After a volatile December, a sense of calm returned to markets this week, as another round of studies showed the Omicron variant is less likely to require hospital treatment and trading activity subsided ahead of the Christmas holiday period. The...
The Australian share market has held on to steady gains despite a surge in local coronavirus cases, with investors focusing on reports about the raging Omicron variant being less severe than previous variants. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed higher by...
Lands Minister John Carey has appointed Jo Gaines to the DevelopmentWA board, following the departure of Alan Carpenter. Formerly Mark McGowan’s deputy chief of staff and currently GESB superannuation fund non-executive chair, Ms Gaines will also become a director of...
The state’s expedited planning pathway has been inundated with a dozen planning applications valued at $1.18 billion on the eve of its closure. The submissions published this week include three separate proposals for apartment developments on Marine Parade in Cottesloe,...
The state government has confirmed a new positive COVID-19 case in the Perth community resulting in hundreds of potential contacts.  The case is a 25-year old backpacker who travelled from Queensland into WA earlier this month. He is understood to have...
Hunkered down in a New York hotel in 2018, Olivia Humphrey made a courageous move as the negotiating deadline loomed for a private equity investment into the business she founded, Kanopy. Kanopy had started from a lounge room in Scarborough...
The recent release of the federal government’s ‘future fuels and vehicle strategy’ and the Australian Labor Party’s climate policy have highlighted how Australia is treading water in terms of the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). It has raised a question...
BGC Housing Group, BGC Australia's housing division, has been ordered to pay $25,000 on behalf of its partner group Ventura for compliance issues at Ventura’s building sites, the State Administrative Tribunal has ruled. During yesterday's SAT hearing, the Building Services...
Prospect Resources is selling a majority stake in its Zimbabwe flagship lithium project to China’s Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co for $528 million in cash. The West Perth-based developer announced to the market today that it had struck a binding agreement...
Combining creativity and business acumen has formed the basis of Peter Lee’s success. As state principal of global architecture firm Hassell, Mr Lee played a key role in bringing the firm to Western Australia. He entered the profession in 1979, starting...
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