Outgoing under treasurer Michael Barnes has revealed a $2.7 billion revenue uptick in the state’s economic forward projections, driven by the flow-on effects of a weak Australian dollar.
Both WA Labor and the Liberal Party WA have promised to invest hundreds of millions of dollars into the education system, if successful in the state election in March.
Tech entrepreneur Norman Pater has tipped $100,000 into the Greens WA’s electoral campaign, as the parties prepare for election formalities to kick off in earnest today.
The federal government has funded a feasibility study into a common use critical minerals processing plant which the state government already budgeted $200 million build.
Premier Roger Cook still expects BP to deliver on its $600 million Kwinana biofuels refinery plan, after yesterday’s announcement that the project would be “rephased”.
Hancock Prospecting spent $500,000 on donations to arms of the Liberal Party last financial year, in search of a government "more attuned to Australians".
Former City of Nedlands mayor Cilla De Lacy has put her hat in the ring as an independent for the seat of Nedlands, in a move inspired by – but separate of – the national Teal movement.
ANALYSIS: A commitment to carry out studies into the congestion squeeze at Rockingham has been welcomed by local government, as pressure builds to support a growing defence sector.
The WA Liberal Party has committed to a temporary payroll tax reprieve for smaller business operators if voted to government at the March state election.
Western Power will get a $20.8 million cash injection from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, as part of its major push to integrate household generation into the state’s grid.
The state government has released a strategy for growth of the defence industry in Western Australia, as activity scales up in the sector in Perth’s southern suburbs.
Australia’s consumer price index rose 0.2 per cent in the December quarter, buoying expectations the Reserve Bank of Australia could cut rates in February.
The state government says forward works for the $165 million primary school will start this week, as EIW Architects and ARM Architecture are appointed to design the project.
A plan to pipe desalinated seawater from Esperance to Kalgoorlie would be revived by the Nationals WA to ease the outback city’s water woes, if elected in March.
Ventia-employed court security and custodial officers walked off the jobs this morning as part of strike action for better pay from the facility management giant.
Apprentices will get a hip-pocket boost as the prime minister prepares for an election, but some question whether this will tackle workforce shortages.
The federal government has tipped $2 billion its clean energy lending agency in an effort to spur investment in the sector and capitalise on the net-zero transition.
ANALYSIS: Labor’s plan to buy back the rail freight network adds to multiple moves across the water, roads, health and prison industries to reverse the privatisation of assets and services.
The state government has announced its intention to buy back the South West rail freight network from operator Arc Infrastructure, 25 years after it was sold for $585 million.
Alcoa of Australia has come to a passionate defence of its bauxite mining in the state, after the Greens WA vowed to ban the practice if given a balance of power by local voters.
Political caution underpins WA’s recent budget surplus run, and the headline figures do not always reflect the risks facing those driving the state’s economy.
WA Labor has committed to put $350 million toward an expansion of the Kwinana Freeway between Roe Highway and Mortimer Road, in a bid to ease congestion in a region of high activity.
