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Perth-based The Agency Group Australia has executed an option to acquire east coast real estate group Top Level for $5.5 million, while also announcing an $8.4 million capital raising and a $5 million debt conversion deal.

Medical tech company ResApp Health has announced a $7.5 million capital raising as it moves to commercialise its smartphone app, which aims to diagnose and manage respiratory diseases.

The LNG train is warming up its engines, as two major players gear up for another round of project investment.

WA organisations as varied as Landgate, RAC and Bankwest are becoming case studies for corporate innovation.

Australian shares have opened higher, mirroring an overnight recovery on Wall Street after the heavyweight mining sector was helped by improved copper and iron ore prices.

Australia to lose from trade battle

Wall Street has rebounded in a broad-based rally as investors brushed aside intensifying trade rhetoric between the United States and China.

Oil futures rose more than one per cent on signs that OPEC would not be prepared to raise output to address shrinking supplies from Iran, and as Saudi Arabia signaled an informal target near current levels.

Gold prices turned negative as the US dollar strengthened following news that China would retaliate against a new round of tariffs on its goods.

The Australian share market is on course for its second worst month of 2018 after the Trump administration announced additional trade tariffs on China.

Property developer Carmel Group and Aegis Aged Care Group have been chosen to build a $100 million multigenerational development at the former Joondalup Basketball Stadium.

The state government has announced Janet Holmes a Court will replace Sam Walsh as chair of the Art Gallery of WA, amidst uncertainty around the future of chief executive Stefano Carboni.

Shares in 3D printing firm Aurora Labs were up nearly 30 per cent today after the company said it had printed complex parts well above market average speeds using its large format technology.

Kalium Lakes has released a bankable feasibility study for its Beyondie sulphate of potash (SOP) project in the Pilbara, which the company says has compelling technical and economic outcomes.

A $100,000 reward is being offered by the state government for information that leads to the conviction of anyone involved in contaminating strawberries with sewing needles in Western Australia.

New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows a less severe annual decline in Perth house prices than other sources.

Gold producer Ramelius Resources has announced plans to begin underground mining at its Edna May operation near Southern Cross early next year.

A recent world first by WA researchers provides a glimpse of what to expect when the Square Kilometre Array is operational.

Wesfarmers’ new technology agribusiness, Decipher, has appointed its first chief executive, after recruiting Anthony Walker from international geospatial services company AAM.

Kathmandu is rewarding staff after the outdoor equipment retailer's full-year profit surged almost a third to $NZ50.5 million ($46.3 million) thanks to a big jump in Australian sales.

TPG Telecom has reported a 4.6 per cent drop in full-year profit to $396.9 million after the NBN hit broadband margins and home phone revenue.

Australian shares have opened lower after US President Donald Trump announced the imposition of additional trade tariffs on China.

Aged care stocks take a battering

US stocks have fallen, led by declines in technology and consumer discretionary stocks as investors looked to President Donald Trump's announcement regarding tariffs on $US200 billion of Chinese imports.

Oil prices were little changed as the market weighed deepening trade tension between the US and China that is expected to dent global crude demand and potential supply tightening due to Iran sanctions.

A softer dollar and short-covering has lifted gold after two sessions of declines, but investors braced for more US-China trade tensions, with some buying bullion as a safe haven.

Advanced Braking Technology is pleased to announce the completion of its non-renounceable Retail Entitlement Offer.

The Takeovers Panel has made a finding of unacceptable circumstances against ASX-listed Tribune Resources, which is led by managing director Anthony Billis.

Australian shares have closed higher, lifted by the banks despite heavy losses to aged care stocks in reaction to the pending royal commission.

Maddington-based civil contractor All Earth Group, which held contracts on two state government projects, has gone into voluntary administration.

SPECIAL REPORT: Several junior gold-focused companies in WA are vying to mature from exploration to production.

SPECIAL REPORT: The state’s gold industry is planning to invest more than $1 billion in exploration and development to sustain continued modest growth in production.