Tom Zaunmayr

Big infrastructure projects aside, the state government has lined up a host of health, policing and education developments in the north-west.

Australia’s largest agribusiness Elders has raised a $475 million deal to acquire private rival Delta Agribusiness.

An established residential cohort is one feature common to all the best open-air retail and cafe precincts.

The north-west is short of beds for leisure and corporate travelers, yet proponents find it near-impossible to build a development business case.

Tom Zaunmayr and Nadia Budihardjo discuss the state of some of Perth’s most prominent retail strips.

Business News hit the pavement to gauge the health of 20 of Perth's most prominent retail strips. This is what we found out.

Carnarvon’s banana co-operative has spent the past two decades finding creative ways to turn its growers’ discards into profit.

The WA government is yet to sign land deals for two industrial hubs nearly two years after it offered the sites to green energy and manufacturing proponents.

The boss of a company mired in years of approvals delays for a project in Perth’s north-east says the state should look to global examples for ideas to improve efficiency.

Companies that can overcome high costs, tight regulation and staff scarcity can be rewarded with large contracts, market leadership and loyal customers in the north-west.

The number of Indigenous businesses contracted for work has grown 20 per cent in the past year, according to fresh analysis by Supply Nation.

Scroll through Business News' list of 100 major projects planned or under construction in WA's north-west.

One issue looms large above all others for the north-west as voters get ready to head to state and federal polls next year.

A Pilbara Aboriginal corporation has accused the WA government of mismanaging an aquifer critical to a national park and Karratha’s drinking water supply.

WA parliamentarians have been chastised for using taxpayer-funded electorate officers to undertaking political campaigning during working hours.

Vulcan Energy Resources has produced the first sustainable lithium hydroxide in Europe through its vertically integrated processing infrastructure in Germany.

A Karratha-based Aboriginal-owned firm has hailed a $30 million deal for work on the Pluto LNG project as a company-transforming contract.

Iron ore miner Rio Tinto is pressing ahead with development of a pilot plant south of Perth to test the merits of local green iron production.

The Pilbara's investment pipeline has grown nearly 50 per cent in one year, and iron ore is not the biggest driver.

Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest is confident Donald Trump will ‘follow the money’ and back green energy should he win back the keys to the White House.

The state government is refusing to reveal how much it will cost to redevelop two hospitals, despite previously naming a price on two occasions.

A former Pilbara local government executive has failed to convince WA’s employment arbiter he was harshly treated after being fired for serious misconduct.

Coogee Chemicals posted a $25.5 million profit for the 2023-24 financial year and declared a $10 million dividend

A sprawling Nullarbor station has been placed on the market after billionaire Andrew Forrest dropped his bid for the property.

The Nationals WA have endorsed a mix of familiar faces and green political hopefuls to contest a swag of metropolitan and regional seats.

An ammonia plant earmarked near Karratha would be fed gas from Chevron under a 10-year deal announced today.

The Forrest’s cattle herd is swelling but the agricultural arm of the family empire remains loss-making despite managing to cut sales costs in the past year.

Hancock Prospecting has disclosed how much it stumped up to buy a majority stake in the Bunbury Farmers Market.

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has netted a bumper $5.57 billion profit after recording one of the highest revenues in the company’s history.

OPINION: Five months out from the state election, it is worth taking stock of what the Labor government has – and has not – done well.

Three more stores are on the cards for a wildly popular noodle restaurant one year after the Chinese franchise was brought to Perth.

Nadia Budihardjo and Tom Zaunmayr discuss WA's biggest exporters.