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Subiaco-based junior Canyon Resources has appointed Kudzai Mtsambiwa as its chief financial officer, effective immediately.

The former operator of a Perth security company will face court for allegedly intentionally underpaying employees almost $1 million.

Rio Tinto expects inflation and lower production from its Pilbara iron ore mines to push costs to the upper end of 2024 guidance, as it navigates the impacts of rainfall and slow approvals.

Kalgoorlie-based heavy haulage company MLG Oz has won a series of contracts with gold miner Northern Star, valued at $45 million.

With political stalwart Bill Shorten set to step away from parliament in the coming days, WA MP Anne Aly has been named junior NDIS minister alongside Amanda Rishworth.

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Bill Shorten is expected to resign from his role nine days early, triggering a cabinet reshuffle which could see WA MP Anne Aly pick up a ministry.

WA's largest farmland aggregation sells; Egan selected for Thornlie, Woodside's $50m school and concert hall spend; and Swan Group win bus depot contract.

The ASX200 index slipped 0.2 per cent before latest US inflation figures are released and may curb expectations of interest rate cuts there.

St George Mining’s push to further de-risk its desired Araxá niobium-rare earth elements project in Brazil has received another boost.

A private school north-east of Perth will build an $8 million boarding house on site, after receiving a panel’s approval.

Business News understands Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company and PenAgri have offloaded the 80,000-hectare Merredin Farms to a host of Wheatbelt farmers.

Former journalist Colleen Egan has been confirmed as WA Labor’s new candidate for the Thornlie electorate, less than two months from the state election.

Woodside’s $50 million commitment under the WA government’s Resources Community Investment Initiative will go towards upgrades of Roebourne high school and the Perth Concert Hall.

West Perth-based junior Rox Resources has appointed Greg Hoskins as its chief financial officer, effective from February 3.

The Public Transport Authority has awarded Swan Group WA a $37 million contract to design and build a new bus depot, including electric vehicle chargers, in Bayswater.

Backers of a $35 million race track planned on Perth’s south-eastern fringe are a step closer to getting the long-mooted course off the ground.

Gold miner Beacon Minerals has raised its March 2025 quarterly production guidance, on the back of a solid end to 2024.

Premier Roger Cook has backed industry to meet its social obligations, while weaving around questions on the adequacy of a $10,000 fine handed down to Santos over a 2022 oil spill.

A development panel has approved John Poynton-chaired Strike Energy’s plan to build a multi-million-dollar power line at its South Erregulla power station.

Gina Rinehart-backed Arafura Rare Earths has received an additional $200 million in funding from the federal government towards its Nolans project in the Northern Territory.

The prime minister is blitzing Tasmania as he doubles down on the election contest being a choice on Australia's future.

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South Perth-based Cooper & Oxley Group has won a $44 million contract over redevelopment work at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.

Dick Smith's nuclear splurge; Forrest submits $400m Carillon plan; Scentre Group seeks extension; Cook promises more houses.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s response to the latest abattoir closure in WA has gone down like a lead balloon with the sheep industry, according to Nationals senate hopeful Paul Brown.

The Perth Basketball Association has welcomed a $37.5 million pledge by the Liberal Party of WA to build a multi-sport stadium in Kensington, should it win the upcoming election.

The ASX200 index finished up almost 0.5 per cent, with the heavyweight mining sector climbing the most on a jump in Chinese demand.

The state government has engaged Bethanie Housing Limited for the construction of 90 social housing dwellings for over 55s in Mount Lawley.

A nuclear energy advocacy group backed by entrepreneur Dick Smith will bring 2023 Miss America winner Grace Stanke to Perth this month, in a bid to win public support.

Three mineral processing projects in Western Australia, which aimed to use clean energy, have received a $34 million funding boost.

WA Premier Roger Cook has promised to address the government’s exacerbation of regional rental market woes with a $104 million fund to build more government staff housing.