Tom Zaunmayr

Fortescue has staked out an area larger than Brisbane near its Pilbara iron ore operations for a potential green energy hub, days after terminating an application for another site.

Native title holders opposing an iron ore mine bordering Karijini hold a swag of tenements next to the park they say have been pegged to ensure “culturally safe” mining.

Local government truck movements and port terminal operations need to be standardised to improve supply chain resilience, according to the boss of a WA freight-forwarding company.

Qantas has quietly grounded bi-weekly flights between Melbourne and Exmouth on the same day it launched another direct interstate flight between northern WA and the east coast.

Traditional owners are rallying against an iron ore minnow planning to develop a mine on the edge of Karijini National Park in WA’s mining heartland.

The boss of Australia’s native title lobby has warned Indigenous groups cannot be pushed into fast-tracking reforms after a string of high-profile court wins against oil and gas projects.

The state government is probing what needs to be done to ensure the latest attempt to establish a bioenergy industry in WA doesn’t suffer the same fate as efforts nearly two decades ago.

Tom Zaunmayr and Jack McGinn discuss the storied career of a Perth craft brewery stalwart.

Western Australia’s environmental watchdog has waved through a new irrigation project at one of billionaire Kerry Stokes’ Kimberley pastoral stations.

A common agricultural fertiliser could fuel the iron ore megaships calling into Western Australia’s bulk export ports in the state’s north-west.

Fortescue’s proposed multi-billion-dollar renewable energy hub in the Pilbara has been shelved as the miner insists it will meet bold decarbonisation targets by 2030.

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.