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The state government has purchased the former Esplanade Hotel site at Albany's Middleton Beach for $7 million and has awarded property developer LandCorp $1.5 million to provide early work at the site.

A new courthouse for Fitzroy Crossing is a step closer to reality with the construction tender being awarded to building firm Pindan Contracting.

Industry has welcomed the state government's commitment to creating more affordable housing options through changes to Western Australia's strata title laws.

Two training facilities in the Kimberley will officially open this week after Training and Workforce Development Minister Kim Hames announced the completion of a $9.9 million redevelopment today.

Work has begun on a $30 million redevelopment of student accommodation venue Agricola College in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, partly funded by the state government's Royalties for Regions scheme.

Labor may not be able to snatch Vasse from the conservatives, but it could muddy the waters in the by-election brought about by the departure of Troy Buswell.

Building company Pindan Contracting has begun work on redeveloping both the Carnarvon Health Campus and Exmouth Health Service, under contracts worth a combined $34.9 million.

The state coalition alliance partners may revert to the squabbling siblings of old if Nationals members feel their needs are being ignored.

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 has today unveiled the Northern Beef Futures project, a $15 million investment in supply chain and trade development that it says will have a flow on benefit of half a billion dollars across the community.

Fresh land at the Rockingham Industry Zone has hit the market, with the industrial estate officially opened by Lands Minister Terry Redman today.

The state government has announced completion of an upgrade to the South Headland wastewater treatment plant, a major part of the $120 million overhaul of the Headland water system, on the same day that it revealed the Pilbara's West Canning Basin could produce enough water annually for 350,000 people.

Work has started on the $207 million Karratha Health Campus, with Downer EDI today beginning a $15.5 million earthworks program.

Former Department of Regional Development director general Paul Rosair has received a $412,000 golden handshake after stepping down from the role on June 30, nine months earlier than stipulated in his contract.

The sale of LandCorp's large scale residential lots in Onslow has begun, with local residents to be given pre-release preferences.

Service workers in Newman are set to benefit from more rental options, with tenancy applications open for 10 new homes.

Regional Development Minister Terry Redman has appointed Paul Whyte to the position of acting director general at the Department of Regional Development.

National development group Mirvac has been appointed to build the latest apartment projects at LandCorp's Claremont on the Park.

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.

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Regional Development Minister Terry Redman has sought to soften the blow of a reduction in Royalties for Regions funding by promising a more a strategic approach to spending and greater investment in the southern regions.

Megara Developments managing director Matthew Pickford says his company was simply in the right place at the right time to take advantage of the Pilbara's building boom.

The Barnett government has lost the ticker to make the changes recommended by the Economic Regulation Authority.

Department of Regional Development director-general Paul Rosair will step down from the post later this year after spearheading the Royalties for Regions scheme for the last five years.

Chevron Australia and the state government have signed a landmark deal to boost residential development in Onslow, near Chevron's $29 billion Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project.

South Hedland's first four-star hotel is due to open by the end of this year, after a Melbourne based developer said it will build most of the hotel off site to save time.

Lands Minister Terry Redman has announced that LandCorp chief financial officer Frank Marra has been promoted to chief executive officer.

The WA Nationals will retain the key regional development portfolio under a minor cabinet reshuffle triggered by the resignation of Brendon Grylls.

Mia Davies has been elected deputy leader of the WA Nationals and will become a cabinet minister after beating Wendy Duncan in a party-room ballot.

Providing greater access to training and boosting links with industry will be the focus of a new review of the state's vocational education and training sector.

The state government has launched plans to modernise century-old water management regulations, as vast mining operations and population growth exert pressure on the state's water resources.

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Negotiations between the state government and timber processor Auswest appear to have hit an impasse, placing uncertainty over Auswest's plan to buy the Gunns timber mill near Manjimup.

PERTH-BASED and regional businesses were among those recognised at three different award ceremonies last week.

Serco Australia has added to its growing portfolio of state government contracts in the justice, transport, health and migration sectors, despite political and union campaigns against the private contractor.

The state government has announced up to 75 staff at the Forest Products Commission are to be offered voluntary redundancies as part of a restructure plan, following big losses at the forestry agency.

WA farmers are playing catch-up in canola while the rest of their sector remains GM free.

An injection of $6 million to protect and care for the Western Australian environment has been unveiled by the state government today.