The resources industry must view native title as a property right if it wants to remove barriers impeding project approvals, the author of a landmark heritage review says.
Water Corporation will strengthen Aboriginal participation requirements in tenders as the state invests $2.7 billion in water and wastewater infrastructure.
The state government will move to curb the influence ‘predatory' consultants hold over negotiations between native title parties and resources companies.
Reform of Western Australia's century-old water rights laws are unlikely to happen in this term of government, Water Minister Don Punch says, but it is on the cards.
The boss of a Kimberley Aboriginal corporation is hopeful a fresh push to divest a 22-million-hectare lands trust marks a fork in the road for Indigenous self-governance.
WA's water minister has ducked questions about how the state government intends to shore up water supply for the Pilbara as concerns mount about unsustainable use of the region's aquifers.
State Environment Minister Matthew Swinbourn will tap the Environmental Protection Authority for advice on the future of water in the west Pilbara, as regional concerns reach boiling point.
A Kimberley traditional owner group is considering running campgrounds and eco-resorts following a government commitment to hand over more than 1.4 million hectares of land.
SailGP managing director Andrew Thompson says he is excited for Perth and Australian sailing enthusiasts to experience its ‘race stadium' grandstand experience.
The state government will spend nearly $17 million hiring new staff and overhauling assessment regimes to improve lax water and environmental regulation efforts.
The 122-year-old ‘Golden Pipeline' designed by C.Y O'Connor is set for a half a billion-dollar upgrade to replace aging infrastructure and boost capacity amid water shortages.
The state government has confirmed it will review its Aboriginal cultural heritage settings specific to the state's mining and exploration sectors, committing to a four-month review.
The WA government will review parts of its Aboriginal cultural heritage protection frameworks, two years after a high-profile backflip on a failed attempt to modernise the system.
In some way or another, all of Western Australia will feel the impact of the state’s plan to wean its energy system off coal by the end of the decade.But nowhere will feel it more than Col
The state government has progressed its plans to establish a hydrogen and clean energy workforce training centre in the Pilbara, after awarding a design contract to Aurecon.
The proposed offshore wind zone farm has received criticism after the federal government declared an area off the coast of Bunbury for the renewable industry.
A service matching disabled jobseekers with small and medium business employers will form part of a year-long trial to boost participation in the workforce.
The boss of a Pilbara local government has urged policymakers to “get out of the way” and instead fund local councils to solve housing problems themselves.
Albany's shellfish hatchery will be expanded by local business Colab Construction, following the award of a $3.6 million government tender to support the state's seafood industry.
ASX-listed International Graphite has received an additional $6.5 million grant from the state government, in order to accelerate progression of its downstram processing operations in Collie.
The state government has stepped in to secure the future of Bunbury's Dolphin Discovery Centre, putting up $1.5 million to pull the tourist attraction out of administration.
A joint venture between Multiplex Constructions and Perkins Builders has been contracted for main works of the Bunbury Regional Hospital's redevelopment project.
The state's latest efforts to diversify the economy of the historic coal mining town of Collie will include spend on commercial diving, dentistry, energy storage and support for tourism.
A 5400-hectare parcel of land has been leased to Kununurra's largest farmer in a boost long-held ambitions for the Ord to become a major cotton growing region.
The Nationals WA have accused Regional Development Minister Don Punch of misleading the people of the South West in relation to the affairs of Bunbury's Dolphin Discovery Centre.
A new food and beverage manufacturing facility has been unveiled within the Food Innovation Precinct of WA for businesses to develop and produce products on a commercial scale.
