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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has promised the Morrison government will continue to do what is necessary to cushion the economy from the blow of the coronavirus pandemic.

At age 36, Brodie McCulloch has already spent close to a decade running his own business in the City of Perth.

West Australians unable to work while in COVID-19 quarantine will be eligible for a payment under a deal struck with the federal government.

Western Australia will consider again using Rottnest Island to house returned travellers amid tension between the state and Commonwealth over quarantine arrangements.

A senior private sector adviser to Scott Morrison has warned the Australian government to temper its public comments about China.

Sandy Anghie has become well-acquainted with the intimate details of how the City of Perth operates across a diverse career in law and architecture.

Almost two-thirds of medium-sized companies are concerned economic activity faces a significant decline, resulting in even higher unemployment, when the federal government unwinds its COVID-19 stimulus measures.

Premier Mark McGowan has come under fire for suggesting returning overseas travellers should quarantine alongside detainees at Christmas Island.

A crowded field for the City of Perth’s lord mayoralty highlighted contrasting visions for the city’s future at this afternoon’s debate.

Our system has worked well in a crisis, despite some wanting to attack it.

Mark Gibson says he is intimately aware of the challenges Perth faces, having lived in the city for more than two decades. 

At least 145,000 jobs could be lost if pandemic-boosted welfare payments are slashed, a new report says.

Set aside the inconvenience of COVID-19 travel restrictions and WA is in good shape.

UPDATE: 40 new names added to the list of Western Australian business leaders whose details appear in a massive database being maintained by a Chinese company with government links.

The nation's coronavirus death toll has pushed beyond 800 as border closures and the heartbreak they create continue to cause friction between federal and state leaders.

Tim Schwass discusses his legal background and how he will tackle governance, culture, and homelessness if elected lord mayor of the City of Perth in today's episode of Controversy & Celebrity.

Alan Carpenter has been appointed to the board of DevelopmentWA, while Chris Leatt-Hayter will retire from Fremantle Ports.

Suspended councillors, deputy mayors and media personalities are among the dozens of candidates running for council in the City of Perth’s upcoming election.

Four in five people living on pandemic-boosted welfare payments will be forced to skip meals if the coronavirus supplement is cut.

Health Minister Greg Hunt is confident a pause in one of the world's most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates will not delay Australia accessing the drug.

A parliamentary inquiry into Rio Tinto's destruction of ancient cultural sites will continue as a crunch board meeting looms for the mining giant.

Western Australia will extend COVID-19 emergency laws preventing residential and commercial tenants from eviction, despite opposition from industry groups.

Changes to Infrastructure WA and an appraisal of public projects’ long-term benefits would help prevent poor outcomes from a wave of COVID-19 infrastructure spending, a new report suggests.

Local businessman Bruce Reynolds has made a late entry into the City of Perth's lord mayoral race, becoming the seventh candidate to announce a bid for the job.

Reece Harley has told Business News he will seek to reclaim his position on council in the City of Perth's upcoming election.

Incentives for businesses to invest and create jobs will be at the heart of the federal budget, a Morrison government minister says.

A major aquaculture project and a proposed Ord River cotton development will be linked to markets with an $18 million state government road sealing initiative in the Kimberley.

Premier Mark McGowan has defended Western Australia's COVID-19 contact tracing capacity after Prime Minister Scott Morrison appeared to question the state's readiness for an outbreak.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has brushed off a campaign from Facebook and Google against proposed news bargaining laws.

The state's coronavirus travel restrictions are set to block an on-country hearing by a committee examining Rio Tinto's destruction of ancient sites.

The federal government has extended insolvency and bankruptcy protections until the end of the year as it seeks to stem the shock of a national recession.

The limit on the number of Australians able to arrive home is being revised after a meeting of the nation's leaders.