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Common household expenses have increased markedly in the past year with many low-income earners unable to keep pace, according to new modelling released by the WA Council of Social Service.

WestStar subsidiary SIMPEC has been awarded $6 million in contract extensions, bringing the total value of contracts awarded to the company since July to $30 million.

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is confident his government will be able to keep its election promise of surpluses over the next four years, despite marked downgrades to the outlook in his last budget update.

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Talga Resources has raised $3.25 million from an institutional placement, following the announcement of a $6 million raising from an oversubscribed share purchase plan earlier this week.

The Manjimup-bred burgundy apple Bravo is closer to being sold internationally, after businesses in Europe and South Africa signed an MOU to progress plans for its commercialisation.

A quarterly rebalancing of S&P/ASX indices has resulted in South32 being relegated from the top 20 index, and Galaxy Resources being dropped from the top 200 index.

The corporate regulator is seeking to wind-up an alleged unregistered managed investment scheme run by Mt Hawthorn resident Chris Marco, who received about $240 million from 132 investors.

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There have been 33 insolvency appointments to Western-Australian-incorporated companies in the past fortnight.

Graphite explorer Talga Resources has raised $6 million from an oversubscribed share purchase plan, in excess of the $3 million target announced last month.

The City of Stirling has streamlined the approvals processes and cut red tape for small businesses in the area, as part of the Small Business Friendly Approvals Project.

Malaga-based UON has announced Macquarie Bank as a strategic investor of the company, as it looks to bring new technology and solutions to Western Australia’s mining sector.

A fund managed by Primewest has sold a historic building and an adjoining eight-storey office tower in Brisbane’s CBD for $47.4 million.

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Industrial Relations Minister Bill Johnston has unveiled a raft of strategies to crack down on wage theft, while at the same time a national Fair Work sting at capital city hospitality hotspots revealed 75 per cent of businesses were breaking the law.

Aspire Mining  has made some changes to its board with the appointment of non-executive director Achit-Erdene Darambazar as managing director, executive chair David Paull tran

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Perth creative agency Rare has joined forces with one of the sector’s newest data and technology players, Omnicom Media Group’s Hearts & Science brand, to launch a media firm in Western Austral

Scott Morrison is reducing the number of federal government departments and sacking five senior bureaucrats in a major shake-up of the public service.

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Australia's GDP showed only a slight expansion in the last three months, while WA's state final demand fell by 0.2 per cent for the quarter - the second weakest performing state.

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Gold Road Resources and Gold Fields' $621 million Gruyere mine officially opened today, with Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Johnston saying the project would create around 250 jobs over the next 12 years.

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Alita Resources has repaid $US32.5 million ($A47 million) to its major shareholder and creditor Galaxy Resources, which confirmed today it would not pursue its planned acquisition of the lithium mi

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Collapsed lithium miner Alita Resources has entered a binding $70 million loan agreement with China Hydrogen Energy, three months after the company went into administration.

Ruah Community Services has announced it will merge with Mental Health Law Centre, providing WA's disadvantaged population with increased access to legal and community services.

There have been 31 insolvency appointments to Western-Australian-incorporated companies in the past fortnight.

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