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The Morrison government has delayed the reopening of the Australian border to skilled workers, international students and other visa holders as it gathers more information on the Omicron coronavirus variant.

Calls for the state government to rethink its process on an indigenous heritage bill are growing, with criticism from both the federal Greens and WA Liberals today.

Western Australia's premier says it's too early to tell whether the state's reopening will be delayed and has warned mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations are here to stay.

WA recorded a $4.4 billion surplus in the first quarter of this financial year, thanks in large part to a generous GST top-up grant and growing royalty revenue.

GenesisCare and Icon Cancer Centre have been selected by the WA government to provide oncology services in Perth's greater metropolitan region, under a shared contract worth $21 million.

The state’s land authority has released a swathe of industrial sites across three regional areas, including Karratha, as it attempts to keep up with growing demand.

Julie Bishop and Lucy Turnbull are among prominent female leaders working with Nicola Forrest to spark change on gender equality issues ahead of the federal election.

Fran Logan, a former minister under premiers Geoff Gallop, Alan Carpenter and Mark McGowan, will chair a community reference committee for a proposed marine park in WA's southeast.

Disgraced Labor MP Barry Urban has been sentenced to three years behind bars over the string of lies that unravelled his political career.

WA Liberal leader David Honey has labelled a proposed $117.5 million effort to establish two hydrogen hubs in the Pilbara and Mid-West an “embarrassing pipedream.”

BCI Minerals’ $1.2 billion salt and potash project has been approved by WA environment minister Amber-Jade Sanderson, but not without conditions.

The state government has agreed to raise its timber harvesting quota by 12,000 tonnes, after the construction industry warned a shortage threatened to delay projects.

While council amalgamations have been extensive across Australia in recent decades, organised opposition and one blundered attempt has made it a nonstarter here in WA.

Hundreds of management and system control weaknesses have been found across state government departments, with a record number of red marks from auditors.

The looming vaccination deadline for some of the state’s most critical industries will not exacerbate current labour shortages, Premier Mark McGowan claims.

Dozens of consultants were engaged across WA’s public sector in the first half of this year, with Infrastructure WA spending nearly $1 million on external advisers.

Australia's involvement in the controversial AUKUS security pact will be put under the spotlight by a parliamentary committee.

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA has condemned “concerning” reports that businesses may be forced to pay tax on grants they received during COVID-19.

The Housing Authority has received a red mark from auditors for its payroll controls, two years after former senior bureaucrat Paul Whyte was arrested for fraudulent invoices.

Labor wants to change employment laws to ensure casual workers taken on through labour-hire companies have the same entitlements as their permanent colleagues.

Western Australian bureaucrat Paul Whyte has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after stealing more than $27 million in public funds.

The City of Swan’s tender review committee is standing by its decision to list Perkins as the preferred tenderer for Ellenbrook’s $58 million Leisure Centre, despite a call for it to be revoked.

Western Australia's "insufficient" new Aboriginal cultural heritage legislation reinforces the need for greater federal oversight, investors say.

Big Start Capital, headed by the son of Attorney General John Quigley, is suing the state government for damages for allegedly breaching a personal protective equipment supply deal.

Almost all funding allocated to tax relief for commercial landlords as part of recent COVID-19 relief measures was either spent as industry support or returned to consolidated revenue, state parliament has heard.

The opposition has accused the state government of ramming through the new Aboriginal Heritage Bill, while industry warns the significant adjustment required should not be underestimated.

Peter Woronzow has been formally appointed director general of the Department of Transport, one of five DG roles the state government has needed to fill.

Western Australians will mark off a state-wide ballot paper for the upper house when they head to the polls in 2025, following passage of the state government's electoral reforms overnight.

Drawing a line in the sand and setting a date to reopen the state’s borders will help speed up vaccinations, Wesfarmers chief executive Rob Scott has said.

Wages growth in Australia has returned to its pre-coronavirus pandemic level, but it is still way short of what the Reserve Bank wants to see.

A new role for John Langoulant in the UK has led to a reshuffle of Rottnest Island Authority's board, including a major promotion and the addition of Mark McGowan's former chief of staff.

Debra Blaskett, who held a number of key management roles with Perth Airport in the 2010s, has been appointed chair of the Forest Products Commission.