The public consultation floodgates have opened on Alcoa's proposals to open new bauxite mines in the Darling Range and increase production at its Pinjarra alumina refinery.
WA VOTES: Roger Cook has been elected Western Australian Premier, leading WA Labor to a third consecutive election win which will extend its tenure at Dumas House to at least 12 years.
WA VOTES: Strong shifts towards the Greens and independents in several marginal seats appear to have handed WA Labor a major preferential advantage in this year's state election.
ANALYSIS: The state Liberal Party has come out ahead of WA Labor in the election donation race, but the governing party's wallet runs deeper than the money it has been gifted.
Tech entrepreneur Norman Pater has tipped $100,000 into the Greens WA's electoral campaign, as the parties prepare for election formalities to kick off in earnest today.
Alcoa of Australia has come to a passionate defence of its bauxite mining in the state, after the Greens WA vowed to ban the practice if given a balance of power by local voters.
The WA Liberal Party has made more from donations this financial year than WA Labor, but levies and union fees have the latter's coffers well ahead in the lead up to the state election.
More than $1 million has been donated to Western Australia's major political parties since new disclosure laws were introduced on July 1, ahead of the state election in March 2025.
WA Labor's election war chest has grown towards $250,000 courtesy of donations from high-profile businesses, while WA's peak resources lobby group has given The Nationals a big boost.
ANALYSIS: History suggests victory is a formality for WA Labor at the weekend's Rockingham by-election, but the vote could offer a first glimpse into sentiment ahead of the 2025 statewide poll.
As criticism of the government's energy market intervention settles, Madeleine King is focused on pushing Australian resources to the fore of the global energy transition.
Big business and trade union support helped fill Labor's coffers in the year to June, with the party's $12.7 million haul outstripping the combined earnings of the coalition parties.
Calls for the state government to rethink its process on an indigenous heritage bill are growing, with criticism from both the federal Greens and WA Liberals today.
Western Australians will mark off a state-wide ballot paper for the upper house when they head to the polls in 2025, following passage of the state government's electoral reforms overnight.
Former police officer and Indigenous social justice campaigner Dorinda Cox has been confirmed to fill a Western Australian Senate vacancy for the Greens.
West Coast Eagles' inaugural coach, Greens WA's former state secretary and a three-term state representative are among a list of notables running at next month's council elections.
Newly disclosed figures reveal Labor's dominant financial position ahead of the March state election, having outspent the Liberals by nearly $2.5 million.
Blue ribbon Liberal seats such as Churchlands, Nedlands and Carine are line ball as Labor looks set for more than 50 districts in the 59-seat parliament. Click through for eight articles from today's coverage.
An aggressive switch to green energy and manufacturing is the boldest economic policy of the state election campaign, though the promise has many challenges.
As the Liberal Party WA warns voters against giving Labor total control, Business News analyses how the election is likely to affect the balance of power in the Legislative Council.
WA Labor amassed a significant fundraising advantage this past financial year as unions, law firms and sitting members opened their wallets to fill the party's coffers.
Perth mining industry software entrepreneur Norman Pater has put his money where his mouth is, with his private company, Pater Investments, supporting the Greens WA to the tune of $99,500.
