Perth will officially host an important Australian-Korean bilateral meeting in 2024, Premier Roger Cook has revealed in a speech at this year’s event in Seoul this morning.
Among the huge list of council hopefuls is the usual swag of business people, community heroes, colourful characters and eyebrow-raising pitches which make elections great.
The reporting date for an inquiry into laws to close labour hire loopholes has been pushed into next year, effectively ending its chances of passing this year.
The Shire of Broome has challenged the state government and industry to follow its footsteps and build new homes for staff instead of leasing from the town’s tight rental market.
A new $22 million state approvals pathway designed to streamline green energy projects is on foot but has struggled to find staff, energy minister Bill Johnston says.
A WA court has cleared former City of Perth councillor and lawyer Lily Chen of allegations of contempt, over her failure to provide full income information during the state government inquiry.
Incumbent City of Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas has officially entered the mayoral race, running against former deputy mayor Sandy Anghie and another contender.
Former local government minister Tony Simpson will campaign for better boating facilities, major retailers to set up shop, and more youth entertainment.
Former Liberal candidate Peter Hudson will contest his third election in 18 months, after putting his hat in the ring for the City of Rockingham council ahead of the 2023 local government elections.
Workers’ accommodation, a spruce up in South Hedland and new childcare facility headline a bold Town of Port Hedland pitch to breathe fresh life into Australia’s export powerhouse.
Western Australia’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry has lashed the Federal Government’s industrial relations reforms, claiming they will set back productivity in the state.
The Federal Government has lauded its planned industrial relations changes as world-leading, but new details of the proposed reform have been slammed by leading business groups.
East coast gas experts have praised the state’s domestic gas reservation policy but highlighted challenges in enforceability and transparency to the state’s parliamentary inquiry.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has praised Western Australian business for its role in stabilising China relations on the final morning of his cabinet’s three-day visit to the west coast.
The next 40 years will “belong” to Western Australia as the nation responds to intergenerational challenges, according to Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has lauded fee-free TAFE uptake in Western Australia, but says the nation is competing globally to attract skilled talent to fill shortages in the immediate term.
Construction of a sorely-needed workers village in Kalbarri is back to square one, with the state government ending negotiations with the Perth firm penciled in to build it.
Penny Wong and Julie Bishop strolled through Perth's CBD in a show of Indigenous Voice solidarity on Monday after the state's party unity on the vote broke down.
Anthony Albanese has praised the Pilbara’s resources sector for keeping the nation’s schools and hospitals running on a flying visit to Australia’s iron ore heartland.
Brittany Higgins’ partner David Sharaz has failed to secure a bond to recover costs to be spent in the defamation action launched by WA Senator Linda Reynolds.
Federal Minister Brendan O’Connor says the previous government’s “addiction” to worker visas is to blame for the decision to cut WA’s allocation of migrant workers by 70 per cent.
WA government spend on Aboriginal affairs has grown more than 30 per cent since pandemic restrictions limiting access to remote communities and regional areas lifted.
A lawyer for Brittany Higgins' fiancé has started to counter WA Senator Linda Reynolds' defamation allegation, claiming it is "a drop in the ocean of publicity", during a court hearing.
