News Articles for Infrastructure WA

Perth is consistently ranked as one of the world's most liveable cities, but what will happen as the population approaches 3.5 million?

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The state government has appointed 10 members to the board of its peak infrastructure advisory body, including six directors from the private sector led by chairman John Langoulant.

Liza Harvey has been elected unopposed as leader of the Parliamentary Liberal Party in WA with Bill Marmion chosen as her deputy.

The state government has fallen $1.7 billion behind its infrastructure spending commitments over the past two years, according to Western Australia's civil construction industry's peak body.

Business groups have welcomed a bill introduced by the state government today to establish the advisory body Infrastructure WA.

John Langoulant's interests range widely, from building a lyric theatre in Perth to doing business in the Top End, but his main passion is public sector reform.

Clamping down on the governance of state-owned enterprises such as Synergy is just one major promise the McGowan government has made in response to the Langoulant special inquiry into government projects in the Barnett era, released yesterday.

A new state government advisory body to improve analysis and transparency of major projects, Infrastructure WA, will begin work next year, according to Premier Mark McGowan, who launched a draft plan for its establishment today.

Western Australian Planning Commission chairman Jeremy Dawkins believes the state's future regional planning powers may be decentralised, with regional lead agencies taking control using their own budgets and simple region schemes.

The shift away from a fly-in, fly-out work culture to a more stable residential workforce is forcing some mining companies, and the state government, to re-evaluate their commitment to infrastructure developments in the regional areas that play home to th

One of Western Australia's top public servants has raised the possibility that private funding, including direct charging of motorists, will be needed to help pay for the State's road network.