Simone Grogan

The Gascoyne Resources board has urged shareholders to reject a $110 million takeover offer from Westgold Resources, labelling the deal as “inadequate”.

The state government is set to issue further JobTrainer funding to the tune of $103.5 million in a bid to upskill young people and those seeking employment.

ASX aspirant Norcliffe Mining Services has finalised its acquisition of Enerflow Mining Services in its second notable buy of the year.

Iron ore junior Fenix Resources has reported $25 million in net operating cashflows for the September quarter despite a testing period for the commodity.

Explorers Kin Mining and Alchemy Resources are set to raise $13 million and $3.1 million respectively in a bid to push ahead with ongoing exploration and drilling activities.

WestStar subsidiary Alltype Engineering has won a $25 million contract with APA Group to deliver a new gas compressor station within the Goldfields Gas Pipeline in the Pilbara.

Perth-based Baxter Healthcare and PureIV have won a $290 million state government contract, in a move set to streamline the distribution of medical equipment to public hospitals.

Construction has started on Shenton Quarter, a $140 million apartment and retail development by Iris Residential and Primewest.

Australia’s superannuation industry and its 16 million members watched markets fall and braced for impact as 2020 delivered an unprecedented financial stress test.

Another round of discounts has been announced for 107 TAFE courses following the signature of a new $103 million agreement under the commonwealth funded JobTrainer program.

Construction and building payment platform ProjectPay has received a 100,000-pound grant to trial its payment system on a 20 million-pound project in London.

The state government is in negotiations to bring in a pool of international workers stationed in the Northern Territory as a solution to WA’s agricultural labour shortage.

As of today, Western Australians can return their eligible beverage containers in exchange for cash at 200 refund locations across the state.

The Royal Automobile Club of WA has delivered a 17 per cent increase in net profit for the 2020 financial year.

A competition by Perth innovation company Unearthed has yielded a new swath of mining prospects in South Australia’s Gawler Craton region.

Western Australian feature film The Furnace will have its world premiere at the 77th chapter of the Venice Film Festival today, the only Australian movie selected for the festival this year.

WorkSafe has charged two Perth businesses over the death of a plumber in Mosman Park in 2018.

The world’s largest track mounted rock crushing and screening machine has arrived in Western Australia at a contracting business in Maddington.

A move to list Wilyabrup as an official wine region has been denied until further notice by the geographic indications committee.

Businesses throughout regional Western Australia are being inundated with Perth tourists eager to holiday in their own state.