Perth's investment banking sector is jockeying for position to sell Canning Vale Market City, Utah Point in Port Hedland and the Kwinana Bulk Terminal, the first assets to be sold off to reduce the
The state government's decision to give top priority to the construction of the Forrestfield-airport rail link is bold, strategic and expensive. To be operating by 2020, the move is also political.
The state government says its $2.2 billion Forrestfield-Airport rail link will be complete by 2020, with the line set to include an eight kilometre tunnel underneath the Swan River.
A southern region MP has lashed out at state government bureaucracy due to the scrapping of the Department of Housing's 3,000-hectare Keralup land development.
Education Minister Peter Collier has embarked on a bold strategy aimed at reallocating his $4.6 billion budget among the state's 700 secondary and primary schools. It is a move fraught with political risk.
The private developer of a 150 megawatt power station with contracts to Fortescue Metals Group has announced the all inclusive cost of the project will be $570 million.
Lotterywest has granted Surf Life Saving Western Australia over $1.3 million for the construction of a new heliport facility at Rouse Head in Fremantle.
The owners of the Ocean Beach Hotel and Il Lido in Cottesloe have been given the green light for redevelopment, with planning scheme changes unveiled today that allow for up to eight storeys at the
The look of the new 60,000-seat Perth stadium to be built in Burswood was unveiled today by Premier Colin Barnett, who guaranteed it would be open in time for the 2018 AFL season.
The Australian Greens have urged environment minister Greg Hunt to listen to the large group of scientists and experts rejecting Colin Barnett's shark cull.
The Western Australian government has released a master plan for the Anketell port project, which is a critical piece of infrastructure in Aquila Resources' proposed $7 billion West Pilbara iron ore project.
The state government is looking at new ways to stoke tourism-related development on Western Australia's coastline, with the Abrolhos Islands and Coral Bay identified as priority areas.
Padbury Mining has appointed Steinepreis Paganin to review the company's corporate governance policies in the wake of its failed equity funding deal to construct a port and rail network at Oakajee.
The Environmental Protection Authority has commenced a new assessment of the proposed LNG gas hub near Broome, as speculation over development of the offshore Browse Basin gas fields increases.
The Fremantle Dockers are closer to securing new training facilities in Cockburn with $10 million allocated in yesterday's budget but a pitch for funds by crosstown rivals the West Coast Eagles proved less successful.
Treasurer Mike Nahan says the government could generate proceeds of up to $3 billion through the sale of several assets earmarked in the budget as candidates for privatisation.
The government appears to have reacted to pre-budget industry fears by declaring only modest cuts to new housing market entrants' stamp duty concessions, however it still earned the wrath of some industry players.
The Barnett government has trimmed back its record capital works spend further, deferring spending on key infrastructure projects including the Swan Valley Bypass.
The Barnett government would raise nearly $6 billion by selling the state's three major ports, if the Western Australian sales attracted the same surprisingly high bidding interest as recent port sales on the east coast.