Claire Tyrrell joined Business News as a senior journalist in 2021, covering the property sector.
Ms Tyrrell began her career with Seven West Media in 2009, working at regional publications the Geraldton Guardian, Northern Guardian and Countryman newspapers before moving to The West Australian in 2013.
She has also worked in London as a journalist covering the finance sector. In 2013, Ms Tyrrell was awarded Best Newcomer to Rural Journalism, and in 2023 she won an Alliance Area of Business Publishers award.
Ms Tyrrell studied at Edith Cowan University, where she graduated with a double degree in English and Journalism in 2009.
Property industry veteran Tanya Trevisan says she hopes her Medal of the Order of Australia will inspire other women who want to pursue a similar career path.
The state government says forward works for the $165 million primary school will start this week, as EIW Architects and ARM Architecture are appointed to design the project.
The real estate investment trust will acquire 50 per cent shares in Belmont Forum and Cockburn Gateway shopping centres, in the largest WA property transaction in three years.
A recent report has highlighted that construction costs in WA rose by 11.1 per cent this year, which was well above forecasts and higher than other states.