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Final moveCommentsPremiumBoral to sell $1b US fly ash business

Boral looks set to bank $1 billion from the sale of its North American fly ash assets as it completes a readjustment of its portfolio to focus on its core building materials business in Australia.

Daniel Newell

Challenge loomsCommentsPremiumCreditors approve low-ball Pindan offer

Failed builder Pindan’s Singaporean parent has pushed through a $14.3 million deal that will return less than 1¢ in the dollar to creditors owed $50m.

Sean Smith

So greenCommentsPremiumAustralia’s greenest apartments will be in Claremont

You may expect to find Australia’s greenest apartments in Margaret River, White Gum Valley, Byron Bay or Queensland’s hinterland. But these 9.7 green star-rated apartments are set for Perth’s western suburbs.

Kim Macdonald

‘More deaths likely’PremiumUnion boss blasts shocking industrial safety inaction

CFMEU WA secretary Mick Buchan says the State’s industrial manslaughter laws have taken too long to implement, with tragic consequences.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Pindan falloutPremiumPindan administrators hold ground on lawsuit

Administrators from EY say the lion’s share of Pindan’s creditors are better off chasing recovery of their debts in court rather than accepting a sweetened offer from the company’s Singapore parent.

Sean Smith

Maximum reprimandCommentsPremiumASIC bans asbestos boss over alleged phoenix Action

The corporate watchdog has banned controversial asbestos removal contractor David Michael Scofield from being a company director for five years after finding he tried to phoenix his failed operations.

Neale Prior

Shareholder backlashPremiumFourth consecutive pay strike for NRW Holdings

Nearly 40 per cent of voting shareholders have again knocked back NRW’s remuneration report, delivering a second ‘strike’.

Sean Smith

Energy cutsCommentsPremiumZero carbon build in Freo an Australian first

An upcoming Fremantle building has joined the move to net-zero carbon, with works starting at an apartment complex that will be one of the first ever carbon-neutral apartment buildings in Australia.

Kim Macdonald

More to comeCommentsPremiumUnit sales decline but Como popular

Perth apartment sales eased in the the third quarter with 314 purchases, but the market is set to be swamped with the launch of 1300 new units over the next six months.

Kim Macdonald & Kristie Lim

ConstructionPremiumVictorian govt to spend $9.3b on rail loop

The Victorian government will spend $9.3 billion on the first section of its suburban rail loop, with early works to begin in 2022.

Benita Kolovos

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Harvest boostPremium
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More wood to prop up WA’s building boom

WA’s building materials shortage — which had shackled the construction boom — will get some reprieve after the State Government agreed to ramp up harvesting of locally-grown logs for timber.

Jenne Brammer

Lawsuit riskCommentsPremiumPindan parent's latest offer includes 110 abandoned staff

Under a revised multi-million-dollar offer proposed by Oxley, all of the workers in nine Pindan businesses put into liquidation when the group collapsed would now also receive their full entitlements.

Sean Smith

Not wood enoughCommentsPremiumWespine’s new timber auction process comes under fire

Small pallet manufacturers are concerned a new online auction process for non-structural timber from Wespine is putting them at a disadvantage and forcing them to pass on higher costs to customers.

Danielle Le Messurier

Going strongHouse building boom to extend into 2022

The Housing Industry Association expects the house building boom will extend through 2022, as the shift to lower density, detached homes continues.

Colin Brinsden

Ban orderPremiumDodgy builders to be blacklisted from government jobs

Dodgy builders have been put on notice, with new legislation to stop them from tendering for government jobs if they do not pay workers, among other unlawful practices.

Kim Macdonald

‘Major challenge’Developers creating major housing crisis

A lack of a affordable housing from Australia's private developers is forcing low-income earners to pay the price in retirement, an inquiry has heard.

Alex Mitchell and Dominic Giannini

Family’s traumaPremiumFormer Olympian to go on trial over fatal Perth CBD fall

The company employing a teen who fell to his death while working in one of Perth’s most iconic buildings has been convicted over the tragedy - but further legal proceedings mean his mother’s nightmare goes on.

Tim Clarke

Congestion BusterCommentsPremiumPerth Airport to build multi-storey carpark

Perth Airport has approved the construction of its first multi-storey carpark in front of its Terminal 1 building to solve congestion issues at the drop-off and pick-up areas.

Geoffrey Thomas

Positive changeCommentsPremiumNew partnership gives 15 Indigenous apprentices a start

A new partnership between BGC Housing and Aboriginal-owned business Kolbang has given 15 Indigenous electrical apprentices a chance to start learning their trade. 

Kate Purnell

At long lastCommentsPremiumEast Freo’s Royal George in $25m redevelopment win

Development plans for Fremantle’s 118-year-old Royal George have finally been approved after years on the drawing board.

Kim Macdonald

First lookCommentsPremiumStunning new plans for golden-hued Perth CBD hotel revealed

Rising like gold bullion in the sky, the first look at an upcoming Dorsett hotel reveals it will be coloured gold.

Kim Macdonald

Holding steadyNew home sales stabilising at strong level

The Housing Industry Association says after a rollercoaster 18 months, new home sales appear to stabilising at a high level.

Colin Brinsden

Hola, Sandgropers!CommentsPremiumFBR’s robot brickie set to build 5000 homes in Mexico

Perth-based FBR has signed a term sheet for its robotic bricklaying machine to build as many as 5000 homes in Mexico.

Stuart McKinnon

Growing tensionsPremiumAustralia ‘stabbed France in the back’: French Ambassador

French Ambassador to Australia Jean-Pierre Thebault has condemned Australia’s ‘political decision’ to cancel the submarine deal, as tensions between the two countries continue to rise.

Sarah Ison