Nominations for local government elections have closed, with former politicians and unsuccessful parliamentary candidates eyeing for council roles in October.
Broome-founded remote power company GenOffGrid has secured a contract to design and build a microgrid renewable energy project in the remote town of Blackstone.
The race to be the next City of Perth Lord Mayor, to fill the role vacated by Basil Zempilas, ramps up as six candidates have put their hands up for the position.
Former Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes chief executive Nicole Gibbs has filed a defamation lawsuit over four statements made by a shire resident on social media.
Former Cambridge mayor Keri Shannon claims she was under a lot of pressure when a number of complaints were made against her, as she tries to overturn her penalties.
Major bottlenecks caused by an ageing import facility on the southern coast are costing Kwinana industrial players almost $70 million each year, a report released this morning has revealed.
Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has warned no institution is immune from cyber threats, using a Perth lecture to stress technology's opportunities and risks for central banking.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has lauded today's national accounts figures, which revealed a higher-than-expected uptick in gross domestic product off the back of increased household spending.
Consultation has opened on a $700 million deal between Australia and Germany to buy local hydrogen and sell it into Europe, in a bid to boost the fledgling energy industry from 2026.
ANALYSIS: Port Hedland's governance demise is the result of a recipe which includes Royalties for Regions, personal vendettas, lewd behaviour, and a Zorro impersonator
The Town of Port Hedland council has been fired by Local Government Minister Hannah Beazley, with Jessica Shaw, Martin Aldridge, and Ron Yuryevich tasked with fixing the troubled jurisdiction.
The state government will give NRW Holdings subsidiary RCR Advanced Technologies $2 million to support its goal of building wind energy components locally.
The prime minister has hit back at hecklers during a sometimes tense discussion about renewable energy in the regions, while announcing more funds for farmers.
The latest round of a federal energy investment scheme designed to derisk private projects is expected to stimulate as much as $4 billion of renewables investment in WA.
The state's highest court has found Brittany Higgins did defame her former employer Linda Reynolds in a series of social media posts, in a judgment over the high-profile defamation trial.
Another Western Australian council is under fire after the state government sent a suspension warning to the Shire of Coolgardie in the Goldfields-Esperance region.
The state has more than doubled the size of its envoy to a bi-annual defence conference abroad and brought in a former opposition leader, in its push to scale up the sector.
A commissioner should be put in charge of Port Hedland for “as long as possible”, Regional Development Minister Stephen Dawson says, following the town's mayor quitting his posting.
Former Port Hedland mayor Peter Carter has warned extremists are about to take over the Pilbara council as he pleads with the state government to appoint a commissioner.
An agreement needed to progress a $4 billion green iron plant in the Pilbara has not been nailed down, more than two years after the state government offered the land to proponents.
Disgraced former Labor MP Norm Marlborough has launched legal action in the state's highest court, alleging he was made to enter a sham investment despite his age and poor health.
The Environmental Protection Authority has accepted changes to Woodside Energy's Browse gas proposal, after considering more than 17,000 submissions received over just four weeks.
The state government has appointed Tony Brown as the inaugural inspector to oversee all 139 councils in Western Australia, granting him power to step in earlier on major matters.
