Industry groups representing the state’s largest heavy industrial operators have warned the WA government is not moving fast to address congestion issues in Perth’s south.
David Fyfe has resigned as chief executive of the state-owned energy retailer Synergy to pursue other opportunities after more than four years in the top role.
The WA government has quietly updated its procurement policy to allow projects up to $5 million to be fulfilled by local manufacturers without a tender – up from $50,000.
A surge in jobs in December has economists split over whether the Reserve Bank is likely to cut rates in February, with some predicting a cut may not come until the second quarter of the year.
With political stalwart Bill Shorten set to step away from parliament in the coming days, WA MP Anne Aly has been named junior NDIS minister alongside Amanda Rishworth.
Former journalist Colleen Egan has been confirmed as WA Labor’s new candidate for the Thornlie electorate, less than two months from the state election.
Premier Roger Cook has backed industry to meet its social obligations, while weaving around questions on the adequacy of a $10,000 fine handed down to Santos over a 2022 oil spill.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s response to the latest abattoir closure in WA has gone down like a lead balloon with the sheep industry, according to Nationals senate hopeful Paul Brown.
A nuclear energy advocacy group backed by entrepreneur Dick Smith will bring 2023 Miss America winner Grace Stanke to Perth this month, in a bid to win public support.
WA Premier Roger Cook has promised to address the government’s exacerbation of regional rental market woes with a $104 million fund to build more government staff housing.
A youth detention facility proposed at Banksia Hill to replace the controversial Unit 18 will cost more than $170 million, but an independent body has warned the bill could come in higher.
Peter Dutton has made a personal pitch to voters and promised to rein in government spending at the coalition's first campaign rally ahead of the federal election.
A grassroots community group has chosen Fremantle businesswoman and photographer Kate Hullett to run as an independent against incumbent MP Simone McGurk.
Woodside Energy has submitted a carbon capture plan covering its proposed Browse joint venture project to federal regulators, with the hope of addressing emissions from the gas field.
The WA Nationals would move the state’s agriculture agency to Northam under a $320 million commitment should the country party win the March state election.
The federal government plans to roll out $200 million worth of regional infrastructure and community projects announced by the Prime Minister during his 27th visit to WA.
Three WA ports have been granted First Port of Entry status, allowing goods subject to biosecurity and other controls to arrive at the locations from overseas.
Synergy’s contracts with the world’s largest battery maker CATL will not be impacted by a shock move from the United States Department of Defense to blacklist the Chinese company overnight.
Australia's trimmed mean inflation fell to 3.2 per cent in November, but jobs figures suggesting a tightening of the labour market have dashed hopes of a February rate cut.
Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigators will conduct a thorough investigation of the circumstances which led to a fatal plane crash at Thomson Bay in Rottnest yesterday.
Outgoing Attorney General John Quigley has thrown his support behind his former chief of staff Colleen Egan, after her name was floated as a potential WA Labor candidate in Thornlie.
The Shire of Esperance wants the state government to incentivise developers, get out of private rentals and fund a workforce village to alleviate the town’s housing shortage.
A bid by RATCH Australia to significantly expand the operating hours at the Worley-operated Kemerton gas peaking power plant has been approved by Environment Minister Reece Whitby.
