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.
Jack McGinn and Tom Zaunmayr discuss why concerns are emerging about a lack of succession literacy ahead of a looming transfer of intergenerational wealth.
Mark Pownall and Tom Zaunmayr discuss the biggest WA homebuilders; the Optus outage; new Busselton build; CBD revamps; renewable energy; and the largest pastoral station being sold.
Tom Zaunmayr and Jack McGinn discuss how Enel X's role as a commercial-scale energy asset aggregator will help keep the lights on in the South West Interconnected System.
Greatland Resources managing director Shaun Day has earned more than $8 million amid a rollercoaster start to the company’s life on the ASX.The Telfer mine operator on Thursday released it
Tom Zaunmayr and Jack McGinn discuss how evolving generation methods and growing energy demand in remote locations have boosted a handful of WA businesses.
A team of renewable newcomers are behind a $190 million plan to build a solar farm by the Forrest Highway which would feed power to industrial projects and the state's first EV servo.
The backer of WA's biggest active biorefinery plan wants to see the federal government's $1.1 billion biofuels fund used to stimulate domestic demand for low carbon fuels.
The majority shareholder of suspended explorer Leo Lithium is angling to oust the company's boss and directors over a payment dispute ahead of Leo's delisting this month.
A Victorian startup promising to underpin cost-effective green steel production has secured land in the Pilbara to operate a third-party commercial iron ore smelter.
Green shoots are emerging in Australia’s exploration sector, with financing and spending both recording sharp jumps in the June quarter.Investors poured $1.93 billion into the nation&rsquo
The founders of one of Western Australia's greatest cultural dynasties have announced their retirement, closing the book on a Kimberley music legend spanning four decades.
The grounds of a former Aboriginal mission in the South West will be turned into a native food farm with aspirations to introduce new lines of produce to the booming market.
Aussie Trump, Thomas Brough, Jack Gordon-Manly, Lorna Harper and Merome Beard are among about 30 candidates running for council who missed out on state or federal seats.
Woodside insists a condensate storage tank at its Karratha Gas Plant which appears to be severely damaged did not collapse and is simply being ‘withdrawn from service'.
The operator of Perth's biggest fresh food trading hub has banked a $21 million profit courtesy of a sharp rise in the value of the unlisted public company's property holdings.
Four eminent Western Australian businessmen will step into the ring again to convince the federal government the 75-cent floor on the state's GST share should remain in place.