ANALYSIS: Mark McGowan’s ministerial reshuffle was in many respects a sideshow – real power in the government remains with a small group of ministers and advisers close to the premier.
Surging salary costs and sagging royalty revenue have done little to harm the state’s finances, with today’s mid-year budget review showing a minor improvement in the government's projected surplus.
Today's cabinet makeover includes big jobs for new ministers, significant shifts for senior government figures but, notably, no changes to the premier's substantial workload.
ANALYSIS: Factional interests, ambitious backbenchers and demographic representation loom as key considerations for the premier as he mulls over who to promote to cabinet this month.
Australia’s peak mining bodies are concerned that the federal government’s plan for a new environmental watchdog could add another layer of bureaucracy to an already stretched approvals system.
The Labor government has detailed how it will fix Australia's "flawed" laws for nature, with development decisions to be passed to an independent adjudicator.
The cash rate has hit its highest level since December 2012, with a $500,000 home loan now costing $880 more per month than before the hikes started in May.
Parliament has heard further details of the state government's settlement with John Holland following the end of legal wrangling over its work on Perth Children's Hospital.
Objection to the proposed First Nations Voice within the Nationals is not universal, with Mia Davies declaring she and the state division will continue to support constitutional change.
Moody’s Investors Service has lifted its credit rating outlook for Western Australia from ‘stable’ to ‘positive’ but has not reinstated the coveted triple-A rating.
Defence’s integrated investment program has come under scrutiny with the national audit office lashing the department’s failure to effectively disclose details of the $134 billion scheme.
The Nationals will not support efforts to enshrine an Indigenous voice to parliament in the constitution, threatening the chances of a referendum passing.
A new graphite processing facility and a $200 million transition fund are among measures to entice investment and create jobs in Collie before its power stations close at the end of the decade.
The state government has negotiated a commercial settlement with the construction company responsible for building the trouble-plagued Perth Children’s Hospital.
Firm Construction has fallen into administration, with director Mark O'Gorman saying the business had been doing everything it could to overcome financial challenges.
Roger Cook says he isn't among senior MPs to have been sought by the CCC amid reports it’s looking into potential misuses of taxpayer funds a la Victoria’s red shirts scandal.
Developers have taken charge of three Firm Construction apartment projects, while the contractor is off two government projects and has faced more than a dozen recent legal claims from subbies.
Behemoths of Western Australia's resources sector will tip $750 million into a new community investment initiative to bankroll a cohort of legacy projects in the state.
A $6 billion plan to expand the Roy Hill iron ore operation to 100mtpa will be put at risk by the federal government's proposed IR changes, Hancock Prospecting has warned.
A $27 million misstatement of the Department of Communities’ cash reserves is the latest example of “sloppy” financial management in the public sector, the Auditor General has warned.
The premier has rallied around the state’s corrective services minister amid damning reports of restraining practices used at Banksia Hill Detention Centre.
