WA's energy and decarbonisation minister wants to update the state's main power grid and add 2 gigawatts of renewable energy as she eyes a 2030 exit for coal.
UPDATED: The state government has named three directors general who will head up new departments and revealed two other DGs including Richard Sellers are set to retire while five key roles remain unfilled.
The WA government's move to roll out a second trade commissioner for the South-East Asian region is a concession that its current model is not working, a former commissioner to Indonesia claims.
Experienced policy adviser Tim Marney has been appointed the state government's new Coordinator General, focused on reforming the environmental approvals process.
The state government is spending nearly $500,000 evaluating the establishment of a German innovation institute in WA to accelerate the take-up of clean energy and support decarbonization.
Environment and Energy Minister Reece Whitby says there is no conflict of interest in holding both portfolios, after the government announced change to the environmental approvals process.
Consulting giant PwC has been suspended from two WA government procurement panels as fallout from its tax advice scandal continues but competitors KPMG and Deloitte face no such problems.
A state government inquiry has been told that some of WA's LNG producers are playing catch up on their requirements under the state's Domestic Gas Policy.
The state government will establish more dedicated teams to assess renewable energy projects as part of a $22.5 million overhaul of WA's environmental approval pathway.
Four proponents aiming to start their renewable energy projects have cleared a planning hurdle after receiving approval to use land in the 2,500-hectare Maitland strategic industrial area.
Direct flights between Western Australia and Vietnam were a leading focus in Tourism Minister Roger Cook's four-day trade mission to Vietnam this week.
Up to 1 per cent of energy on WA's main electricity network will be drawn from renewable hydrogen as part of a comprehensive overhaul of the sector's regulatory framework.
Two projects in the Mid West will potentially hinge on the outcome of a WA government tender for a new desalination plant, following a market-led proposal by AGIG.
Forestry minister Dave Kelly has been rebuked by the state auditor general over refusing to answer questions about a $200,000 grant to the Australian Workers Union.
Roger Cook will jet off to East Java this weekend for what will be his first trip to WA's sister state since taking on the state development and tourism portfolios.
Perth company Pit Crew Consulting has accused the state government of inappropriately using its in-depth labour market forecasting report and failing to pay for the material.
Border closures and skills shortages have hit state government plans to recruit new approvals officers, with the opposition's Tjorn Sibma saying the challenges had been kept secret.
Defence analysts, government bodies and political figures agree that WA needs a dry dock, but how the federal government builds one is less straightforward.
The state government has committed about $20 million to prepare an "extraordinary" solar eclipse event for the thousands of visitors expected to visit WA.
The state government has awarded Province Resources' green hydrogen project HyEnergy with lead agency status, lifting the group's shares by more than 7 per cent.
Western Australia will be battling with other states to build a hydrogen industry, and won't be able to rely on its traditional advantages, a senior state bureaucrat has said.
The state government has announced four senior public service appointments but needs to recruit five new directors general, including at the Department of the Premier and Cabinet.
The McGowan government has committed more than $1.6 million to fast-track approvals for major resource projects following feedback from industry stakeholders.
The state government is looking for industry support to help fund and design a $500 million-plus large vessel dry berth at Henderson that would create hundreds of jobs over the next decade.
The state government has awarded lead agency status to the Eramurra Solar Salt project, one of three planned salt projects in northern WA collectively worth $1.4 billion.
