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Australian business owners have little faith Canberra bureaucrats will be able to manage environmental approvals effectively under new reforms

Shire of Ashburton chief executive Kenn Donohoe is to step down from the role after more than four years to fight a health battle.

Luerssen Australia executive Matt Moran will seek Liberal candidacy in the newly formed federal seat of Bullwinkel, after losing the battle for preselection in the Curtin electorate.

ATCO has doubled down on its calls for accelerated depreciation across its WA gas pipeline network, despite an earlier knock back from the Economic Regulation Authority.

WA Labor has received almost $140,000 worth of donations since the state’s new disclosure laws kicked off on July 1, with Perdaman the latest business to give to the party.

Perth-founded manufacturer Fleetwood has won a $40 million contract to design, build and install 60 homes for the Queensland government.

A tender to redevelop medical facilities in Paraburdoo and Tom Price is expected to be released next month, with the projects set to be delivered under a state government initiative.

Two WA owned businesses have won a $69.2 million contract for the construction of a new breakwater at Bunbury’s Casuarina boat harbour.

A proposed doubling of a cap applied to energy prices has been met with calls for change by industry players, in a series of submissions to the Economic Regulation Authority.

Ashburton’s shire president says Tom Price residents are cautiously optimistic about a promise to build their new hospital

Kwinana’s major industrial players are calling for action ahead of a critical election year in 2025.

WA’s regional centres have been the winners of the first stream of cash from the federal government’s $1.5 billion housing support project.

The federal government has announced a $2 billion investment to build Australia’s cyber capabilities via a partnership with Amazon Web Services to deliver a top-secret cloud system.

WA Senator Fatima Payman has confirmed she will leave the Australian Labor Party for the crossbench, and said she leaves “with a heavy heart, but a clear conscience”.

Western Australia’s public sector union has vowed to ramp up protests every week until the state government brings an acceptable wages agreement to the table.

Money invested under the Federal Government’s flagship $22.7 billion Future Made in Australia plan will have to show a benefit to local communities and workers, under a new bill introduced to parliament today.

The state government will pour $20 million into creating safer and more reliable water services for the Djarindjin community in northern WA.

WA farmers have vowed to campaign heavily against Labor candidates during next year’s federal election following the government’s decision to ban live sheep exports from 2028.

Premier Roger Cook says the call to end live sheep export is wrong but conceded that if he were a member of the federal caucus, he would be bound to support it.

The auditor general has flagged concern over a lack of government disclosure around the agreement between the state and a law firm advising on the Griffin Coal operation near Collie.

The state government will lead planning over the University of Western Australia and Queen Elizabeth II medical precinct, to accommodate Perth’s expected population growth.

WA will receive $105.3 million to boost housing supply as part of a $1 billion federal government spend.

The boss of a Pilbara local government has urged policymakers to “get out of the way” and instead fund local councils to solve housing problems themselves.

Network Ten has slapped Bruce Lehrmann with a $2 million bill over the latter’s failed defamation action in the Federal Court of Australia.

A controversial federal government Bill that would ban live sheep exports in Australia from 2028 has passed the lower house and is headed for Senate scrutiny.

A surprise uptick in Australia’s inflation rate has lifted the chances the Reserve Bank of Australia will increase interest rates again as it struggles to stifle price pressure.

City of Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas has formally unveiled the selected site for a $1.5 million, seven-metre statue of a spaceman to be donated to the city.

Jodie Ransom will take the reins as full-time chief executive of Fremantle Ports, as successor to the late Michael Parker.

Billions of dollars in funding have been allocated to states and territories in Labor's plan to address shortfalls in social housing and homelessness services.

Neurotologix, REX Ortho, VeinTech and CoraMetix were among the big winners of a $5 million round of grant funding under the state’s Future Health Research and Innovation Seed Fund.

Watermans Bay-based seaweed biotechnology company Uluu is among 49 local innovators to win the backing of a government fund designed to help scale WA business ideas.

Synergy has revealed it breached its licence almost 100 times between February last year and April 2024, by failing to properly handle contact details for 68 customers using life support equipment.