Sam Jones joined Business News in April 2024, covering technology and federal politics.
He spent the past 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.
He studied at Curtin University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.
Macmahon Holdings has booked a further $144 million in civil works contracts, including provisions to deliver further upgrades to Marble Bar Road in the East Pilbara.
WA-owned Nexus Airlines will cease its route connecting Broome, Kununurra and Darwin, alluding to a lack of state support after its US-owned competitor priced it out of the route.
Opposition leader Sussan Ley says she's listening to WA voters and learning how the challenges the state faces are different to those over east, during a visit to the Kimberley.
Australia's national security chief has detailed 24 cases in which authorities were able to disrupt espionage activities targeted at Australians since 2022 - more than the prior eight years combined.
Australia could cut its company tax rate by up to 10 per cent under recommendations put forward by the productivity commission ahead of this month's productivity roundtable.
Cyber law enforcement from the Five Eyes Alliance have detailed the techniques of Scattered Spider, the group believed to be behind a recent Qantas data breach.
WA Shadow Treasurer Sandra Brewer says she will introduce a private members bill for the creation of a parliamentary budget office to scrutinise spending.
FBR, the WA company behind the brick laying robot HadrianX, has unveiled its latest offering – a robot which can weld up to eight times faster than a human.
Canadian data centre operator Carrier Connect Data Solutions has purchased the West Perth Nexion W1 data centre, as part of its push into the Asia Pacific.
An industrial-scale 3D printer designed and manufactured in WA and founded by a 27-year-old has been granted $400,000 to advance its manufacturing-as-a-service business model.
The financial crimes regulator has ended its enforceable undertaking against National Australia Bank for its shortcomings in anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism compliance.
An enforceable undertaking placed on The Perth Mint after it failed to comply with anti-money laundering rules has been concluded by the federal government's financial regulator.
A device borne out of University of Western Australia has been hailed the biggest breakthrough in foetal monitoring in five decades, as its first trials come to an end.
OPINION: Recent cyber incidents affecting Qantas and the United Australia Party – and its associated entities like Trumpets of Patriots – offer a startling contrast in crisis management.
Clive Palmer's Palmer United Party and Trumpet of Patriots have been targeted in a ransomware attack, which has allegedly exfiltrated personal information held by the entities.