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Western Australia's gold and iron ore sectors have contributed to a record $172 billion resources industry, with the number of jobs also rising.

The number of women in top-tier management positions in WA's public service has grown by more than 50 per cent over the past three years.

The coronavirus pandemic and deepest recession since the 1930s has turned a forecast $5 billion federal budget surplus into an $85.3 billion deficit.

Welfare recipients will begin getting less money each fortnight as the JobSeeker coronavirus boost winds down.

More than one million unemployed Australians are about to take a $300 cut to their JobSeeker payments.

Business groups believe proposed changes to insolvency laws will be a lifeline for thousands of small businesses struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Water Corporation has revealed an $809 million surplus in the 2020 financial year, potentially propping up the state budget despite a national recession.

Mark McGowan’s stance on hard border closures is politically popular at home, but let’s not lose sight of the bigger picture.

Australia’s primary producers are exploring new export markets and defending their reputation amid rising political tensions.

There is growing speculation the Reserve Bank board will endorse a suite of measures to further boost the economic recovery from recession, including trimming the cash rate.

Volumes through Fremantle Ports dropped 5.3 per cent in 2019-20, new data reveals weeks after a state government commitment to build a new outer harbour.

The state government has confirmed it will extend exemptions for payroll tax on payments made under the extended JobKeeper scheme.

Premier Mark McGowan has defended his taxpayer-funded defamation claim against Clive Palmer, saying any benefits will flow to the state.

Australia's energy minister is keeping coy on how much the nation's emissions will reduce by through his new technology plan.

Millions of homes and businesses will gain access to ultra-fast internet under a $4.5 billion upgrade to the national broadband network.

Energy Minister Angus Taylor has dismissed concerns over whether the advisory panel who recommended a gas-fired economic recovery from the pandemic will personally benefit from the plan.

Premier Mark McGowan is maintaining his increasingly isolated hard border stance as the state recorded three new COVID-19 cases.

Thousands of millionaires have been claiming the dole throughout the coronavirus pandemic but are set to be kicked off later this week when the asset test returns.

In today's episode of Controversy & Celebrity, Basil Zempilas discusses how his upbringing and reputation in the community have set him up to tackle the major issues facing the City of Perth.

Lifting border restrictions means more jobs can be created and not have coronavirus dictate the way Australians live, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says.

Di Bain has challenged her opponents to disclose their conflicts after it was revealed her lord mayoral campaign had received more than $100,000 in contributions.

Broome’s Chinatown Revitalisation to create a world-class tourism precinct in the Kimberley has been given the green light.

Western Australian Liberal opposition leader Liza Harvey has promised $50 million for a Local Jobs First Commissioner to crack down on interstate companies winning government contracts.

Total wages for men have fallen about 17 times more than wages for women in Western Australia since March, despite a higher rate of female unemployment.

The first maintenance contracts in the East and West Kimberley under the state government’s $319 million social housing package have been announced.

Di Bain talks about her enthusiasm for tackling the major issues now facing the City of Perth in today's episode of Controversy & Celebrity,

Scott Morrison is being urged to extend the HomeBuilder program after new research found the coronavirus pandemic could savagely cut housing demand over the next three years.

The City of Perth needs someone who is independent and has a voice to be the next lord mayor, writes Basil Zempilas.

On today's episode of Controversy & Celebrity, local businessman Bruce Reynolds discusses how his entrepreneurial and charitable work informed his late bid for lord mayor.

Western Australia will set up a new quarantine hotel and may reduce elective surgery to cope with an influx of returned travellers.

More Australians stranded overseas will be able to return home each week after state governments agreed to a staggered rise in hotel quarantine caps.

The federal government is treating the states like children in its push for them to take more returned travellers, Premier Mark McGowan says.