Tech issues which knocked out the Emergency WA app amid power outages and fires will offer a learning experience for government, according to Premier Roger Cook.
WA's seaweed industry took centre stage at the Innovator of the Year awards, with both the winner and runner up of the emerging innovation award going to seaweed products.
The Pilbara's resources megaports are being cleared as ex-tropical cyclone Lincoln moves into the region, where it is expected to re-intensify and make landfall this weekend.
Naming rights for the state's three emergency rescue helicopters have gone to tender in a $3.75 million move which could see the deal change hands for the first time in two decades.
A hazmat general warning was issued for a section of the Perth CBD after emergency services identified a gas leak from a large pipe fracture at the ECU campus construction site.
The radioactive capsule that went missing somewhere between Newman and Perth earlier last month has been found, emergency services minister Stephen Dawson says.
Rio Tinto has announced an investigation into how a tiny, toxically radioactive capsule went missing on the journey from a WA desert mine site to Perth.
Adrian Fini's team is defending criticisms of the $280 million proposal's bushfire management plan, amid the release of government documents that raised safety concerns.
Plans for Perdaman Group's 2 million tonne urea plant on the Burrup Peninsula have been recommended for approval at a development assessment meeting next week.
The City of Nedlands is on alert this afternoon as fire crews attempt to control a blaze in Karrakatta that is now a possible threat to lives and homes.
The clean-up bill for Tropical Cyclone Seroja will stretch into the hundreds of millions, with 126 homes along Western Australia's mid-west coast rendered uninhabitable.
Emergency Services personnel continue to provide support to those in the state's Mid-West after Tropical Cyclone Seroja cut power to properties and damaged homes.
Investigators from the Department of Fire and Emergency Services believe a mechanical fault to be responsible for a blaze at Elizabeth Quay's Oyster Bar overnight.
A man has been taken into custody after a package containing a powder-like substance was allegedly thrown into Premier Mark McGowan's Rockingham electorate office yesterday.
A family-owned business in Canning Vale has been contracted to build up to 300 firefighting vehicles, as part of the state government's bushfire response.
A bushfire warning for Kwinana has been downgraded, after hundreds of local employees were earlier asked to stay home to avoid the risk of toxic fumes.
The state government has foreshadowed a big investment in a single radio network for emergency services agencies while also awarding local firm Omnitronics an upgrade contract.
The state government made several announcements over the weekend related to projects in the South West, including Collie's $13.4 million emergency services management centre.
At least $100 million has been earmarked for initiatives in the Collie district as the state government targets its support for the area ahead of potential coal shutdowns, although there is debate about the impact on other regional towns.
Perth-based McCorkell Constructions has secured a $6.6 million contract with the state government to build a new fire and emergency services station in Kensington.
The Eyre Highway, the only sealed road linking South Australia and Western Australia, has reopened after it was closed for nearly two weeks due to bushfires.
Andrew and Nicola Forrest's Minderoo Foundation has committed $70 million to Australia's bushfire response, far exceeding the contributions made by big companies across the country.
The Western Roads Federation has called for truckies to be included in the federal goverment's business assistance package, as it emerged today the two-week closure of the Eyre Highway would continue after bushfires were upgraded to emergency level.
