Tom Zaunmayr

A $5 billion desalination plant mooted for a remote patch of Pilbara coastline has garnered interest from BP.

Nadia Budihardjo and Tom Zaunmayr discuss an ambitious plan to improve Australia's bequest rate.

A leader on many global economic and wealth indicators, Australia is a laggard when it comes to bequeathing wealth to charity.

OPINION: Capacity constraints at South West abattoirs have left paddock-to-plate producers in the lurch.

OPINION: Federal government updates to the 2015 Northern Australia white paper have failed to convince critics it has what it takes to drive the region forward.

BHP will test a new energy system designed by Caterpillar which can power up haul trucks on the move at its Jimblebar mine in the Pilbara.

A small Yangebup-based food producer could soon hit national supermarket shelves three years after being scouted at a food and beverage trade show.

A Chinese stimulus package announced yesterday afternoon designed to spark property investment has resulted in a $21.4-billion boost to WA’s iron ore players on the stock exchange.

The south coast town is the third regional local government in recent months to vote on an extension of its trading hours

Fortescue will splash more than $4 billion developing and buying 475 electric mining machines from Liebherr to replace two thirds of its fleet

Four Australian miners have been backed by the Biden administration to help the United States reduce its dependence on China for critical minerals

A western suburbs research precinct will be turned into WA’s biomedical hub in a move the state government hopes will enable more local manufacturing

Family of late Banjima elder Maitland Parker have taken his fight to clean up the asbestos-laden gorges of Wittenoom to the United Nations.

The state government will spend $2.3 million to provide essential services for a Karratha apartment project, as the developer seeks Commonwealth funds to support the $92 million build cost.

Outgoing Cottesloe MP David Honey was the most prolific questioner and Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti has ruffled the most opposition feathers in WA parliament in the past year.

The state government is sounding out abattoirs to support South West farmers who will lose the service of the last big processor they could access locally.

The federal government is closing in on funding deals that could deliver nearly 3,000 new homes in Western Australia.

Rio Tinto will test a native tree’s suitability as a biodiesel crop in Queensland to offset carbon emissions from its Pilbara mines.

Concerns have been raised with the state government about contamination of a national park waterway by deadly asbestos tailings washed downstream from Wittenoom.

WA’s beef industry lobby group has decried the state’s processing industry ‘monopoly’ after paddock-to-plate farmers in the South West lost access to the last large abattoir servicing their needs.

Capacity constraints at one of the last abattoirs offering contract kills have left WA's independent meat industry at risk of collapse.

WA's public sector staff would get an extra day off each fortnight on top of a 12.5 per cent pay rise under the latest wages offer by the state government.

OPINION: Little is likely to change until councils, the state government and developers see eye-to-eye on restoring Perth’s diminishing tree canopy.

Tom Zaunmayr and Nadia Budihardjo discuss the second tranche of local government reforms.

Beer is flowing through the taps at Pinjarra’s 1800s-era Exchange Hotel for the first time 16 years after an extensive refurbishment.

The second tranche of local government reforms aims to crack down on problem councils and help those open to resource sharing.

The boss of one of WA’s wealthiest local governments has resigned after four years in the role as the council teeters on the edge of being disbanded.

Western Australia’s government-funded hub in Canberra has welcomed 130 users in its first six months of operating.

A 15,000-tonne offshore oil and gas decommissioning vessel has proven a unique site while docked in WA’s third largest city.

An unsealed road passing by Wittenoom’s asbestos-laced gorges is costing dearly and asbestos compensation claims are still being lodged.

Goldfields junior miner Gold Valley has put pen to paper on a deal to bring 1.2 million tonnes a year of iron ore into Esperance Port via rail.

Western Australia’s ports are significantly more valuable to the nation than every other state and territory, new data from Ports Australia reveals.