The state government has spent $716 million with Aboriginal businesses on transport contracts in just over three years, hitting a procurement target two years ahead of deadline.
State Planning Minister John Carey has thrown the weight of his support behind the recently announced WA Planning Commission chair Emma Cole, after scrutiny over her appointment.
Members of WA’s start up community are calling for a $100 million commitment to extend the New Industries Fund beyond 2025, warning a failure to do so risked WA falling behind other states.
The near-term supply outlook for Western Australia’s domestic gas market has improved this year, but 2028 looms as a critical juncture in the state’s energy future.
The federal government has acknowledged the infrastructure strain facing Perth’s southern coastal corridor, committing to fund three studies into road access at HMAS Stirling.
The state’s peak mining lobby body has told a nuclear energy inquiry that the industry is neutral in its stance on energy sources, but stressed the importance of power access for business.
BHP, Rio Tinto, Woodside Energy and BlueScope will partner on an electric smelter ironmaking pilot project at Kwinana, as part of the state’s green iron push.
A Broome prison and emissions reduction reporting implementation are among 10 key projects the state has fallen behind on over the last year, a new progress report has revealed.
The federal government says a plan to grow investment in AI will be released by the end of 2025, despite experts warning Australia is already falling behind in the AI race.
Investment to the tune of $35 million in the state’s defence industry has led to around 1,000 opportunities for jobseekers to date, according to figures from a WA government report.
A slew of reforms to the private health sector, including expanding access for maternity cover, have been floated today as part of a push to make private hospitals more viable.
City of Stirling councillor Lisa Thornton has been named as an independent candidate for Churchlands, a seat held by Christine Tonkin and eyed by Basil Zempilas.
ANALYSIS: Collie’s omission from the modelling that guides the federal opposition’s $331 billion nuclear plan highlights the ‘otherness’ of the state’s electricity grid.
Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton claims a $331 billion plan to rollout nuclear energy across Australia will save taxpayers as much as $263 billion compared with renewables.
The ACCC has commenced federal court proceedings against contractors Ventia and Spotless Facility Services, and four executives, over price fixing in defence services.
Premier Roger Cook has come to the defence of the state’s environmental approvals process, after several high-profile activists took aim at Woodside’s proposed Browse project.
Tech giants with Australian revenue of more than $250 million will be pushed to pay for news from Australian outlets via a new incentive scheme announced today.
Carnarvon stalwart Burke Maslen will become the next chair of the Gascoyne Development Commission (GDC), leading the committee’s economic and social growth endeavours.
WA Nationals stalwart Mia Davies has her heart set on becoming Australia’s deputy prime minister as she presses the case for a shift from state to federal politics.
Hayley Cormann has been appointed by Attorney General John Quigley as a district court judge, months after her bid for Liberal preselection in South Perth fell flat.
Australia’s first fluorite production facility has been granted major project status by the federal government, becoming the northernmost major project in the nation.
The federal government will look to support the offshore decommissioning industry with the launch of its new Offshore Resources Decommissioning Roadmap.
