Nadia Budihardjo

A former ASX-listed mining company director has pleaded guilty over alleged misuse of bridging finance by authorising a transfer of $915,000 when the business was in financial difficulty.

Former federal minister Ben Morton, former South Australian premier Jay Weatherill and Noongar elder Richard Walley will join state government boards in the new year.

Three industrial sites in Western Australia have been snapped up this month, with the deals amounting to $40 million.

The state government has tabled what it says will be a final pay bump of between 3 per cent and 4.5 per cent to WA nurses and called on the union to come back to the negotiating table on working conditions.

A man linked to Mount Hawthorn businessman Chris Marco has lost his appeal to rid his responsibility to repay parties who suffered losses, claiming he was only the middleman.

Liontown Resources is planning to operate the Kathleen Valley Lithium Project with 100 per cent renewable energy for 15 years, after signing an agreement with Zenith Energy.

The Market Herald managing director Jag Sanger has resigned following an attempt by the company board to oust him.

A pedestrian and cyclist bridge over Perth’s Causeway is on track to be finished within two years after an assessment panel’s approval of the $100 million proposal.

An analyst who previously worked at KPMG and Wyloo Metals has been charged with insider trading offences over shares in ASX-listed mining explorer Genesis Minerals.

Perron Group's application to build a new Toyota WA headquarters has been approved after a swift 10-minute meeting by a development assessment panel today.

A proposed apartment block in North Perth has been knocked back, with an assessment panel finding the 13-storey project "excessive" and an "overdevelopment".

The state government has committed an additional $84 million into a $1.6 billion fund to support health and medical research over the next four years.

Limitless: Having taken its AI technology to an IPO, Artrya is working to overcome regulatory hurdles.

John Caratti-controlled Harvard Nominees has been ordered to pay the legal costs of some of the parties it took to court over leases to its Esperance farmland.

Alcoa Vice President of Transformation Rob Bear has moved from the United States to be the mining giant’s Australian boss as a replacement search for Michael Gollschewski continues.

A former Perth financial adviser has been sentenced to three years in prison over allegations that he took out $35,000 from his First Nations clients’ superannuation funds.

A $20 million plan to rebuild the City of Subiaco’s council chambers on Rokeby Road is underway after a fire and other structural issues prompted the council to act.

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has failed in its bid to delay a Supreme Court trial over royalties from the Hope Downs tenements.

The Supreme Court of WA has sentenced a financial consultant to 15 months’ imprisonment over his involvement in manipulating the share price of an ASX-listed mining company.

Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA vice-president Nicki Ivory will step up to lead the board, replacing outgoing president Nicolle Jenkins.

A $16 million apartment building proposal has been approved by a regional planning body, nine months after the initial design for the Dunsborough project was rejected.

Western Australia’s highest court has dismissed an appeal by Mineralogy in one of the many lawsuits between the Clive Palmer-owned mining company and CITIC Limited's subsidiary Sino Iron.

Property investment group Baron Vanilla Management has acquired a West Leederville aged care facility for $12 million.

Former University of Western Australia researcher Bruce Gray has failed in his ongoing bid against law firm Lavan, the latest in an almost two decade-long legal dispute.

Liquidators for Allen Caratti-directed Whitby Land are suing Tina Bazzo’s companies, claiming compensation for the $9.9 million it coughed up as a guarantor of a $23 million deal.

A western suburbs organisation has been selected to provide disability services from Cottesloe’s Lady Lawley Cottage which has been closed for more than two years.

The court has ordered more than $4.5 million taken out from Marc Cardaci’s trusts to fund the legal proceedings between his widow and brother to be repaid.

The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies council has elected Regis Resources chief executive Jim Beyer as its new president, following the unexpected death of Peter Bradford.

The Claremont Hotel is set to open in early January after nearly three years of closure, with the $12 million refurbished bar becoming Australian Venue Co's largest WA asset.

More than $1 billion worth of renewable energy projects in Western Australia are closer to fruition following a regional planning body’s approvals today.

Italy's Webuild has backed out of a conditional deal to buy struggling engineer Clough, plunging the 102-year old Perth-based company into administration.

Western Power has flagged five more areas to be part of City of Vincent's underground power network, potentially adding $104 million to the total project costs.