Tom Zaunmayr

ANALYSIS: A bogus poll shouldn't cause the kind of turmoil in WA politics today. But it did, and it has once again raised questions about the Liberal Party's fitness to hold office.

Libby Mettam has stared down a faceless push to have her step down as Liberal Party of WA leader, with no-one in the party standing up to challenge her grasp on the job.

The first commercial harvest from an Abrolhos Island oyster operation has proven a hit as the company behind it eyes growth through the Mid West hospitality scene.

The state’s biggest marina development in recent years is finished, but elsewhere above the 26th parallel projects are stuck on the drawing board.

University students will be among the first to benefit from an expanded Perth public ferry network as studies into expanding the service ramp up.

Six traditional owner groups will share in up to $2.1 million worth of grants to start native seed production trials for land restoration.

An Indian government-backed company which part-owns a $5-billion iron ore project controlled by Hancock Prospecting has been released from ASX purgatory.

Djarindjin, Broome, and Newman airports were each toasted at the Australian Airports Association awards night.

A matriarch, a local fashion legend, a fighter, a teacher, and a cultural force. Late Yindjibarndi elder Mrs T Daniel was larger than life.

A modern interpretation of an ancient ritual could help Indigenous tourism operators in the north-west grow their businesses.

Nearly half of renters are living in houses infested with pests as fresh data reveals Perth is now the least affordable capital city in the nation to rent in.

Argentinian President Javier Milei’s relationship with US president-elect Donald Trump could be a boon for Lake Resources, chairman Stuart Crow says.

Australian and US armed forces are spending big and spruiking grand plans for defence infrastructure and presence.

Southern Ports has inked a sweet deal with Australia’s largest sugar refiner to offload its product at the Port of Bunbury.

Public sector union boss Rikki Hendon has been picked to lead Western Australia’s trade unions peak body following the resignation of Owen Whittle.

There may be no shortage of ideas to fix the north-west’s housing crisis, but turning plans into action has proved challenging.

Low water triggers at an aquifer critical to the Pilbara’s development have been breached, according to Traditional Owners, due to water abstraction and low rainfall.

A hub to help build Western Australia’s Aboriginal bushfoods industry has opened south of Perth.

Big infrastructure projects aside, the state government has lined up a host of health, policing and education developments in the north-west.

Australia’s largest agribusiness Elders has raised a $475 million deal to acquire private rival Delta Agribusiness.

An established residential cohort is one feature common to all the best open-air retail and cafe precincts.

The north-west is short of beds for leisure and corporate travelers, yet proponents find it near-impossible to build a development business case.

Tom Zaunmayr and Nadia Budihardjo discuss the state of some of Perth’s most prominent retail strips.

Business News hit the pavement to gauge the health of 20 of Perth's most prominent retail strips. This is what we found out.

Carnarvon’s banana co-operative has spent the past two decades finding creative ways to turn its growers’ discards into profit.

The WA government is yet to sign land deals for two industrial hubs nearly two years after it offered the sites to green energy and manufacturing proponents.

The boss of a company mired in years of approvals delays for a project in Perth’s north-east says the state should look to global examples for ideas to improve efficiency.

Companies that can overcome high costs, tight regulation and staff scarcity can be rewarded with large contracts, market leadership and loyal customers in the north-west.

The number of Indigenous businesses contracted for work has grown 20 per cent in the past year, according to fresh analysis by Supply Nation.

Scroll through Business News' list of 100 major projects planned or under construction in WA's north-west.

One issue looms large above all others for the north-west as voters get ready to head to state and federal polls next year.

A Pilbara Aboriginal corporation has accused the WA government of mismanaging an aquifer critical to a national park and Karratha’s drinking water supply.