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.
Main Roads WA will foot a $900,000 bill to build a sign at the South Australia-Western Australia border, after years of controversy surrounding an existing steel structure at the site.
Premier Roger Cook says a visit by Anthony Albanese this week will not detract from state issues, but the WA Electoral Commission has warned of confusion with two ballots ahead.
The West Australian failed to provide fair and balanced coverage of former Perth Lord Mayoral candidate Sandy Anghie on multiple occasions, the company’s self-funded regulator has found.
Western Australia’s population is projected to grow from three million currently to 3.5 million by 2035, with Perth accounting for an increasing share of the state’s total.
The state government moved to lock in contractors for the $1.8 billion Women and Babies’ Hospital in December, as it pushes to begin the project before the March election.
The state government revealed a $500 million increase to the state government’s projected operating surplus, while expense growth outstripped revenue growth in the mid-year review.
Flooding has closed Western Power’s Wellington Street office indefinitely, displacing workers as the utility prepares for a peak period across the state’s main electricity grid.
Early work is underway on a $660 million Department of Defence infrastructure program at Exmouth’s Learmonth airbase, with ATCO subcontracted to build an initial worker’s camp.
The WA Liberal Party has made more from donations this financial year than WA Labor, but levies and union fees have the latter’s coffers well ahead in the lead up to the state election.
The federal government will offer low interest loans for workers earning less than $100,000 per year to buy electric vehicles, under a new $150 million program.
The state government has spent $716 million with Aboriginal businesses on transport contracts in just over three years, hitting a procurement target two years ahead of deadline.
State Planning Minister John Carey has thrown the weight of his support behind the recently announced WA Planning Commission chair Emma Cole, after scrutiny over her appointment.
Members of WA’s start up community are calling for a $100 million commitment to extend the New Industries Fund beyond 2025, warning a failure to do so risked WA falling behind other states.
The near-term supply outlook for Western Australia’s domestic gas market has improved this year, but 2028 looms as a critical juncture in the state’s energy future.
The federal government has acknowledged the infrastructure strain facing Perth’s southern coastal corridor, committing to fund three studies into road access at HMAS Stirling.
The state’s peak mining lobby body has told a nuclear energy inquiry that the industry is neutral in its stance on energy sources, but stressed the importance of power access for business.
BHP, Rio Tinto, Woodside Energy and BlueScope will partner on an electric smelter ironmaking pilot project at Kwinana, as part of the state’s green iron push.
A Broome prison and emissions reduction reporting implementation are among 10 key projects the state has fallen behind on over the last year, a new progress report has revealed.
