victoria-based Aphrodite Gold in an all-scrip deal that values the target at about $32 million.

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Perth-based NRW Holdings has announced plans to acquire east coast contractor Golding Group for an enterprise value of $85 million.