Sam Jones joined Business News in April 2024, covering tech, defence, innovation, cybersecurity, accountants, Asian engagement and federal politics.
Prior to joining Business News he spent five years living and working in WA's North West.
The first two years were spent in South Hedland covering a broad range of topics including local and state politics, small business, Aboriginal affairs, sports and human interest stories.
Mr Jones then moved to Broome, where he took the position of Northern Papers Editor for Seven West Media and was responsible for producing four weekly newspapers across the Pilbara and Kimberley.
Georgiou Group has been selected to deliver a $67 million, 24-bed secure extended care unit at Bentley Hospital, as the state releases another $167 million worth of contracts.
Mark Pownall is joined by Sean Cowan, Sam Jones and Ella Loneragan to discuss BHP's $160m investment; the West Coast Eagles; tax changes; and property projects including Fast Eddys.
An extension of Civmec's contract with Iluka Resources at the Eneabba Rare Earths refinery has boosted the company's order book to a record $1.5 billion.
Ampol will have to sell 41 petrol stations to Metro Petroleum as a condition of the ACCC's approval of its $1.1 billion acquisition of EG Australia and its over 500 sites.
Modular data centre specialist DXN Limited, which manufactures in Welshpool, has inked an $8.8 million deal with a US neo cloud operator which could lead to over $US200 million in orders.
Perth-based Vection Technologies says changes to accessibility laws in the European Union have buoyed growth in sales of its innovative kiosk platform, as it announced a new $3.3m deal.
Midnight Oil frontman and former Environment minister Peter Garrett will be joined by WA's first female premier to conduct an independent, crowd-funded review of the Aukus deal.
Amber-Jade Sanderson has rejected suggestions WA's energy producers are waiting for the state government's whole of system plan to give confidence to long-term investments.
Mark Pownall is joined by Sean Cowan, Sam Jones, and Claire Tyrrell to discuss leadership moves and tax concerns in mining; defence; start-up news; and major property deals.
Australia is edging closer to sending one of its own astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time, in what would mark a historic step for the nation's space ambitions.
Perth 3D-printed propulsion system developer Aurora Labs Limited has inked a three-year deal with a joint venture comprising some of the world's largest defence companies.
The head of Australia's Navy, who will soon lead Australia's defence force more broadly, says access to global sea lanes has become an existential crisis for the nation.
Mark Pownall is joined by Tom Zaunmayr, Ella Loneragan and Sam Jones to discuss fracking in the Kimberley; the City of Perth; MinRes' lithium; property news; startups and more.
Monadelphous has secured a swag of resources and renewables contracts worth a total of $120 million, including work at Fortescue's Cloudbreak mine in the Pilbara.
Australia's unemployment rate has risen to its highest point in almost five years, and comes far sooner than forecast by the Reserve Bank of Australia.
One of Australia's largest data centre developers has blamed "highly conservative" WA planning laws for a decision to scrap a $1.1 billion development, and warned archaic views risked similar future projects.
Changes to the research and development tax incentive have received a mixed review from industry and experts, with some warning it risked legitimate research missing out on funds.
The Federal Budget has drawn a pointed response from WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti, who said the move to rein in NDIS spending risked shifting the burden onto states, while welcoming new housing and tax policies.
Instructure says data exposed in a hack of its Canvas software last week, which included thousands of WA students, is safe after it reached an "agreement" with the group behind the attack.