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Reaching an ambitious 90,000-resident target by 2050 for the City of Perth requires rate cuts and a city deal, according to the Property Council of Australia WA Division.

Two women from South Australia who breached quarantine after being refused entry to Western Australia have been taken into custody.

The state government has announced $2 million in grants under the latest iteration of the Local Capability Fund for Western Australia's small businesses.

The state government says it will cover some of the infrastructure costs related to Perdaman Group’s $4.6 billion urea plant on the Burrup Peninsula.

WA's Phase Four coronavirus restrictions will be extended to at least October 24 and the Perth Royal Show has been cancelled.

With the McGowan government’s plans for a strong budget upended, it is now focused on supporting jobs and the broader economy.

A busy Cockburn intersection is set to benefit from $7 million worth of road upgrades, targeting improved safety for cyclists and pedestrians.

The state government has brought forward Western Australia’s renewable hydrogen targets by a decade and made a $22 million investment to fuel the sector.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has pledged to "move heaven and earth" to defeat the coronavirus as Australia recorded its youngest victim of the pandemic.

The state government has unveiled a suite of initiatives including a $16.7 million food and beverage fund to support Western Australia’s food sector and create local jobs.

Controversy and celebrity loom large in what is set to be one of the most consequential elections in the City of Perth’s history.

Western Australia's position is ironclad against future legal challenges, the premier says, after passing laws to stop Clive Palmer claiming damages against the state.

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe expects economic growth to contract by 7 per cent when the June quarter figures are released.

Intlang Consulting Group founder and managing director Gloria Zhang has said she will run for a seat on council in the City of Perth’s upcoming election.

Police stations and a Kalamunda hospital are set to receive more than $100 million worth of upgrades under the latest instalment of the state government’s economic recovery plan.

Western Australia’s jobless rate has improved by a modest amount, with 19,000 more people in mostly full-time work, while national figures worsened to their highest level in 22 years.

The state government has passed its extraordinary 'Palmer' Bill through the lower house, as it seeks to head off Clive Palmer's potential $30 billion damages claim.

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DevelopmentWA has recorded a surge in regional lot sales within the first week of the state government’s $116 million land package.

Clive Palmer has warned that mining companies would be wary of investing in WA after the state government moved to legislate its way out of a dispute with the mining magnate.

The Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation and Telethon Kids Institute have committed $10 million in fundraising over five years to support a new respiratory research centre.

Electoral manipulation and conflicted business dealings are among the most damning allegations to be aired in the City of Perth inquiry’s final report.

Taxpayer money could be put on the line to support gas projects as Australia recovers from the economic shocks of coronavirus.

A "damning" report into the dysfunctional City of Perth justifies the state government's decision to suspend the council, Western Australia's premier says.

Two of Australia’s top economic analysts have taken very different views on the validity of printing money to finance deficits in a crisis.

The planned Westport development in Kwinana will be government owned, Premier Mark McGowan said, with claims it would cost less than extending operation of Fremantle harbour.

Around $100 billion in Western Australian projects will benefit from a streamlined environmental approvals process under a bilateral agreement with the federal government.

Western Australia's hard COVID-19 border closure has deterred 99 per cent of normal eastern states traffic entering the state.

Western Australia is facing a further two-week delay in the next stage of easing COVID-19 restrictions, with the premier noting the ongoing surge in Victorian cases.

Australia's aged care system will face coronavirus stress tests to avoid deadly outbreaks that swept through Melbourne nursing homes.

Mathias Cormann has given a strong hint he’s exploring leading the OECD after politics, while cautioning Australia's international border closure could continue until late 2021.