Nadia Budihardjo

A state government panel has received almost 100 complaints about WA councils in the past financial year, with about a fifth coming from one western suburbs council.

Ausgold has bought two farming properties covering more than 1,000 hectares at its Katanning Gold Project for $10 million.

Australian Venue Co will add The Court Hotel to its Western Australian portfolio, with owner Bree Maddox ready to move on after 18 years of operating the Northbridge venue.

Yolk Property Group has been caught up in a legal dispute with a disgruntled purchaser who bought a $1.5 million lot on its North Fremantle project.

West Perth developer Cedar Woods Properties told the ASX that it was waiting for more information amid the collapse of a South Australian builder.

Transport Workers Union national secretary Michael Kaine has called for prominent company director Richard Goyder to resign from the Qantas board after the airline’s appeal to the High Court was tossed.

The state government has awarded $4.3 million to nine health and medical projects, including developing new therapy for liver cancer and delaying Alzheimer’s disease progression.

Prominent prospector Tim Goyder has upped his stake in Chalice Mining after buying more than $24 million worth of shares in the past several days.

A $1.6 billion desalination plant north of Perth, expected to produce 100 gigalitres of drinking water a year, is one step closer to fruition.

A WA cement producer has successfully appealed for a reduced fine after being found guilty of releasing emissions with an “offensive” and “horrendous” odour.

Sydney-based technology business Atturra has offered to acquire Paul Everingham-chaired IT solutions provider Cirrus Networks in a $49 million deal.

The Market Herald founder Jag Sanger has fought back against legal proceedings brought by the HotCopper parent company by starting his own court action.

Among the huge list of council hopefuls is the usual swag of business people, community heroes, colourful characters and eyebrow-raising pitches which make elections great.

Estimated costs for the Cockburn ARC expansion have escalated, with the City of Cockburn having to update its business plan about nine months after releasing it to the public.

The corporate watchdog is suing PayPal Australia, claiming the payment service company had an unfair term in its contract forms for small businesses.

A WA court has cleared former City of Perth councillor and lawyer Lily Chen of allegations of contempt, over her failure to provide full income information during the state government inquiry.

Incumbent City of Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas has officially entered the mayoral race, running against former deputy mayor Sandy Anghie and another contender.

National branding agency kwpx and Perth boutique creative firm &Partners will merge to expand both companies’ operations in the state.

The trial over billions of dollars of iron ore royalties has been closed for the court to discuss Rio Tinto’s confidential information on the Pilbara mines it co-owns with Hancock Prospecting.

Lawyers for Hancock Prospecting have doubled down on the risk it claimed to have shouldered in the decades taken to develop Pilbara tenements, during a court trial over billions of dollars of royalties.

The state’s highest court has dismissed the corporate watchdog’s bid to reverse payments made to insolvency experts Martin Jones and Andrew Smith.

Gary Dempsey has submitted a proposal for a 12-storey apartment building in Scarborough, with an expected end value of $80 million.

Lawyers for descendants of mining pioneers Lang Hancock and Peter Wright have stayed busy ironing out issues related to the ongoing trial over billions of dollars in royalties.

Angela Bennett’s private company AMB Holdings has cleared a planning hurdle for its $20 million office move to another western suburb.

The state government has again topped up its multi-million-dollar lifeline to fund the insolvent Griffin Coal Mining Company.

A Perth vice-chancellor has no regrets in undertaking research that could have risked her career.

The court has found a request for Inpex to produce a portion of the more than 19 million documents relevant to $US45 billion Ichthys LNG plant project to be too burdensome.

The projected budget to build Lynas Rare Earths’ Kalgoorlie processing facility has escalated to $780 million, up from the previous estimation of $575 million.

The Federal Court has decided Frank Wilson did not breach his director’s duties after finding ASIC could not prove its allegations against the Quintis Sandalwood founder.

BHP Nickel West has obtained land to build a temporary workers village to house staff working on the $500 million Kalgoorlie smelter upgrade.

The nation's retail turnover rate rose by 0.5 per cent in July while Western Australia recorded a fall of 0.4 per cent, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Brittany Higgins’ partner David Sharaz has failed to secure a bond to recover costs to be spent in the defamation action launched by WA Senator Linda Reynolds.