Sam Jones joined Business News in April 2024, covering technology and federal politics.
He spent the past five years living and working in WA's North West. The first two years were spent in South Hedland covering a broad range of topics including local and state politics, small business, Aboriginal affairs, sports and human interest stories.
Mr Jones then moved to Broome, where he took the position of Northern Papers Editor for Seven West Media and was responsible for producing four weekly newspapers across the Pilbara and Kimberley.
He studied at Curtin University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.
WA precast housing innovator NXT TEC have received development approval for a $3 million housing project, in partnership with Aboriginal-owned housing provider Noongar Mia Mia.
The latest Roy Morgan polling has found, if an election was held now, the Coalition would pick up 51.5 per cent of the two-party preferred vote, resulting in a hung parliament.
Anthony Albanese says an exemption from the US’ 25 per cent steel and aluminium import tariffs is “under consideration” by the Trump Administration, after the two leaders spoke.
Venture Capital investment in Western Australia has significantly slowed, falling from $140 million in 2023 to $80 million in 2024, according to a new report.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has scheduled a meeting with US President Donald Trump to seek exemptions from global 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.
Collie will host one of Australia’s largest Tesla remanufacturing facilities after reaching an agreement with the WA government as part of the town's transition from coal to renewables.
Mark Pownall and Sam Jones discuss Fortescue's $254m move; Minderoo's staff and spending cut; Sirona Urban's student accommodation plans; PGA; and $150m battery in Kalgoorlie.
Australia’s consumer price index rose 0.2 per cent in the December quarter, buoying expectations the Reserve Bank of Australia could cut rates in February.
Shares in West Perth-registered cloud and software provider Dropsuite surged 30 per cent after a bid to acquire the company by US SaaS provider NinjaOne.
WA has maintained its spot at the top of the CommSec State of the States report for the second quarter running, ranking first in five of eight economic indicators.
Ventia-employed court security and custodial officers walked off the jobs this morning as part of strike action for better pay from the facility management giant.
Telstra will cut its data and AI provider list down to just two as part of a proposed joint venture with Accenture which will also see 726 jobs migrate to the JV.
The coast-to-coast connection spans from Brisbane to Perth, and will offer data transfer speeds of up to 400 gigabits per second on a single optical wavelength.
Laurence Escalante could more than double his stake in AI-driven surveillance company icetana and become its largest shareholder, as the company gears up to enter Iraq.