WA VOTES: Roger Cook says he will be in for the long haul if elected premier in today’s State Election but stopped short of guaranteeing he would run again in 2029.
Business News' seat-by-seat analysis suggests the Liberal Party can pick up enough seats to suggest the party is back on track. Labor, however, should maintain a strong majority.
Woodside Energy and Baker Hughes have struck a deal to collaborate on the development of a natural gas energy generation system which captures and stores carbon.
Administrators of The Pastoralists and Graziers Association of WA say the group is expected to return to committee hands in coming weeks after a deed of company arrangement was accepted.
The Australian share market has fallen to its lowest level since towards the end of 2024 as uncertainty over global trade sends investors ducking for cover.
Wesfarmers plans to acquire 15 Bunnings properties currently owned by a special purpose investment trust and in the process will record a one-off profit of up to $130 million.
Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss Trump and tariffs; the stock market; the WA election; a contractors' dispute; Micromine in $1.3bn sale; sheep stations; and WA's next mining projects.
The leaders of the Labor, Liberal and National parties have spent the final week campaigning in seats which should prove ones to watch on Saturday night.
Macmahon Holdings has been awarded a contract over work on the Poboya gold project in Indonesia, with the deal expected to add $317 million to the company’s orderbook.
Spartan Resources posted a half-year net loss of $44.4 million, up from $26.4 million during the prior corresponding period, courtesy of increased expenses.
Wall Street stocks finished lower overnight, with the Nasdaq confirming it has been in a correction since December, weighed down by market jitters over the current uncertainty surrounding US trade policy.
Genea, the company which runs Hollywood Hospital’s fertility clinic, has confirmed patient data stolen in a cyber attack in February has been published on the dark web.
Santos has sued US-based Apache Finance, claiming the latter should have indemnified the oil and gas company more than $130 million in taxes and penalty payments.
A development assessment panel has approved Stockland’s plan to build an independent living complex in the state’s South West, estimated to cost $142 million.
ANALYSIS: The state Liberal Party has come out ahead of WA Labor in the election donation race, but the governing party’s wallet runs deeper than the money it has been gifted.
Rio Tinto has announced a $US1.8 billion ($A2.8 billion) investment to extend its Brockman mine in the Pilbara, after receiving the green light for the project.
