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A plan to provide support and more sustainable job opportunities for Australians with disabilities and high support needs will be released by the government.

The move sets up a showdown for preselection in the blue-ribbon seat.

Former Barnett government cabinet minister Donna Faragher has announced she will not contest the 2025 state election, putting an end to her 20-year political career.

The state’s long-awaited redevelopment of the V Block at Fremantle Hospital is under construction, with ground broken after the project’s initial 2023 forecast completion date.

Elizabeth Quay could one day host a venue on the water, with the state government seeking expressions of interest in a second floating venue to be built and run on the Swan River.

Western Australia’s nursing union has backed a 3 per cent pay rise, bringing an end to the longest-running pay dispute in the organisation’s 100-year history.

WA Labor raised more than $6.7 million last financial year across the board, almost $2 million more than the Liberal Party’s state division.

Treasurer Rita Saffioti is confident a $10 million government loan package designed to free up hundreds of WA homes “stranded” in the building process will not interrupt the housing market.

The Liberal candidacy race in Cottesloe appears to be ramping up, with David Honey using social media to campaign against development reform previously supported by rival Sandra Brewer.

The prime minister wants four-year fixed terms for federal parliament, but admits the limits are unlikely to change soon.

Western Power has been fined $80,000 after pleading guilty to failing to ensure network safety, after confessing it was aware of the issue that caused the Wheatbelt bushfire.

The state has confirmed a consortium of Spanish firm ACCIONA and engineering company Jacobs Group have been selected to design, build and operate the $2.8 billion Alkimos desalination plant.

The estimated cost of redevelopment work at RAAF Base Learmonth near Exmouth is $662 million, a Department of Defence submission to a federal inquiry has revealed.

The government will not go ahead with a plan first announced in 2006 to consolidate legislation governing the state’s water resources management system.

Andrea Sutton, the former head of Rio Tinto’s majority-owned uranium unit, has been revealed as the new chair of the state-owned Water Corporation.

The auditor general has issued an unprecedented opinion over finance controls at the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, following a process deterioration last financial year.

Two experienced legal figures will join the Supreme Court bench in 2024, among a suite of appointments announced by Attorney General John Quigley this week.

Former Department of Premier and Cabinet director general and government special advisor Darren Foster has been appointed chair of the state’s Heritage Council.

The WA government hopes to foster new technologies in the state’s mining sector through a new innovation funding program announced today.

The building industry will be required to undertake mandatory inspections of high-rise apartments and commercial buildings from 2026, in the most significant industry reform in more than a decade.

WA’s energy investment push comes while debate continues over the opportunities and threats posed by the US Inflation Reduction Act.

The state’s finances are on track for a $400 million increase to the operating surplus projected in Mark McGowan’s final state budget as treasurer.

The Nationals WA has opened the door to candidates to nominate for preselection in metropolitan Perth seats in a historic first for a party facing a daunting challenge at the 2025 state election.

Alcoa Australia’s bauxite mining operations in the Darling Range will be “comprehensively scrutinised” by the Environmental Protection Authority.

The state government will do away with its blanket public sector wage policy which in recent years saw all public servants offered the same three per cent pay rise, in favour of a sector flexible model.

The state government has launched a new 10-year plan to expand national parks by more than 400,000 hectares by 2033.

Long-serving WA Health director general David Russell-Weisz will step down from the role after more than eight years at the top of the state’s largest government department.

A former Liberal leader has ruled out standing for preselection ahead of the 2025 state election, while a prominent ex-state and federal ministerial advisor is weighing up a run in a new seat.

The state government is spending nearly $500,000 evaluating the establishment of a German innovation institute in WA to accelerate the take-up of clean energy and support decarbonization.

WA's immediate decarbonisation efforts will prioritise the electricity grid, identifying it as a key to unlocking emissions reduction opportunities in more challenging sections of the economy.

The regional arm of UK defence firm Babcock has signaled its intent to assist the state government’s development and growth of a WA defence industry, as AUKUS deadlines draw closer.

Independent Gaming and Wagering Commission chair Michael Schaper will leave the role just one year into a three-year term, the state government has revealed.