Nadia Budihardjo

Lanie Chopping has been appointed as director general of the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries after being in the interim role for almost one year.

The state government will draft a framework for local carbon capture and storage, while it works on its own plans for a 2030 emissions target.

Amber-Jade Sanderson announced the transition to "very high caseload settings" just hours after WA reported another record-breaking jump in figures, with 3,594 new infections.

John Van Der Wielen, Ivy Chen and Larry Lopez will head up a $100 million state government program launched to attract investments to potential growth industries.

Premium beef wholesaler V&V Walsh, the sole Australian beef exporter to China, is seeking to expand its Bunbury abattoir facility with a cold store warehouse valued at $36 million.