Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson and premier-elect Roger Cook's nominated deputy, Rita Saffioti, have dismissed suggestions of hard feelings following the battle for WA Labor leadership this week.
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.
UPDATED: Roger Cook is poised to become Western Australia's next premier with Rita Saffioti as deputy premier after Amber-Jade Sanderson withdrew from the leadership race.
Less than 24 hours have passed since the shock resignation of Premier Mark McGowan, but attention is already focused on who will lead the party into the 2025 state election.
ANALYSIS: Roger Cook, Rita Saffioti and Amber-Jade Sanderson are the contenders to become WA's next premier, with Labor's powerful left faction set to play a key role.
Mark McGowan will resign as the premier of Western Australia by the end of the week, after revealing he does not have the energy and drive to continue in the role.
Green ammonia producers Kinara Power and Blue Diamond have progressed lease negotiations for land in the Oakajee Strategic Industrial Area in the Mid West.
Solar tech company ClearVue Technologies is set to receive a $2 million grant through the state government's Investment Attraction Fund to advance its manufacturing operations.
Western Australian deputy premier Roger Cook labelled WA ‘missing' from east coast investment conversations while launching an updated public sector intellectual property policy in Perth today.
Perth company Infinite Green Energy has linked up with South Korea's Samsung C&T to pursue the development of a world-scale hydrogen plant just south of Dongara.
Four proponents aiming to start their renewable energy projects have cleared a planning hurdle after receiving approval to use land in the 2,500-hectare Maitland strategic industrial area.
Perth company Perdaman has started work on one of WA's largest projects after gaining backing from Global Infrastructure Partners, the same group that backed Woodside's Pluto gas project.
A 30-hectare site in Kwinana has been earmarked for what is billed to be the first-of-its-kind battery materials facility in Australia, spearheaded by ASX-listed IGO and Andrew Forrest's Wyloo Metals.
Deputy Premier Roger Cook has expressed frustration at the delay in getting Qantas to move to the eastern side of the airport, warning that it is holding WA back.
The state government has partnered with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA to launch a new online platform to promote investment-ready projects in WA.
Direct flights between Western Australia and Vietnam were a leading focus in Tourism Minister Roger Cook's four-day trade mission to Vietnam this week.
Businesses in the Pilbara and Gascoyne have received grants to assist with preparation for the solar eclipse event, which is expected to attract thousands of visitors to the region.
Giant US company Alcoa has withdrawn plans to export raw bauxite from WA as it battles to gain approvals for its mining operations in the Darling Range.
The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility has supported its first gold project while also agreeing to increase its concessional loan to a rare earths project in WA.
Land in the Pilbara has been allocated to seven companies, including Posco, BP, Fortescue and Tees Valley Lithium, hoping to build $70 billion of projects.
The state government is looking to partner or support venture capital firms to boost funding opportunities for start-up companies and scale-ups within businesses.
ANALYSIS: Mark McGowan's ministerial reshuffle was in many respects a sideshow – real power in the government remains with a small group of ministers and advisers close to the premier.
Today's cabinet makeover includes big jobs for new ministers, significant shifts for senior government figures but, notably, no changes to the premier's substantial workload.
