WA Labor stalwart Bill Johnston will helm the Freight and Logistics Council WA, taking the role from Megan McCracken after she spent four years in the job.
Net overseas migration is slowly falling, but the figures remain above Labor's forecasts and the dramatic cuts demanded by the coalition and One Nation.
Project proponents have been warned of approval delays after the federal government cut grants to native title representatives by as much as 40 per cent.
Liberal leader Basil Zempilas says it's not for him to interpret “what Pauline Hanson may, or may not, have meant” when she promised to turn Australia into a “monoculture” and abolish multiculturism.
The resources industry must view native title as a property right if it wants to remove barriers impeding project approvals, the author of a landmark heritage review says.
Health Minister Meredith Hammat has come under intense scrutiny after a scathing report exposed failures by the government to implement promised reforms to youth mental health services.
The national organisation representing spear fishers has called on the Cook government to increase the number of drumlines in targeted areas to catch, tag and release more white sharks.
DevelopmentWA chief executive Dean Mudford has retired, less than two years into a five-year term as the full-time leader of the government's land development agency.
RBA governor Michele Bullock says the central bank's board will not hesitate to raise the cash rate again if needed, after resolving to hold the rate at 4.35 per cent following three consecutive rate rises.
Former senator Rod Culleton has compared himself to billionaire Clive Palmer as he fights against a fine over breaching COVID-19 quarantine restrictions.
The pipeline for the planned $2.8 billion desalination plant at Alkimos has reached a milestone in its construction from the Water Corporation's Wanneroo reservoir to the coast.
Australia has welcomed the US president's announcement of a deal to end the war in Iran and reopen a critical trading waterway after months of fighting and numerous false starts in negotiations.
Former Foreign Affair Minister Gareth Evans has labelled the Aukus agreement the "worst defence and foreign policy decision" Australia has ever made during an independent review into the trilateral relationship.
Premier Roger Cook has cemented his place at the pinnacle of the Power 500, while the chiefs of Western Australia's two biggest iron ore miners have pipped publication stalwarts for top spots.
Western Australian One Nation Senator Tyron Whitten competed his exit from a successful family construction business on the same day as his maiden speech in federal parliament.
Premier Roger Cook and Corrective Services Minister Paul Papalia have failed to allay speculation that the minister will retire from parliament in coming weeks.
The state government will move to curb the influence ‘predatory' consultants hold over negotiations between native title parties and resources companies.
