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More than $2.1 billion has been committed to state school infrastructure funding ahead of the May budget.

New apartment and townhouse property developments will be underwritten by the state government as part of a $250 million pre-budget commitment.

North West business owners and residents have had little reprieve from rising insurance costs.

Transport infrastructure spending continues to provide for more volume and diversity.

The state government has been forced to further subsidise regional airfares after the aviation industry warned it would have to apply a fuel levy in Western Australia to cope with rising costs.

The long-awaited $120 million Perth Surf Park has been at least 10 years in the making.

SEE THE FULL LIST: Mapping influence is not a straightforward task in an environment of economic and political change.

Sport and recreation minister Rita Saffioti says Perth securing two FIBA Asian World Cup qualifiers in July is a boost for basketball in WA.

The land developers have struck deals with the government to develop 193 hectares in Perth's northern suburbs, with an EOI out for a remaining 120 hectares.

Australia's headline inflation rate fell in the final data before the Iran war up-ended the global economy, but Perth's inflation figure was significantly up compared to other capital cities.

FROM THE HILL: The government is asking for a $1.2 billion advance on the budget.

OPINION: The premier says travel time is behind his move from Kwinana to a pad near parliament.

Western Australia is set to receive a record $9.3 billion in GST revenue for the 2026-27 financial year, a large boost which experts said vindicated controversial reforms in 2018.

The Treasurer has hinted at an expansion of the first home buyer scheme, while reassuring land developers infrastructure backlogs should ease.

The Westport authority will develop Kwinana's container port and logistics hub, according to legislation tabled today.

OPINION: WA Liberal leader has called out secrecy around spending, but it might come back to bite.

Michaelia Cash has put her name to a letter supporting the current GST arrangements on behalf of local federal Liberals, as the campaign to retain WA's tax share ramps up.

Ground has broken for construction of the $163 million Australian Hockey Centre at Curtin University's Bentley campus.

A war of words has erupted between Treasurer Rita Saffioti and her opposition number Sandra Brewer, over a request for a briefing on WA's GST retention fight.

FROM THE HILL: Transport minister defends Matilda Bay ferry terminal while a Pomeranian guards the public gallery.

Rita Saffioti has defended claims government spending has lassoed builders away from private developers, admitting that population surges necessitated it.

The government has followed through on an election promise to bring down land tax for new rental developments.

OPINION: Labor is sitting pretty in WA, but the party is considering who provides the best future.

Premier Roger Cook has been asked who his successor should be and played a straight bat.

Some of Labor's most senior and influential figures are deeply divided about a succession plan if Roger Cook was to quit before the 2029 election.

Anger is bubbling in the north-west over the state government's decision to let airlines slug them with higher fares when their flights are busy.

The Insurance Commission of Western Australia's chief operating officer has been appointed chief executive for the next five years.

OPINION: Labor's alteration of its regional airfares policy has left any remaining goodwill the party had in the bush in tatters.

Efforts to retain WA's share of the GST will reach boiling point in 2026, with major ramifications for business around the state.

The statutory authority will assume management from July, taking over from Legends Global's 13-year run.

Main Roads WA has awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to Highway Construction over the final piece of work to complete the Albany Ring Road.

Leederville-located Sullivan Logistics Stadium appears on course to become a minimum 20,000 seat capacity venue, in a bid to attract more major Australian Rules Football events to WA.

The Australian Energy Market Operator has warned of a potential gas supply gulf from 2030, calling for the development of additional development to shore up WA's energy security.

The state government has awarded Henderson-based shipbuilder Echo Marine Group to build the first electric ferries in the state, for the Metronet on Swan project.

The state government will tip an extra $435 million into housing supply after raking in billions of extra dollars in royalties payments above its budget forecast.

The state opposition has accused the government of seeking to create an uneven events playing field, claiming proposed laws before the parliament would favour some venues over others.

The state government's proposed ferry terminals have been approved after a contentious planning commission meeting that ran for almost five hours.

Perth's hopes of hosting a proposed Serie A league clash between AC Milan and Como at Optus Stadium in February appear to have been dealt a blow.

The man behind the Kardinya Park Shopping Centre redevelopment has reflected on how it came about and the stages still to come.

Construction of a new Fremantle freight rail link could take 20,000 truck movements off port roads and save logistics companies about $75 per container.