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The Department of Finance has selected 25 businesses for its new common-use arrangement contract to supply food and beverage items to government agencies across Western Australia.

National Australia Bank is set to cop a $1.18 billion hit in its full-year results including an extra $832 million in customer remediation costs related to dodgy insurance and the fees-for-no-service advice scandal.

Mineral Resources has terminated a joint venture agreement with Hexagon Resources, while Independence Group bolstered its JV deal with Buxton Resources.

Westpac and ANZ have followed the lead set by rivals Commonwealth Bank and NAB and will not pass on Tuesday's 0.25 per cent rate cut in full.

The Australian share market has opened sharply lower, mirroring falls on Wall Street overnight.

WA seeks nominations for TAB privatisation

Oil prices slipped overnight, pressured as weak US economic data dimmed crude's demand outlook while reports of an output decline from the world's largest oil producers in the third quarter kept prices from falling further.

Gold jumped 1.0 per cent overnight, reversing course from earlier in the session when it touched a near two-month low, as the US dollar pared gains after weak US manufacturing data bolstered bets for another interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve.

A Midvale business which creates simulated injuries for military and emergency services training has bought its United States counterpart as it plans to expand stateside.

Shares in WA mining maintenance contractor Mader Group have traded at a premium to its initial public offering price on its first day on the Australian share market.

The Australian share market has enjoyed its best day in nearly a month following the Reserve Bank's decision to cut the cash rate for a third time this year.

Less than a week after Bunnings admitted to underpaying workers due to payroll error, a second Wesfarmers division has said it discovered a payroll mistake, which has left around 6,000 workers underpaid to a total of $15 million.

Magnis Energy Technologies has unveiled the feasibility study for Australia's first battery manufacturing plant near Townsville, which could put a dent in Western Australia’s ambition to establish the country’s primary battery minerals processing and manufacturing hub.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the cash rate to a new record low of 0.75 per cent, with the board prepared to go even lower if the nation's economy does not respond.

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Bankwest has announced the appointment of Sinead Taylor as the first female to lead the organisation in its 124-year history.

GR Engineering has emerged from an ASX suspension today to disclose that its bottom line will likely be impacted by two major subsidiaries of its client Northern Oil & Gas Australia going into administration last month.

The median price of a house in Perth recorded the largest decline among all state capitals for September, with the slump over the past five years now surpassing 20 per cent, according to the latest CoreLogic data.

Former Buru Energy managing director Keiran Wulff will replace outgoing Oil Search managing director Peter Botten, with the long-serving leader to hand over the reins in February.

Phylogica has announced a commercial collaboration with Lions Eye Institute trading under the name Vision Pharma, bringing the biotechnology company a step closer to commercialising its drug delivery technology.

Iconic Aussie sportswear brand Rip Curl has agreed to be acquired by Kathmandu in a $350 million deal that will create a $1 billion Australasian surfing and outdoor adventure company.

Resource bosses urge action on US rare earths deal

Oil prices fell overnight on fading concerns of supply shortfalls and conflicts in the Middle East as global benchmark Brent posted its biggest quarterly loss this year on demand fears due to the escalating US-China trade conflict.

Platinum plunged more than 5.0 per cent and gold shed 2.0 per cent overnight, leading a sharp decline across precious metals driven by a soaring US dollar, with deficit-hit palladium too giving up some gains from a record rally in which it breached $US1,700 per ounce.

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State Attorney General John Quigley has taken a battle between parliament’s upper house and the Corruption and Crime Commission to the Supreme Court.

Eddy Haegel has made a career breathing new life into struggling assets at BHP, including the revival of the mining giant’s nickel business; sharing his story at a Business News breakfast today, he was also bullish about the potential to develop more downstream processing of battery minerals in WA.

The Australian share market has closed higher, with gains across the board, but the ASX still suffered its first losing week since mid-August.

Kalgoorlie-based contractor MLG has recruited a high-profile finance executive as it moves closer to joining fellow mining services companies Mader Group and DDH1 Drilling in a stockmarket listing.

A $2.4 billion surge in revenue above forecast levels helped the state government record a $1.3 billion operating surplus in the year to June, but the overall cash position of the budget is still in a deficit of $924 million.

Hartleys has reported a big drop in annual revenue and net profit, making it the third major stockbroking firm in Perth to have its results hit by the sharp decline in corporate finance activity over the past year.