High profile businessman Nev Power has narrowly avoided jail after being hit with an eight-month suspended sentence for breaching the state’s strict COVID travel laws.
A proposal for a two-storey house on the former Taj on Swan site has been refused by the council, but the applicants were offered another chance if the design plans are revised.
In another attempt to appease the struggling hospitality sector during level two Covid restrictions, the McGowan Government will spend $5 million on grants promoting al fresco dining.
COVID WRAP: The state government has reversed its scale down of elective surgeries as daily COVID cases in WA continue to drop, but the opposition says it doesn't go far enough.
A COVID-19 screening system designed by West Perth start-up Avicena Systems has been cleared for use in a large-scale trial in the state’s fly-in, fly-out workforce.
Ardea Resources’ Kalgoorlie nickel project has been granted major project status by the federal government amid a heightened period of activity for the commodity.
The state’s peak planning body has backed the housing authority’s plan to build a $95 million affordable housing and arts precinct in Fremantle, featuring 277 residential dwellings.
Prominent psychologist Tracy Westerman has mounted a lawsuit against Communities Minister Simone McGurk over allegations the minister made defamatory comments about her.
COVID WRAP: WA recorded 7,151 new COVID cases and one death overnight, as the state's peak building body called on the state government to end the vaccine mandate.
The state and federal governments have poured an extra $150 million into the $1.7 billion Perth City Deal to safeguard its projects as costs spike, with Multiplex to build the new ECU CBD campus.
Western Australian companies have won the lion's share of a $243 million critical minerals funding initiative from the federal government hoped to bolster domestic manufacturing.
Scott Morrison has offered a pessimistic view of Australia repairing diplomatic relations with China in the years ahead while encouraging businesses to continue engaging with the people’s republic.
Paul Papalia has told state parliament he’s glad to see the federal government commit to building a dry dock in Henderson while disputing whether the project will actually cost $4.3 billion as reported.
WA is set to deliver almost $30 billion of shipbuilding projects by 2040, while the Prime Minister also pledged HMAS Stirling will be the home base for new nuclear submarines.
Australians ought to have more detailed discussions about the potential risks and costs of the country’s US alliance, according to a new strategy paper from UWA.
The state government has opened a new $29 million intensive care unit at Royal Perth exclusively for COVID patients, as WA records 4,037 new cases overnight.
The fate of prominent businessman Nev Power’s company Airpower will be heard by the court later this month, in light of his breach of the State’s COVID-19 travel restrictions.
Madeleine King, Matt Keogh and Patrick Gorman are among those to have paid tribute to the life and career of Senator Kimberley Kitching, who passed away last night aged 52.
