Danielle Le Messurier

Shares in lithium explorer Patriot Battery Metals have been put on a trading halt amid speculation of a deal with Pilbara Minerals. 

The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs.

Fortescue Metals Group has revealed another delay to its troubled Iron Bridge magnetite project in the Pilbara, revealing the asset will not ramp-up to full production until June 2025. 

The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs.

Fortescue Metals Group chief executive Fiona Hick is departing the Andrew Forrest-led miner — the latest in a wave of resignations from its executive ranks — less than six months after joining the company.

Some of WA’s biggest mining companies could face disruptions with hundreds of Qantas pilots who service fly-in, fly-out work sites set to strike next week.

The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs.

The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs.

Cash-strapped kids can take comfort in new data that shows allowances have started to increase over the last six months as inflation starts to temper.

‘Combating anti-Semitism is not just the Jewish community’s fight, it is Australia’s fight.’