Ella Loneragan joined Business News as a journalist in 2025, covering cultural industries.
She was a finalist for the 2025 John B Fairfax Family Young Journalist of the Year Awards in the Student Journalist of the Year category.
Ms Loneragan began working at The West Australian as a digital producer in 2023, while studying a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and International Relations at Curtin University.
The state government body, designed to support small WA businesses, will welcome the Broome Chamber of Commerce and Industry boss as chair, alongside two other appointments.
The regional town is set to host a national program designed to assist in the development of not-for-profit leaders amid a heightened regulatory environment.
