Tom Zaunmayr joined Business News in 2023 as a senior journalist, covering state politics, resources (iron ore), Aboriginal affairs, regional development and agriculture.
He spent the past decade covering news in regional WA where he developed a passion for local and state politics, regional development, small business, Aboriginal affairs, human interest and anything Pilbara related.
Mr Zaunmayr spent five years in Karratha during one of the biggest periods of transition for the Pilbara town before moving to Kalgoorlie during COVID to take on a role as deputy editor of WA's only daily regional newspaper.
From there, he moved back above the 26th parallel as Seven West Media's Northern Papers editor based in Broome, and did a stint as editor of the National Indigenous Times.
Fortescue is confident a legislative fix to allow it to sell green power to non-mining industries is on the cards as the miner shops its potential to global data centre players.
Some $2.4 billion was pumped into the economy by WA's conservation state and 20,000 people employed, according to a new report released by the state government.
WA's trucking and agricultural sectors argue the proposed mandating of a new safety device is misguided, instead calling for better driver training and design regulations.
The ACCC says artificial intelligence could make insurance in the natural disaster-prone areas even more expensive as it wraps up its five-year reporting mission on premiums.
Mid West farmers will have two bulk handlers to choose from this season after Mid West Ports handed a three-year agreement to a local firm to ship grain.
Freight rail operator Arc Infrastructure is working with an Arabian-owned company on a deal which could assist development of the Mid West's magnetite industry.
Australia risks losing more sovereign manufacturing capacity due to federal carbon capture and taxation policies, the boss of WA's largest chemicals plant says.
One of Australia's largest planned renewable energy projects will begin life as a 1-gigawatt wind and solar farm feeding power to a future Port Hedland hydrogen site.