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Bailey Brewing Company has rapidly expanded its footprint with the brewery to open two venues in the coming weeks, including one in the CBD.

Treasurer Rita Saffioti has defended the state’s Metronet investment and gone into bat for business on Nature Positive law reform in her first post-budget breakfast address.

Perth’s architecture community is mourning the loss of the MJA Studio director.

GR Engineering Services has won a $71 million contract for work on delivering and commissioning of Liontown Resource's paste plant facility at its Kathleen Valley project.

National law firm Thomson Geer has continued its rapid growth in Western Australia, announcing plans to merge with local boutique Tottle Partners.

The federal treasurer acknowledges some people can't afford to have more children and is committed to helping families to do so, if that's what they want.

Cable landing stations are essential to communications infrastructure worldwide, powering undersea fibre optic cables and facilitating data transfer across oceans.

Generative AI is being used in the mining sector to simulate realistic training and identify hazards.

WA spending ‘up another gear’

The Liberal Party WA has accused the state government of squandering the “largest fiscal boom in state history”, in response to Rita Saffioti’s first budget as treasurer released today.

Nadia Budihardjo and Claire Tyrrell discuss architecture studio Architectus and its plan for the city's growth.

Resources royalty reliance and a lack of action on payroll tax were among the key observations from business groups digesting today’s state budget – the first from Treasurer Rita Saffioti.

The ASX200 fell 1.1 per cent, with the consumer discretionary sector suffering its worst loss in 16 months on several trading updates.

Ratings agency S&P Global Ratings has expressed surprise that the state budget will dip into a cash deficit this year but otherwise was effusive about the health of WA’s finances.

Shares in Kewdale-based Wide Open Agriculture fell sharply on Thursday, followings news of the company's intent to raise $10 million in order to aid both its present liquidity needs and short-term objectives.

Almost $80 million will be poured into securing more events like Coldplay and WWE for the state, the Treasurer revealed in the 2024-25 budget.

The state government has upped the stamp duty relief threshold for first home buyers, the first change made in a decade.

A record $12.1 billion will be spent through the state’s asset investment program in 2024-25, part of a $42.2 billion outlay forecast over the four years to the end of 2028.

Surging investment in resources projects has bolstered economic growth this year while in future years Treasury expects housing and government investment to be the key drivers.

The state government has allocated $2.7 billion in the 2024-25 budget to spend on Metronet while the estimated cost for the original commitments has blown out.

The state government has made an upward revision to its long-term iron ore price forecast, as lower-than-forecast critical mineral royalties highlight the volatility challenges facing the economy.

The state government has forecast continued budget surpluses but behind the headline numbers lie big “cash deficits” and a large increase in state debt.

There may be nothing fancy about the labels on many of Yarra Yering’s offerings, but that’s because the impressive part is inside the bottle.

Shares in West Perth-based Caprice Resources rose by 50 per cent on Thursday afternoon, following news that the company plans to acquire a 90 per cent stake in the Bantam project, located in the West Arunta region of Western Australia.

Perth-based Alliance Nickel has notched major project status from the federal government for its nickel cobalt project near Leonora.

SH Mining has completed its $1.7 billion takeover of Australian mineral exploration company Azure Minerals at a price of $3.70 per share.

Victoria Park-based explorer Raiden Resources has entered into an option agreement with Mallina Corporation, as it plans to divest its Pilbara-based Arrow gold project.

The state government has set aside half a billion dollars to fast-track clean energy and major industrial projects around the state and set aside some $36 million to expedite approvals as part of today’s state budget.

Two Western Australian directors have been convicted and fined after the court found they failed to comply with identification requirements.

NEXTDC will expand its Malaga data centre with a five-storey building, after a development assessment panel greenlit the data storage company’s $56 million plan.

A Mineral Resources plan to purchase Poseidon Nickel’s Lake Johnston nickel plant and convert it to treat lithium mined in the area will not go ahead.

The federal government has formalised its view of gas as an energy transition fuel, committing to new projects as a means of maintaining reliable and affordable supply beyond 2050.