The state opposition and sections of the business community have criticised the state government's “skeleton” of a COVID-19 transition plan, with Western Australia still without a date for the reopening of borders.
Master Builders WA is standing firm on its support for voluntary vaccines and has criticised the state government's proposed fines for unvaccinated workers as excessive.
Western Australia's unemployment rate has fallen to an eight year-low of 4.1 per cent while COVID-19 induced lockdowns have fuelled job losses in the eastern states.
Jay Weatherill has backed higher wages and improved benefits for childcare workers as Australia's early education sector grapples with a tightening labour market.
Pierre Yang is facing calls to resign as chair of a parliamentary committee reviewing WA's ambulance services, following reports one of the state's largest unions supports renationalisation of those works.
Premier Mark McGowan has lashed the federal government for ignoring WA's shipbuilding capability after it confirmed full-cycle docking would remain in Adelaide.
The state's peak industry body has vowed to defend allegations its CEO told a staff member her family obligations meant the organisation ‘may not be the place for her'.
Edith Cowan University, the City of Joondalup, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA are among groups backing a newly established leadership program for Perth's schoolgirls.
More than 60 per cent of civil construction businesses believe worker shortages are constraining their ability to deliver contracts, with an estimated 3,900 unfilled jobs.
Improving asset management and planning for an Aboriginal cultural centre are among prominent recommendations made in WA's inaugural infrastructure strategy document.
The state opposition has slammed the state government over the eligibility criteria attached to its latest COVID business relief package which result in a raft of businesses being excluded.
The state government has announced $9.2 million in initiatives aimed at re-engaging out-of-contract apprentices and addressing the state's worsening skills shortage.
The state's business lobby has called for the electrical union to come to the negotiating table as Western Power workers planned a 48 hour strike action this week.
In his first major interview as Liberal leader, David Honey spoke to Business News about his childhood, desire for a compassionate society, and threats to WA's prosperity.
After more than two decades with the state's Industrial Relations Commission, lawyer Stephen Kenner has been promoted to the role of chief commissioner.
The state's peak business association has called on the state government to increase its relief for businesses affected by the lockdown and subsequent restrictions.
Scott Morrison has defended Australia's vaccine rollout while hinting the population could yet be fully inoculated against COVID-19 by the end of this year.
More than a third of WA's small businesses reported a loss in revenue due to the first wave of COVID-19 infections, according to Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre.
Western Australia's sudden descent into a five-day lockdown after the first local case of COVID in 10 months has proven problematic for the state's hospitality and retail sector.
WA's peak business body has backed the state government's snap move for a five day lockdown, but the national retail industry association was less impressed.
Stronger relationships between WA's small businesses and universities will help students finding employment in a post-COVID-19 economy, according to Murdoch University vice-chancellor Eeva Leinonen.
ANALYSIS: About 110 shops in central Perth sit empty after challenging years in retail, but some in the sector believe now is the time to make their move.
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Chemical producer Coogee and corporate advisory firm Lisle Group have joined more than a dozen mining and engineering firms on a state government taskforce targeting future battery industries.
Restaurants, gyms and beauty parlours will be required to keep contact registers from next month despite the state government refusing to say when WA's border will fully reopen.
