Argonaut lifted its full year operating profit to $5.7 million after taking a lead role on 18 equity capital markets deals, headlined by De Grey Mining’s mammoth $600 million raise.

Profit is not a dirty word, says Wesfarmers chairman Michael Chaney, who also called for more kudos from political leaders for the economic contributions of big companies.

Mark Pownall and Nadia Budihardjo discuss small business restructuring in WA.

Former University of Western Australia Vice-Chancellor Alan Robson died yesterday at the age of 79.

Tony Sage expressed frustration at the accounting rules valuing European Lithium's billion dollar stake in US-listed Critical Metals Corp, as the ASX minnow deals with a cash challenge.

A Perth company has completed a world-first remote pipeline inspection which it says will revolutionise the way the oil and gas industry approach asset maintenance.

The ASX200 has finished Thursday down 0.3 per cent to record its biggest monthly drop since April, with supermarkets Woolworths and Coles leading the fall.

OPINION: Five months out from the state election, it is worth taking stock of what the Labor government has – and has not – done well.

The cost of building the third chemical grade processing plant designed to lift production capacity from the Greenbushes lithium mine has again blown out to $880 million.

OPINION: Uncertainty about China’s economy is prompting comparisons with Japan’s stagnation of the 1980s and 1990s.