Isabel Vieira

Another two Bankwest Perth locations are set to close as the bank grapples with the decline in branch use due to surging digital transactions.

Kathleen Valley developer Liontown Resources has once again assured its lithium asset is on budget and on track towards production mid-2024 amid volatile market conditions.

Fortescue’s energy division chief financial officer Deborah Caudle is set to depart the empire, following a corporate restructure at the Andrew Forrest-led company.

Tom Zaunmayr and Isabel Vieira discuss long-running plans to develop a port in Exmouth.

Plans to establish a children’s mental health and wellbeing centre in the City of Swan are under way, with the Mental Health Commission seeking out a service provider for the job.

Property developer Ricky Hirsch’s building company FTD Construction has collapsed following a series of complaints and its registration being stripped last year.

WA beef wholesaler V&V Walsh has inked a $40 million memorandum of understanding with a Chinese trade group to boost its supply of cattle.

WA firm Euroz Hartleys has reported a modest profit off the back of two years of subdued markets but has capitalised on major block trade activity within the lithium sector.

Battery metals miner IGO is bracing for a 20 per cent cut in spodumene sales from its Greenbushes joint venture lithium operation, marking another hit in response to market weakness.

The Town of Port Hedland will defend legal action instigated by Decmil over an alleged contractual breach tied to a $19 million project that was backed by the state government.

Patriot Battery Metals chairman Ken Brinsden has been named chief executive and moved to Canada to develop the miner's lithium asset, drawing on his track record with Pilbara Minerals.

Claire Tyrrell and Nadia Budihardjo discuss the rise of student accommodation in the Perth CBD.

Perth-based Province Resources has referred its ambitious plan to build a large-scale green hydrogen and ammonia project in the Gascoyne to the environmental watchdog.

Fortescue has officially farewelled former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as a director, in a move first flagged in September.

Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals has pushed pause on its Kambalda nickel operation, a week after a major nickel mine in Ravensthorpe was suspended.

Nadia Budihardjo and Isabel Vieira discuss early childhood education, and recommended measures to improve childhood safety.

The Western Australian tech firm behind the G2G Pass has won a $23 million contract to develop an app and communications module for the Department of Fire and Emergency Services.

A global agricultural giant is set to acquire cotton company Namoi Cotton, which is building WA's first cotton processing gin in Kununurra.

WA1 Resources is rattling the tin for $40 million to fund drilling and exploration work at its flagship West Arunta project in the Gibson desert.

West Perth-based goldminer Ten Sixty Four’s former administrator Simon Theobald has taken on the surprising role as chief executive two weeks after resigning from the restructuring role.

Nadia Budihardjo and Jack McGinn discuss today's Federal Court finding around Santos' Barossa gas project, and the Environmental Defenders Office.

Home care provider Silverchain and pathology services company Australian Clinical Labs have inked a partnership to launch an at-home testing service.

Perth-based gold and lithium explorer MetalsTech has received a $120 million offer from a Canadian private equity fund for its gold exploration project in Slovakia.

Former Western Australian governor Kim Beazley has joined the board of Murdoch-based biotechnology company Orthocell, chaired by John Van Der Wielen.

Isabel Vieira with the latest on Woodside's community spend, industrial action at Fremantle port and a Port Hedland accommodation upgrade.

The state government is spending $3.1 million developing new functionality in a mobile app to boost the number of skippers logging their trips.

Work has commenced on Water Corporation’s $238.5 million upgrade of its wastewater treatment plant servicing Perth’s southern suburbs.

Isabel Vieira with the latest on battery storage, Andrew Forrest's wind farm developments and a $122m lifestyle village.

Zenith Minerals has regained control of two of its lithium projects in Western Australia after EV Metals Group failed to meet the conditions of its earn-in deal.

Andrew Forrest says he's committed to financing Squadron Energy's ambitious development pipeline to deliver 14 gigawatts of renewable energy.

German luxury automotive manufacturer Mercedes-Benz has inked a $30 million deal with Perth company NeoMetals to buy a battery materials refinery asset.

Perth builder Insideout Building has been placed in the hands of liquidators after it collapsed due to cost escalations and labour challenges.