The federal government has confirmed it will lend Austal $100 million to support growth at the company's Alabama shipyard, in a cross-border backing of the defence shipbuilder's ambitions.
Communications Minister Anika Wells will fast-track laws creating a custodian of triple-zero services after a parliamentary grilling Optus outages which resulted in four people dying.
Western Australia will draw inspiration from over the border as it seeks to scale up defence industry in the state, with a move to legislate its first standalone statutory body for the sector.
Federal Liberal MP Andrew Hastie did the right thing by stepping down from the opposition frontbench, a senior colleague says, as the coalition takes another battering in a key opinion poll.
A US private equity firm with links to the Trump administration is backing a push to build a strategic base serving industries including defence off the northern coast of Western Australia.
Dan Tehan says the US is experiencing a "nuclear renaissance" in the wake of growing energy demands — and hinted the Coalition would retain its focus on the energy despite its heavy election defeat.
An 112-year-old bridge supporting trains between Perth and City West stations requires urgent replacement at a cost in the hundreds of millions, according to an advisory body report.
The City of Perth has cemented its opposition against two major state government projects despite allegations of political motives being thrown in the lead up to an election.
Australia's central bank has held the cash rate steady at 3.6 per cent, amid an uptick in inflation readings and widely inline with market expectations.
Donald Trump says 100 per cent tariffs will be placed on any patented pharmaceutical product imported, if the company in control of product is not building a manufacturing plant in the US.
The federal government will explore ways of cutting red tape in the business tax system, in a bid to ease compliance burden on business and make the economy more productive.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has set the parameters for the Productivity Commission's long-awaited GST review, as the state's battle to retain its current distribution share past 2026 heats up.
Former Liberal candidate for Curtin Tom White has revealed his first career move post-election defeat, taking a role at a Silicon Valley air taxi company.
The anti-corruption watchdog has found serious misconduct after investigating an employee in a state government health agency, over his work in procuring a $142 million contract.
Anthony Albanese says he would be 'very surprised' if Optus boss Stephen Rue remained in his job, after the death of four Australians who could not reach triple zero because of outages.
Synergy has swung into the red with a $779 million loss after wiping the value of its coal-fired assets to zero and reporting a cost blowout in its decommissioning estimates.
Brittany Higgins has submitted a last-minute appeal over the costs she was ordered to pay her former employer Linda Reynolds after failing to defend defamation claims.
Australia's unemployment rate has remained steady at 4.2 per cent in August, despite population still climbing at double the pre-pandemic average rate.
Former opposition leader Mia Davies has set her sights on supply from Woodside's Pluto project, on her first day as the newly appointed spokesperson for WA's DomGas Alliance.
After a brief hiatus where Rebecca Tomkinson took over, John Van Der Wielen is back in his role as chair of the state government's Future Health Research and Innovation Fund Advisory Council.
