ANALYSIS: The Labor Party has moved quickly to snuff out any suggestion it will be pushing for a 50 per cent renewable energy target for the South West Interconnected System if it wins next month’s state election.

A company associated with Builton appears to be manoeuvring to complete two of the biggest jobs of the failed development and construction company – the Quattro on Burswood and Vue Maylands apartment projects.

Retail property syndicator APiL has added to its Perth portfolio, buying bulky goods precinct Joondalup Gate for $57.8 million.

Metals explorer De Grey Mining has entered into an option agreement to acquire private company Northwest Nonferrous Mining Australia’s Indee gold project near Port Hedland for $15 million.

Graphite-focused Talga Resources has named Orbital Corporation chief executive Terry Stinson as its new chairman, replacing Keith Coughlan who will remain with the business in a consultancy role.

Sydney-based AGL Energy has said it would lose around $15 million in a bid to enter the Western Australian domestic gas market in the 2018 financial year, after it lodged a retailing application with the state's Economic Regulatory Authority.  

Canadian hydroponics technology company Roto-Gro International has closed its first day of trading on the ASX, after completing a $3.6 million initial public offering managed by Perth-based Barclay Wells.

Striking a balance between CBD and suburban office markets is becoming crucial in a post-boom economy.

The Reserve Bank is forecasting a slow but orderly return to above-trend growth and for inflation to return to target within three years, but economists and the International Monetary Fund warn that risks remain.

WA Local Government Association chief executive and former WA businesswoman of the year, Ricky Burges, joined Business News at Julio’s in West Perth to discuss her professional journey and what lies ahead.