Tom Zaunmayr

Demographer Simon Kuestenmacher canvassed entitlement, skills shortages and urban sprawl in his GRDC forum speech.

Steve Thomas was a man humbled as he stepped out to face the waiting media pack outside Parliament House at lunchtime on Tuesday.

Steve Thomas has stood down as deputy leader of the Liberal Party of WA following revelations he held conversations with disgraced former premier Brian Burke.

A 100-unit workforce accommodation project earmarked for Onslow is being planned to alleviate a crippling accommodation shortage that is putting major projects at risk.

Tom Zaunmayr and Jack McGinn discuss public transport disruption along the Armadale line.

A new biosecurity initiative backed by a $42.7 million kitty will bolster the nation’s ability to detect exotic pests and diseases that threaten Australia’s $31 billion grains industry.

The Armadale line closure has given a glimpse into how good public transport can be when it is done right.

Australia’s former spy agency boss has warned a re-election of Donald Trump to the US presidency risked plunging the world into a global trade war

Two international firms have won contracts with WA’s largest grain handler to build new grain rail sidings under plans by CBH Group to be exporting 3 million tonnes per month by 2033.

BHP has pushed back plans to build a 1,152-person camp to house nickel workers as the miner mulls the viability of a $750 million upgrade of its Kalgoorlie nickel smelter.

A Singaporean investment vehicle is scouring Western Australia’s nascent biotechnology industry for new projects worth backing to bring onto the world stage.

Buoyant gold prices have delivered record earnings for Super Pit owner Northern Star Resources despite mounting cost pressures bumping up the miner’s production costs.

The Pilbara’s resources megaports are being cleared as ex-tropical cyclone Lincoln moves into the region, where it is expected to re-intensify and make landfall this weekend.

Glencore appears set on keeping its WA nickel mine running despite the metal’s unprofitability forcing one of the miner’s other nickel operations into care and maintenance.

Veteran company director John Mullen has been named to replace Richard Goyder as Qantas chairman.

A Perth tech firm developing sensor implants which can feed biological data from pets, horses, and livestock to a phone will begin commercial trials this year.

The state government has put forward its case to deliver the federal government’s live sheep export transition package once it is announced.

A domestic biofuels industry will help to shield Australian growers from a decline in demand for oilseeds from overseas fuel markets as they transition to electric vehicles.

A new Perth CBD apartment tower which will bring more than 100 affordable rentals onto the market has attracted $130 million in state and federal government support.

Tom Zaunmayr and Jack McGinn discuss the growth of the smallgoods sector in Western Australia.

Liberal Party of WA leader Libby Mettam has urged the prime minister to make concrete commitments to save the state’s nickel industry.

Attorney-General John Quigley will retire at the 2025 state election, bringing an end to a 24-year parliamentary career in Western Australia.

From grazing boards to WA’s famous conti rolls, the smallgoods industry is an unsung hero of our state’s foodie scene.

A Pilbara shire is spruiking the region’s mines and sparse land as ideal desert warfare training grounds as it taps the armed forces to pour funds into an airport expansion.

A Perth invention which could improve the success rate of one of the medical sector’s most common procedures has received a $1.7 million windfall to help bring the product to market.

The WA public sector is well off track in meeting its workforce diversity target for people with disabilities, with the needle barely moving in the past six years.

Jack McGinn and Tom Zaunmayr discuss the major changes in private businesses operating in Western Australia.

A Southern Forests idyll has been converted from tourism chalets into an enclave for a global spiritual group whose leader preaches “liberation from the bindings, concepts and habits of life”.

High interest from commercial anglers in being paid to relinquish their quotas has given the state government the ability to double the length of a recreational demersal fishing window.

Qantas will ground flights from Port Hedland to Brisbane due to low demand, just four months after launching the service.

The business dealings of Western Australia’s big-name billionaires may grab most of the headlines, but last year it was Dale Alcock’s ABN Group that deserved a closer look.

The state tourism portfolio’s current setup can leave assets stuck between regulatory and tourism agencies, according to Tourism Minister Rita Saffioti.