Tom Zaunmayr

The WA Liberal Party has committed $400,000 to a masterplan for the redevelopment of the South Perth foreshore.

WA’s freight rail network is a major bugbear for business, Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti says, as the state government begins negotiations to buy it back.

An oat processing mill planned on Perth’s south-eastern fringe and backed by former international rugby player Dane Haylett-Petty has been submitted to the local shire.

A Pilbara ammonia upstart has struck a deal with Pilbara Ports to probe exporting ammonia from the Port of Dampier.

A WA Liberal government would plough $140 million into training new doctors and specialists, encouraging student residencies, and enabling free post-hospital check-ups.

Owners of a controversial WA lead mine which was once the largest in the world have gone into administration after a failed bid to fund a processing plant.

OPINION: The writs have been served and the politicians are off and patting dogs and kissing babies as the race to lead the state officially began this week.

The state government will begin building another desalination plant in the Pilbara by the end of the decade to ease pressure on the region’s aquifers.

OPINION: As misinformation and the digital world take over political discourse online, it is heartening to know the internet is still no match for good old-fashioned face time.

A WA Liberal state government would put $10 million toward a council-backed plan to redevelop Cottesloe’s ailing beachside amenities.

Nadia Budihardjo and Tom Zaunmayr discuss a looming Pilbara water crisis.

Concern is growing about water use in Australia’s economic powerhouse, with another water-intensive industry on the way.

Former deputy mayor Tim Turner has resigned from Port Hedland’s trouble-plagued council, citing a lack of willingness to stay on in the role.

The federal government has funded a feasibility study into a common use critical minerals processing plant which the state government already budgeted $200 million build.

A north-west university hub will set up shop in Kununurra by mid-2025 under a federal government program to improve access to tertiary education in regional Australia.

The majority shareholder of Pilbara iron ore junior Red Hawk Mining has accepted Fortescue’s offer to take over the company hours before deadline.

Low-impact miners and explorers will be eligible for fast-tracked approvals under reforms hailed by the resources industry as “paper killing legislation”.

OPINION: The wild west was the centre of attention this week as Labor and the Nationals promised cash to solve two of Kalgoorlie’s biggest issues.

Mineral Resources remains upbeat about its financial position as market forces and the fallout from founder Chris Ellison’s tax affairs weigh on the business.

Rio Tinto will take its Pilbara arts exhibition across the seas to London for the first time to mark the 20th anniversary of the event.

Fortescue's ability to work around Port Hedland's congested export space and negate headwinds in the iron ore price were attractive to Red Hawk Mining's board.

A plan to pipe desalinated seawater from Esperance to Kalgoorlie would be revived by the Nationals WA to ease the outback city’s water woes, if elected in March.

Fortescue has lobbed a $254 million offer to snap up ASX-listed junior Red Hawk Mining, owner of a greenfields iron ore project neighbouring the Andrew Forrest-led miner's Solomon operations.

OPINION: It was a better week for the Liberal and National parties in WA, but Labor still looked much more polished as its charges rolled out a heap of fresh election commitments.

Heavy rain flooded a railcar dumper, cut off access roads, and stopped trains on Rio Tinto’s Pilbara iron ore network.

OPINION: Curbs on power, leadership certainty and hard resets will be front-and-centre after the March state poll.

Backers of a proposed $4 billion Pilbara iron plant have warned approval delays would likely see the project built in another country.

A consumer lobby group wants to see a reinsurance pool’s cash reserves used to beef up mitigation and reduce insurance premiums in northern Australia.

BHP's efforts to bolster capacity at its Pilbara port operations are paying off, but the price paid for its ore has fallen sharply.

Sam Jones and Tom Zaunmayr discuss Capel's push to become an agribusiness precinct.

The South West shire has hatched a plan to attract a wide range of agricultural industries to the district

Mining giant BHP has applied to demolish Port Hedland’s Pier Hotel and is weighing up how to pay homage to the notorious watering hole.