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Police have made charges as part of an operation into copper wire theft from the grain handler, the CBH Group and public works sites through the Wheatbelt and South West.

WA mining giant Mineral Resources has announced its Yilgarn iron ore operations - which employ 1,000 workers near Southern Cross, in the WA Goldfields - will close by the end of the year.  

Western Australia's fisheries minister Don Punch has confirmed the Aquatic Resources Management Act has been scrapped. 

Chinese Premier Li Qiang is ending his Australian tour in Perth today where the focus of talks will centre around the critical minerals industry - the key to renewable energy transition.

Rio Tinto is the largest hay producer in WA's north and has recently cut production by half.

Several rain events over the last two weeks have changed the seasonal outlook for many of the state's grain growers who now have a chance of returning reasonable grain yields.