Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the Trump presidency; Project setbacks for Santos and IGO; Port Hedland iron; Freight rail buyback; Hotel occupancy rates; Elders Wool Stores redevelopment; Escalante's latest investment.

Liv Declerck and Isabel Vieira discuss the relocation and expansion of Dress for Success WA.

Plus State commits to buying back rail; Fortescue posts record Iron exports; and Rivers clothing stores to close.

Nadia Budihardjo and Jack McGinn discuss the annual risks to WA feature.

Plus Labor commits $350 to freeway upgrades if re-elected; WA leads the uptick in dwelling completions; and Whitby calls for Plibersek to make a call on North West Shelf.

Fini-backed Human submits $110m Wool Stores plan; Wesfarmers to shut down Catch; and WA Labor pledge $16m for Wildcats new home.

Sam Jones and Tom Zaunmayr discuss Capel's push to become an agribusiness precinct.

Plus IGO prepares for substantial lithium refinery impairment; Gold Road Resources steps forward with Gilmour; and a $49m joint venture for a City Beach retirement village.

Subiaco Hospital development extension sought; Concerns over bottlenecks in key industrial precincts; and WA's grain king retakes his land.

The regular interview portion of the podcast will resume from January 20.

Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the Carillon City development; Westfield Booragoon delay; Merredin farm sale; Tim Goyder's mining deal; a stalled tourism project; and the new WAPC chair.

Senior figures exit Tattarang; Strike Energy boss resigns; WA's employment statistics; and rainfall, approvals impact Rio Tinto.

WA's largest farmland aggregation sells; Egan selected for Thornlie, Woodside's $50m school and concert hall spend; and Swan Group win bus depot contract.

The regular interview portion of the podcast will resume from January 20.

Dick Smith's nuclear splurge; Forrest submits $400m Carillon plan; Scentre Group seeks extension; Cook promises more houses.