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.
Mark Pownall, Tom Zaunmayr and Isabel Vieira discuss Woodside boss Meg O'Neill's move to BP, the biggest mining deals. commercial property transactions and agricultural deals of 2025.
The state government will tip an extra $435 million into housing supply after raking in billions of extra dollars in royalties payments above its budget forecast.
Work to bring the Pilbara's largest known undeveloped iron ore deposit to life has begun, with a Rio Tinto-led consortium to spend $294 million to stand the project up.
Jewish community leader Michael Levitt has lamented the Bondi terror attack as ‘predictable' and a result of insufficient political action to stamp out antisemitism.
A group of indigenous corporations in the state's far north has secured a deal with a Chinese state-owned engineering firm to progress their large ammonia project.
Industrial services company EnerMech has struck a deal for chemical cleaning services with Bechtel at Woodside's Pluto train two project near Karratha.
National energy infrastructure company APA Group has unveiled plans to build a large renewable energy project in the Pilbara after signing a land use deal.
The state government will test artificial intelligence at Royal Perth Hospital next year to gauge its ability to improve patient flow and free up beds.
A Pilbara traditional owner body is pursuing plans to enable up to 5 gigawatts of renewable energy to be built at a new industrial precinct on its country.
Sam Jones and Tom Zaunmayr discuss how the second generation of a famous WA performing family is working to ensure its cultural contribution continues.
Japanese trading giant Itochu Corporation has joined a group of industry and government agencies working to establish an ammonia ship refueling hub in the Pilbara.