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The early childhood education sector has recently received state and federal funding.

Woolworths Group chief executive Amanda Bardwell has apologised to customers impacted by supply chain issues on the east coast, which is leaving freezers devoid of stock in some stores.

One-time Mark McGowan adviser turned lobbyist Mark Reed will be the next state secretary of the WA Labor Party, Business News understands.

ANALYSIS: The factional rift that enabled Roger Cook to become Labor leader has parallels with a famous preselection battle during which a young Ben Wyatt defeated union heavyweight Helen Creed.

Millions of dollars in prospective fines cap off a tough year of bargaining for WA's nurses' union.

ANALYSIS: Factional interests, ambitious backbenchers and demographic representation loom as key considerations for the premier as he mulls over who to promote to cabinet this month.

Dave Kelly has confirmed he will resign as minister, claiming the premier asked him personally to step aside to make way for more women in cabinet.

Strikes, or the threat of them, may prove a potent force for change at some universities.

The McGowan government has confirmed that its latest wages offer includes a one-off $3,000 bonus payment and will cost taxpayers more than $3 billion.

Jordan Murray talks about the expansion of government since the start of the pandemic and what affect that may have on how much the state's public servants are paid.

The McGowan government won't confirm if it has made a new pay offer in a third attempt to quell anger from public sector workers.

Departing St John Ambulance boss Michelle Fyfe has posted a reflective message to all staff.

Public sector unions in WA are willing to turn up the heat on the McGowan government over its pay policy.

Conflagrating ambulance ramping with the Omicron surge seems like a search for political cover.

Labor's top recruit for Christian Porter's old seat poured thousands of dollars on online advertising last week, while two at-risk Liberal MPs shored up their position with a spate of Facebook ads.

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.

ANALYSIS: Aboriginal leader Kado Muir has publicly asked a question many people are asking privately: why did premier Mark McGowan make so many changes in Friday's ministerial reshuffle?

Jay Weatherill has backed higher wages and improved benefits for childcare workers as Australia's early education sector grapples with a tightening labour market.

Australia's peak education and miscellaneous workers unions have teamed up to demand teachers receive priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine.

Former union state secretary Helen Creed has been appointed to the board of Water Corporation, the third new director in a year.

Our updated listing of the 50 most influential Western Australians in business and politics highlights four individuals who stand apart from the rest.

What role will unions and factions play in Mark McGowan's second term?

Casino giant Crown has admitted it could have underpaid more than 200 workers around $2 million as part of an ongoing wage theft investigation.

ANALYSIS: The dumping of Peter Tinley from the ministry was one topic premier Mark McGowan struggled to explain adequately today.

Mark McGowan has expanded the number of members serving as parliamentary secretaries, possibly foreshadowing future ministerial appointments.

A delegation of time-poor nurses and carers wants 2021 to be the year of the aged care federal budget.

Labor's left faction is set to dominate cabinet appointments as key figures from the party's right flank are shifted out of the ministry.

The second McGowan government is set for big changes, with two of the premier's three closest advisers resigning and minister Peter Tinley believed to have been demoted.

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.

OPINION: The McGowan government has made a big call to put jobs at a major Perth hospital on the public payroll.

The state government plans to halt three major contracts at Fiona Stanley Hospital held by Serco Australia, resulting in 650 jobs moving back to the public sector at a cost of $93 million over 10 years.This adds to similar moves in the water and corrections portfolios.

This year's Most Influential feature has been narrowed down to the 50 people in WA making the biggest impact in business and politics.

The Maritime Union of Australia has voted to break its affiliation with Unions WA in protest over the McGowan government's plans for a new container port at Cockburn Sound.

The looming federal election could mark a big shift in political power, not just in Canberra but also WA.

Colin Barnett says he would like to see penalty rates cut for casual small business employees on Sundays and public holidays, but lift the base rate for standard hours.

SPECIAL REPORT: In order to fully understand where political power lies in Western Australia, it's necessary to recognise the role of low-profile powerbrokers such as Carolyn Smith and Nick Goiran.

SPECIAL REPORT: There has been a major shift in business influence in WA amid waning international investment and, with two elections on the way, there is a prospect of even bigger changes in political influence. Click through to see our listing of WA's most infliential leaders in politics and business.

Disgruntled Water Corporation employees will be dumping bottles of dirty water on the steps of Water Minister Mia Davies' office in Havelock St today, in protest against outsourcing.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has made a pre-election pitch to union members in his first visit to Perth since dramatically reclaiming the leadership of the federal Labor Party last month.

The $2 billion Fiona Stanley Hospital will open in October 2014, half a year later than originally scheduled, a delay the state government has blamed on the scale and complexity of the project's in