Tom Zaunmayr joined Business News in 2023 as a senior journalist, covering state politics, resources (iron ore), Aboriginal affairs, regional development and agriculture.
He spent the past decade covering news in regional WA where he developed a passion for local and state politics, regional development, small business, Aboriginal affairs, human interest and anything Pilbara related.
Mr Zaunmayr spent five years in Karratha during one of the biggest periods of transition for the Pilbara town before moving to Kalgoorlie during COVID to take on a role as deputy editor of WA's only daily regional newspaper.
From there, he moved back above the 26th parallel as Seven West Media's Northern Papers editor based in Broome, and did a stint as editor of the National Indigenous Times.
A Pilbara cattle station will build a 10,000-head feedlot in a move it expects to bolster the region’s status as a global premium boxed Wagyu beef supplier.
The state government is seeking global backers for a new venture capital fund focused on a broad suite of industries including defence, mining, and agriculture.
A Broome-founded power firm has caught the eye of a $2 billion Indian steelmaker wanting to build grid scale solar arrays in outback Western Australia.
Two Australian bases in the north-west could be used for US Airforce deployments as the two nations hone their focus on China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific.
A hydrogen haul truck, red dirt sod turning, and proof ore can be mined without emitting any carbon: it was a big day for Andrew Forrest and Fortescue at Christmas Creek
Backers of a $120 million Karratha hotel have won planning approval after the City of Karratha’s bid to have the project redefined as a workforce camp was scuppered.
Penfolds owner Treasury Wine Estates has hiked its dividend and signalled growing optimism in overseas sales while revealing a profit slide of 61 per cent.
Former prime minister Scott Morrison says shortcomings in process, rather than Senator Linda Reynolds’ conduct, were to blame for the handling of Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation.
Tom Zaunmayr and Isabel Vieira discuss long-time Aboriginal corporation executive Tony McRae's views on building generational wealth for Indigenous communities.
Perdaman will funnel $122 million into construction of 100 new homes in Karratha as part of a broader push to ease a crippling housing shortage in the Pilbara city.
A power cable carrying renewable energy from a green power hub earmarked on the outskirts of Karratha could prove a game-changer in decarbonising WA’s economic powerhouse.
A heavy rail research centre has opened in Karratha ahead of the anticipated launch of a manufacturing facility in the Pilbara city by the end of the year.
Andrew Forrest has scored a tactical win in his quest to grow melons and onions on Minderoo Station, with the Supreme Court ruling a refusal to grant consent was done so in error.