State Environment Minister Matthew Swinbourn will tap the Environmental Protection Authority for advice on the future of water in the west Pilbara, as regional concerns reach boiling point.
City of Nedlands chief executive Keri Shannon has taken immediate leave, less than three months since commissioners took over the western suburbs' council.
Chevron made its first payments under the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax in August, the latest in a long-running debate over industry's obligations which triggered a policy reform last year.
Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt has pledged to work with the state government to reduce approvals timeframes by 20 days, as the pair work on a new bilateral agreement.
Education minister Sabine Winton has defended the timing of a $11.3 million funding announcement amid the opposition's outcry over thousands of defects found in WA schools.
Former federal minister Linda Reynolds has filed a creditor's petition against Brittany Higgins, days after applying to make the latter's husband bankrupt.
The state opposition has accused Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson of deflecting blame for a $40 million overpayment blunder onto the Synergy board.
A prominent environmental group led by Adam Bandt is among two to have appealed the federal government's approval of Woodside Energy's North West Shelf life extension.
Australia's critical minerals sector is gaining momentum as US–China trade tensions escalate, prompting new deals, investment and government action to secure new supply chains.
State government–owned Synergy has revealed it accepted more than $40 million worth of erroneous payments into 170,000 closed customer accounts over a period of 16 years.
The European Union will effectively halve its tariff-free steel quota and double duties to 50 per cent, joining the US in a bid to counter cheaper Chinese exports.
Taxpayers will fund Swiss mining giant Glencore to the tune of $600 million over three years to save its ailing copper facilities and potentially hundreds of jobs.
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.
