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Pictured at the old Subiaco Oval stands are Matthew Mawe, Leonie Allison and Emily Williams.

Urban PlanningCommentsPremiumYIMBY group fights for more housing in western suburbs

A new community group led by young people living in Perth’s western suburbs is hoping to fight the NIMBY movement by platforming voices that are saying ‘yes’ to more affordable housing in their backyards.

Harriet Flinn

Households could face a $2192 bill shock in 2026. NewsWire / Nicholas Eagar

BusinessPremium‘Over’: Brutal reality of inflation jump

The inflation genie has escaped again, prompting experts to warn households face thousands more in costs and interest rate hikes.

Cameron Micallef

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Donald Trump signed an agreement on critical minerals and rare earths last October.

Critical mineralPremiumNew scandium resource of ‘global’ scale

Mount Ridley Mines has added a new element to its growing arsenal of critical minerals, revealing a scandium resource of “global” scale at its namesake project north-east of Esperance.

Neil Watkinson

The first blast at Beacon Minerals’ Iguana open pit north-west of Coolgardie took place last Saturday.

New sourcePremiumBeacon Minerals eyes first gold from Iguana late February

Beacon Minerals is targeting first gold from its Iguana open pit for late next month after firing the first blast on Saturday.

Neil Watkinson

The State Government announced it would be giving a $21 million funding boost to help with getting WA’s first children’s hospice up and running as it nears its mid-year completion date.

ConstructionCommentsPremiumWA’s first children hospice given $21m boost as finish nears

The State Government announced it would be giving a $21 million funding boost to help with getting WA’s first children’s hospice up and running as it nears its mid-year completion date.

Harriet Flinn

Wall St has risen on the back of Big Tech earnings and ahead of the Fed's rates decision. (AP PHOTO)

MarketsPremiumWall St rises ahead of Fed decision, Big Tech earnings

US stocks have opened climbing on the back of Big Tech earnings and in anticipation of the Fed's rates decision.

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Money markets are pricing in a three-in-four chance of an interest rate increase. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessPremiumRow over government role fuelling inflation, rate rise

Spending blow-outs by the government will force the Reserve Bank to hike rates, critics say, but the treasurer argues the private sector is driving inflation.

Jacob Shteyman

The Collie Battery Energy Storage System. Mark Stewart / NewsWire

EnergyPremiumPower costs fall as State grapples with transition

An influx of batteries and renewables has been credited with driving WA power prices lower in the final months of 2025.

Matt Mckenzie

Economist Conrad Liveris said a balanced market, where demand meets supply, would require about 13,000 homes being listed for sale at any one point in time.

Housing MarketCommentsPremiumThe crucial factor fuelling Perth’s housing nightmare

House prices in more than 50 Perth suburbs have doubled over the past five years, and the boom has no end in sight.

Kim Macdonald

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politicsPremiumJourno grills Treasurer over inflation blow

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has been grilled on inflation, admitting the latest figures are higher than he would like and it would likely impact wages.

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Mount Ridley Mines has released a maiden scandium resource at its massive critical minerals project near Esperance in western Australia.

Mount Ridley unveils world-class scandium haul at Esperance

Mount Ridley Mines has delivered a maiden 368Mt scandium resource near Esperance, ranking it among the world’s largest and strengthening the company’s growing multi-element critical minerals portfolio.

Bill McConnell

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Luxury companies have struggled to bounce back from a slump that followed a post-pandemic boom.

RetailPremiumLVMH suffers sluggish high-end fashion sales

Sales at LVMH’s key fashion unit fell over the holiday season as Louis Vuitton’s owner continued to suffer from sluggish demand, setting back hopes of a wider luxury rebound.

Angelina Rascouet

Maiden drilling underway at Noronex Limited’s Etango North uranium project in Namibia.

Noronex launches maiden uranium drill test at Namibian hotspot

Noronex has kicked off its first uranium drilling at Etango North in Namibia, targeting alaskite-hosted mineralisation along strike from world-class deposits in one of the planet’s hottest uranium belts.

James Pearson

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An underground drive at Horizon Minerals’ Burbanks gold mine in Coolgardie, Western Australia.

Horizon delivers bonanza gold grades at Coolgardie play

Horizon Minerals has continued to intersect bonanza-grade gold in drilling at its Burbanks gold project, in Western Australia, with assays confirming another stellar intercept grading up to 396.6g/t.

Andrew Todd

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ConstructionPremiumBoral eyes aggressive Perth growth amid housing crunch

Building materials business Boral plans to expand its capacity in Perth by at least 50 per cent, in a move that could significantly ease the city’s residential property pain.

Adrian Rauso

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finance‘Game, set, match’: ASX slumps on rate call

The Aussie sharemarket has slumped despite energy and mining gains, as hotter than expected inflation threatens to trigger the first interest rate rise since 2023.

Cameron Micallef

Amazon, the global retail behemoth, will start to distribute and deliver fresh groceries in Australia.

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The huge Amazon move that’ll have Coles and Woolies spooked

Australia’s big two supermarkets have been dreading Amazon’s expansion into fresh groceries. It’s now eventuated.

Adrian Lowe

St George Mining has hired a leading government relations firm to deepen ties with the US as it pursues potential incentives and funding support for its Araxá critical minerals project in Brazil.

Washington link-up boosts St George’s Brazilian rare earths ambitions

St George Mining has moved to strengthen ties with the US Government by appointing a leading advisory firm, aiming to help supply critical minerals to the Western world’s most powerful nation.

Craig Nolan

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Albany Pride are launching their 2026 festival at the Premier Hotel on Friday night.

Gig GuideWhat’s on in Albany and the Great Southern this week

From launching the 2026 Albany Pride festival to having your say about the demersal fishing ban, here’s your guide to the week ahead in the Great Southern

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UPDATEDTwo major banks hit with outages

Reports have emerged that Australia’s largest bank has an outage on its banking app, while another bank apologised for payment issues.

Cameron Micallef

NGIS CEO Paul Farrel, CLS’s Stéphanie Limouzin and NGIS director Nathan Eaton.

Mergers and AcquisitionsCommentsPremiumPerth mapping tech firm sold to French satellite agency

Geo-mapping firm NGIS has been snapped up by a subsidiary of the French Space Agency in a deal the $43 million a-year Perth business hopes will give other budding tech plays in WA something to aim for.

Simone Grogan

Gold has gained more than 20 per cent since the beginning of the year.

MiningGlory to gold: With yet another record, how high can it go?

Gold has surged to a fresh record high, extending a breakneck rally fuelled by US dollar weakness and a flight from sovereign bonds and currencies.

Yihui Xie

Customers have reported being unable to transfer their cash due to the outage.

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Big four bank customers affected by major outage

Frustrated customers of a big four bank have reported a major internet banking outage, affecting their ability to access their cash.

Natalie Richards

Mineralised zinc-indium outcropping at Venus Metals Corporation’s Pincer Well project near Youanmi in Western Australia.

Venus maps out multi-million-tonne zinc-indium prize in WA

Venus Metals has outlined a hefty zinc–indium exploration target with shallow potential near Youanmi in WA, flagging up to 12Mt in a VMS system, with drilling already locked in to chase a maiden resource.

James Pearson

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