We discuss Woodside's exit from Leviathan, new suppliers of LNG and FLNG, Craig Serjeant and John Gannon's SFG takeover by IOOF Holdings, Shell to take a whole tower in the new Kings Square development, worker shortage in the LNG sector but job shortage for Engineers and a huge pull-out feature in our paper this week - Giving Well, your guide on giving.

The impacts to business of the Federal budget, floating LNG, Euroz merger, Northern Star Resources, law firms and Hard Rock Cafe are all discussed this week with James Lush from Lush Digital and Mark Pownall & Mark Beyer from Business News.

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Yesterday's State budget and its implications for business, plus Aquila, Esperance port, land and Federal budget are all discussed this week by Mark Pownall (Business News) and James Lush (Lush Digital).

The newly published Budget Audit, Padbury Mining's problems, Rolls Royce's opening, the Houston Mayoral visit, Nigel Satterley's breakfast talk and Universities all come under the microscope this week with James Lush from Lush Digital talking business news with Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer.

WA is still the best economy in Australia, with NT in second place; the main feature this week looks at infrastructure projects, who is winning the major contracts, the upcoming WA budget and Padbury Mining's attempt to develop Oakajee. James Lush discusses the week's business news with Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall. A joint Business News and Lush Digital production.

In this week’s edition of Business News Background, news editor Mark Beyer and journalist Dan Wilkie discuss the business news with James Lush: the wash up from last Saturday’s Senate election re-run, latest lower unemployment figures and the effect on the exchange rate, plus the APPEA conference, Fiona Stanley hospital, and focus on the construction industry.

In this week’s edition of Business News Background, news editor Mark Beyer, head of content Mark Pownall and fill in host Nic Hayes discuss the news behind Saturday’s Senate election re-run, corporate finance and emerging tech opportunities and the rush of luxury hotels hitting the market in Perth. Other topics discussed include progress at the Emu Brewery site on Mounts Bay Road and new trends in workplace design.

Latest WA population growth figures, hotels, private companies + CCI are the main business stories of the week; James Lush of Lush Digital discusses these with Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer of Business News.

James Lush interviews Shawn Twomey and Darragh Everard from Walker Andersen. What is the employment market like at the moment in Western Australia? What advice can be given to those looking for jobs in the current market?

In this week's edition of Business News Background, head of content Mark Pownall and news editor Mark Beyer discuss the top stories of the week with host James Lush, including Michael Malone's resignation from iiNet, Gina Rinehart's massive Roy Hill funding deal, and all the winners from this week's 40under40 awards. Other stories discussed include another international retailer set to make its mark on Perth, and a wrap of current hotel construction projects in the CBD.