ANALYSIS: Port Hedland's governance demise is the result of a recipe which includes Royalties for Regions, personal vendettas, lewd behaviour, and a Zorro impersonator
The Town of Port Hedland council has been fired by Local Government Minister Hannah Beazley, with Jessica Shaw, Martin Aldridge, and Ron Yuryevich tasked with fixing the troubled jurisdiction.
The state government will give NRW Holdings subsidiary RCR Advanced Technologies $2 million to support its goal of building wind energy components locally.
The prime minister has hit back at hecklers during a sometimes tense discussion about renewable energy in the regions, while announcing more funds for farmers.
The latest round of a federal energy investment scheme designed to derisk private projects is expected to stimulate as much as $4 billion of renewables investment in WA.
The state's highest court has found Brittany Higgins did defame her former employer Linda Reynolds in a series of social media posts, in a judgment over the high-profile defamation trial.
Another Western Australian council is under fire after the state government sent a suspension warning to the Shire of Coolgardie in the Goldfields-Esperance region.
The state has more than doubled the size of its envoy to a bi-annual defence conference abroad and brought in a former opposition leader, in its push to scale up the sector.
A commissioner should be put in charge of Port Hedland for “as long as possible”, Regional Development Minister Stephen Dawson says, following the town's mayor quitting his posting.
Former Port Hedland mayor Peter Carter has warned extremists are about to take over the Pilbara council as he pleads with the state government to appoint a commissioner.
An agreement needed to progress a $4 billion green iron plant in the Pilbara has not been nailed down, more than two years after the state government offered the land to proponents.
Disgraced former Labor MP Norm Marlborough has launched legal action in the state's highest court, alleging he was made to enter a sham investment despite his age and poor health.
The Environmental Protection Authority has accepted changes to Woodside Energy's Browse gas proposal, after considering more than 17,000 submissions received over just four weeks.
The state government has appointed Tony Brown as the inaugural inspector to oversee all 139 councils in Western Australia, granting him power to step in earlier on major matters.
Former federal treasurer Joe Hockey is confident US President Donald Trump wants a critical minerals deal with Australia for supply of minerals needed for his nation's defence industry.
After weeks of build-up, more than two dozen of Australia's top minds have gathered in Canberra for a roundtable to chart the nation's economic future.
A key lieutenant of Kerry Stokes, a rail executive, and a management consultant have been picked by the state government to fill vacant board roles at Horizon Power.
Horizon Power is operating with reduced numbers around the boardroom table, fueling concerns about the sluggish rollout of new power infrastructure in the state's north-west.
A Malcolm McCusker-led independent assessment of the issues that plagued the March State Election has concluded that the WA Electoral Commission was not fully staffed to do the job.
Premier Roger Cook has lashed opposition leader Basil Zempilas, amid political fallout over shocking allegations over conditions at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
Australia's cash rate has been cut for the third time this year, down a further 25 basis points, after inflation fell to its lowest annual rate in four years last month.
The state government's public holiday review has continued to come under fire after some of Western Australia's peak bodies estimate significant costs to businesses.
