A fund to unlock housing supply has received a $101 million boost, with the state government making last minute announcements before handing down the budget this afternoon.
The state government will allocate $25 million to boost transmission infrastructure manufacturing and encourage greater local involvement in the electricity grid's renewable refresh.
The state government has pledged close and intensive engagement with industry on its transmission infrastructure and energy policy, following a forum with business powerbrokers.
The state government is setting guidelines for renewable energy project developers to financially give back to host communities, but questions have been raised on its enforcement.
Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson has called on WA's fledgling hydrogen sector to disregard a drop-off in sentiment and push ahead with project development.
Roger Cook's name has been a regular feature on the annual list of Western Australia's most influential business and political players published by Business News.
The first of 100 railcars built for Rio Tinto in Western Australia has rolled off the production line ready for its 1,500-kilometre journey north to the Pilbara.
Western Australia's health portfolio has been split in two and regional ministers have been introduced to premier Roger Cook's inaugural third-term cabinet.
The state government moved to lock in contractors for the $1.8 billion Women and Babies' Hospital in December, as it pushes to begin the project before the March election.
A long-running tiff over Ruah Community Services' bid to revive the Safe Night Space operation in Northbridge has ended after a state government review.
A new co-ordinated emergency and medical care operations centre will be established in the old Telstra Exchange tower, to be operational by the end of the year.
A joint venture between Multiplex Constructions and Perkins Builders has been contracted for main works of the Bunbury Regional Hospital's redevelopment project.
WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam has slammed the state government for inaction on potentially flammable cladding at Fiona Stanley Hospital identified five years ago.
The Child Development Service will go through an expansion and staff increase as part of a $39 million funding boost to ease “unprecedented” demand for the service.
Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson is hopeful a new $11 million child vaccine program targeting respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) will ease the strain on the Perth Children's Hospital.
Three years after the state government said the project was “fully funded” and likely to break ground soon, work is yet to begin on a new hospital in Tom Price
The state government has entered leasing negotiations for the shuttered Bethesda Clinic after the $60 million private mental health centre closed its doors on Friday.
A Telethon Kids Institute program supporting about 700 Western Australian families is set to receive three years of funding valued at $13.8m from the National Disability Insurance Agency.
Construction has started on the $34 million children's hospice in Swanbourne, which was previously at the centre of a tug-of-war between state and local governments.
Health Minister Amber Jade Sanderson says the planned closure of a mental health clinic after less than a year of operation shows the private health funding model needs to change.
The state's long-awaited redevelopment of the V Block at Fremantle Hospital is under construction, with ground broken after the project's initial 2023 forecast completion date.
Long-serving WA Health director general David Russell-Weisz will step down from the role after more than eight years at the top of the state's largest government department.
Contractor Multiplex has secured the tender for the long-delayed Geraldton Health Campus redevelopment, with work to begin two years after the initial completion date.
The state government has committed $47.2 million towards a health centre offering multiple medical services in a bid to reduce emergency department visits.
The WA Liberals have committed to beginning construction of a new maternity hospital in Nedlands in its first term should the party win government in 2025.
The state government's top infrastructure adviser has provided heavily qualified support for the surprise relocation of the $1.8 billion Women and Babies Hospital to a site in Murdoch.
Digital health services in Western Australia have received a boost after Silverchain and the state government made moves to expand telehealth initiatives.
WA's peak medical body has called for a major rethink on the proposed Women and Babies Hospital, saying it needs to be co-located with adult and children's hospitals.
