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The state government is planning to expand Casuarina prison with a new health precinct with accommodation for specialised care.

Fresh from completing Woodside Energy’s merger with BHP’s petroleum business, Meg O’Neill says the world is facing its biggest energy crisis in 50 years.

A $9.5 million seven-storey apartment building in Nedlands has been approved to be built near a major health precinct.

Perth house prices have increased last month despite CoreLogic data recording the first national decline in 20 months.

Premier lifts a range of mandatory vaccination rules as the state's third jab rate passes 81 per cent.

An in-depth study profiling indigenous employment practices in Australia has thrown down a challenge.

Indigenous businesses in WA generated more than $1 billion in revenue last year and the total is set to rise.

Household spending helped to prop up economic growth in the early months of this year, although there was a marked slowdown compared with the strong finish of 2021.

Albany is mourning the loss of local identity and businessman Paul Lionetti, who owned up to a third of the commercial floor space in town.

AVZ Minerals has extended the suspension of its shares after pushing out the target completion date for a company-defining deal for its lithium project in Africa.

Co-chief executives will lead Uniting WA, with diversification of the organisation’s income a key priority.

WA’s north-west remains a point of potential strategic vulnerability that must be addressed.

50-50 is aim as 13-woman ministry unveiled

The new leaseholders of Rottnest Lodge have detailed their final redevelopment plan, with an increase in the number of rooms but construction costs held to around $40 million.

Perth Festival’s box office sales increased slightly from the 2021 iteration, but total attendance was heavily disrupted by cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The building that houses Perth’s C Restaurant is on the market for the first time in 33 years.

Wet weather and difficulty accessing workers curbed exploration spending in Western Australia by 13 per cent in early 2022, albeit from record investment in prior quarters.

Anthony Albanese has announced his 23-person cabinet with some major responsibilities for Western Australians in the outer ministry.

Perth Airport-based Metalicity has stepped up its pursuit of Tom Percy-led Nex Metals over outstanding payments it claims it’s owed as part of a takeover bid.

The Australian share market finished May on a sour note, dropping 1.0 per cent with every sector losing ground and snapping a two-day winning streak.

An aggregation of four farms in WA’s Great Southern sold to local growers looking to expand.

Activ Foundation is calling for government funding to cover the costs of operating its supported employment worksites for the next three years to help its 700 employees transition.

Political editor Gary Adshead delves into fomenting frustration within WA's union movement over the state government's public sector wages cap.

Mineral Resources is suing a former procurement manager over allegations he collected secret commissions and misused the mining giant’s confidential information.

A series of large wooden sculptures created by Danish artist Thomas Dambo, reaching up to five metres tall, will be installed in secret locations in the Peel region to draw people to the area.

The prime minister is flying to Perth on Saturday ahead of a diplomatic mission to Indonesia.

Building approvals showed a more modest decline in April after the wild swings recorded in the early stages of 2022.

Crown has been handed an $80 million fine by the Victorian gambling watchdog and warned there could be more to come as the fallout from the Royal Commission continues.

De Grey Mining has increased resource estimates for the Mallina gold project and its contained Hemi deposit to 10.6 million ounces, boosting its credentials as a major undeveloped gold deposit.

Public sector unions in WA are willing to turn up the heat on the McGowan government over its pay policy.

Consumer confidence has barely moved in response to the federal election result, which has seen Labor secure sufficient seats to run a majority government.

Farmers welcome another milk hike