ANALYSIS: A commitment to carry out studies into the congestion squeeze at Rockingham has been welcomed by local government, as pressure builds to support a growing defence sector.
The WA Liberal Party has committed to a temporary payroll tax reprieve for smaller business operators if voted to government at the March state election.
Western Power will get a $20.8 million cash injection from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, as part of its major push to integrate household generation into the state’s grid.
The state government has released a strategy for growth of the defence industry in Western Australia, as activity scales up in the sector in Perth’s southern suburbs.
Australia’s consumer price index rose 0.2 per cent in the December quarter, buoying expectations the Reserve Bank of Australia could cut rates in February.
The state government says forward works for the $165 million primary school will start this week, as EIW Architects and ARM Architecture are appointed to design the project.
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.
Ventia-employed court security and custodial officers walked off the jobs this morning as part of strike action for better pay from the facility management giant.
Apprentices will get a hip-pocket boost as the prime minister prepares for an election, but some question whether this will tackle workforce shortages.
The federal government has tipped $2 billion its clean energy lending agency in an effort to spur investment in the sector and capitalise on the net-zero transition.
ANALYSIS: Labor’s plan to buy back the rail freight network adds to multiple moves across the water, roads, health and prison industries to reverse the privatisation of assets and services.
The state government has announced its intention to buy back the South West rail freight network from operator Arc Infrastructure, 25 years after it was sold for $585 million.
Alcoa of Australia has come to a passionate defence of its bauxite mining in the state, after the Greens WA vowed to ban the practice if given a balance of power by local voters.
Political caution underpins WA’s recent budget surplus run, and the headline figures do not always reflect the risks facing those driving the state’s economy.
WA Labor has committed to put $350 million toward an expansion of the Kwinana Freeway between Roe Highway and Mortimer Road, in a bid to ease congestion in a region of high activity.
South Perth independent candidate Hayley Lawrance has pulled the pin on a short-lived independent campaign for the state seat of South Perth, citing personal reasons.
Major Western Australian alumina producer Alcoa has welcomed a $2 billion federal production credit package for aluminium smelters, highlighting flow-on effects for local operations.
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.
