The state government has appointed former Governor Malcolm McCusker to lead an independent review of the electoral act, despite claiming it did not plan to pursue electoral reform.
In their weekly podcast, Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the impact of lockdown on businesses, wine export challenges, mining projects, not-for-profit board fees, ASIC's new chair and key female appointments.
Seven Group-backed Beach Energy has downgraded its full-year production and earnings targets along with its Western Flank oil reserves, sending shares in both companies down.
WA has not recorded any new locally acquired cases of COVID, giving the green light for the majority of the interim restrictions to lift for Perth and Peel from midnight tonight.
The state’s peak business association has called on the state government to increase its relief for businesses affected by the lockdown and subsequent restrictions.
Interim lockdown restrictions will lift from midnight Friday, but masks will remain mandatory while the state waits for the incubation period of the coronavirus to come to an end.
Western Australia's first female speaker of the Legislative Assembly has promised to "preside without fear or favour" while ensuring respect for women.
Western Australia’s peak planning body has given the state government and property giant Pivot Group the green light to build a $30 million office building for parliamentary staff.
In today's episode of At Close of Business, journalist Jordan Murray talks to journalist Jesinta Burton about the extradition hearing for Perth tech millionaire Zhenya Tsvetnenko.
NRW Holdings has secured the crushing plant contract for Fortescue Metals Group’s Cloudbreak operation while Pacific Energy is building a battery storage system for the Pilbara miner.
China’s tariffs on Australian wine have taken a toll on exports from Western Australia, with a 24 per cent decrease in total wine exports in the year to March.
Hesperia Property has submitted a proposal to repurpose the Graylands Hospital site for future urban infill development, via the state government’s Market-Led Proposals process.
Strandline Resources has contracted Primero Group, now a wholly owned subsidiary of NRW Holdings, to build processing facilities for the $260 million Coburn mineral sands project in WA.
Cottesloe company Kato Energy is progressing plans to develop multiple ‘stranded’ oil fields off the WA coast after gaining key regulatory approvals this month.
Newcrest Mining has reported a six per cent jump in gold output from its Telfer operations in the Pilbara, despite heavy rainfall during the March quarter.
Perth deputy lord mayor Sandy Anghie has launched defamation action against Channel Nine over a story which implied that she leased a West Perth meeting room to run for council.
Josh Frydenberg wants to drive Australia's unemployment rate below five per cent before he begins the task of budget repair, in what is a marked shift in strategy.
The West Coast Eagles will add three new members to its board, including former Treasurer Ben Wyatt, while Football West is welcoming two new directors.
Experienced lawyer Joe Longo, whose past clients range from fallen 1980's entrepreneurs to global banks, has been appointed chair of the corporate watchdog.
Fortescue Metals Group has posted a jump in iron ore output, helped by the commissioning of its Eliwana mine in December, while wet weather impacted the Pilbara miner’s quarterly shipments.
Debuting over 200 years ago, Rossini’s comic masterpiece The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere de Siviglia) has remained in almost continuous production ever since.
