Tom Zaunmayr

Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Johnston has been accused of mansplaining in a fiery sparring match with federal Liberal senators Dean Smith and Linda Reynolds during a Perth Mint probe.

A large work camp has been erected at Exmouth’s Harold E Holt naval base for what is believed to be a sorely-needed overhaul of several critical military facilities.

Perth Mint’s ex-leaders failed to grasp their obligation to taxpayers as the organisation made forays into “risky” products and overseas markets, according to the state’s auditor general.

Beneath the slick façade of French fashion house Chanel’s CBD flagship store lies the birthplace of one of Perth’s most unassuming success stories.

Native title bodies, miners and government have done good work to set Aboriginal businesses up for success. Without public support, their wings will always be clipped.

Construction of a 100-megawatt battery to power WA homes and stabilise the state's biggest energy grid has begun.

ANALYSIS: The last time a Liberal held a lower house seat north of the 26th parallel it was abolished in a redistribution. Sound familiar?

Liberal leader Libby Mettam and North West Central MP Merome Beard, who has defected from the Nationals, faced repeated questions around opposition leadership on Wednesday.

A $300 million bioenergy plant to supply renewable fuel to the aviation and trucking industries has been earmarked for Esperance.

Plans for a state-of-the-art US military space defence system in Exmouth have been shelved, with no funds forthcoming to expand the surveillance base’s capability.

The WA Liberals have committed to beginning construction of a new maternity hospital in Nedlands in its first term should the party win government in 2025.

A tax pouring record funds into state coffers as insurers hike premiums in the wake of natural disasters needs to be abolished, according to a national consumer lobby group.

A popular beachside cafe in northern WA is on the hunt for a new site after having its power supply from a Commonwealth defence base cut off.

Tom Zaunmayr and Jack McGinn discuss efforts by Space Angel to establish a spaceport in remote Western Australia.

The boss of a junior Goldfields explorer has encouraged fellow explorers to back their instinct after proving disappointing assay results for a lithium prospect had been bungled.

The Eucla coast’s sparse landscape hides epic caves, an old telegraph station, and WA’s only wombat population. It could also be home to WA's first spaceport.

A Perth-based startup will chart out a study to sequester carbon from Kwinana’s industrial plants offshore in a bid to reduce environmental impact from the 7 million tonnes of emissions generated in the area each year.

The first major onshore mine in the west Kimberley has processed its first ore several weeks ahead of schedule and below budget.

Tom Zaunmayr and Jack McGinn discuss the results of the recent local government elections in major regional areas.

Naming rights for the state’s three emergency rescue helicopters have gone to tender in a $3.75 million move which could see the deal change hands for the first time in two decades.

Airbnbs are pumping more than $1.1 billion into Western Australia’s economy and creating 7,200 jobs, according to a fresh report dropped as government intervention hangs over the sector’s head.

A WA industry-backed robotics consortium has launched an academy to train a new generation of Australian and Kiwi space mission experts.

Technology developed for Western Australia’s mines and gas platforms will play a crucial role in building living quarters on the moon for NASA’s US$93 billion Artemis program.

Ousted Delta Lithium boss David Flanagan has taken a cheeky swipe at mining billionaires Gina Rinehart and Chris Ellison one month after leaving the junior company.

A pitch to bring some of the world’s foremost space mission experts to WA by Dutch geoscience firm Fugro has received a $5 million boost from the state government.

Council elections in WA’s regions could throw up some surprises.

For years, the Danes have shown how good life can be when your default position with strangers and government is trust.

The WA government is standing by its controversial decision to relocate the $1.8bn maternity hospital to Murdoch despite strong condemnation by WA’s most experienced clinicians.

Single homes will be able to be built and modified without the approval of councils under fresh measures introduced as part of the state government’s major planning shake-up.

A proposed electric vehicle road user charge in WA is likely to be powered down after the High Court of Australia found a Victorian equivalent of the tax to be unconstitutional.

Millions of dollars collected from speed cameras in WA are being spent without appropriate ministerial oversight and with inadequate guidance as to where funds would be best directed.

Isabel Vieira and Tom Zaunmayr discuss the senior journalist's experience renting amid Broome's rental crisis.