Kewdale-based Pacific Energy will build and maintain utility-scale batteries for the Northern Territory government over the coming years, under an $82.1 million contract.
Business groups have urged the government to cut a raft of regulations ahead of the federal budget, but the finance minister says changes have to make sense.
More than $10 million will be allocated in the 2026-27 budget to continue a women's shelter program which was once a contentious matter between the state and local governments.
Australian farmers will receive an additional 250,000 tonnes of fertiliser from Indonesia, as the conflict in the Middle East continues to squeeze supplies.
A local builder has been appointed to redevelop a northern suburbs family and domestic violence accommodation after the state government invested $22.6 million in the project.
Premier Roger Cook has dealt with more questions about the prospect of West Australia and the nation being elevated to level three of the national fuel security plan.
WA Premier Roger Cook expects tighter fuel restrictions are around the corner as uncertainty looms over the length of a US blockade on the Strait of Hormuz.
Four windfarm projects, a green iron enterprise and the entire Western Trade Coast will become the first designated state development areas, Premier Roger Cook has revealed at a Business News event.
Premier Roger Cook has confirmed the state government started discussions to turn the $400 million Bullsbrook centre, built during the pandemic, as a low-security prison facility.
A coalition plan to end non-discriminatory immigration has been criticised as a desperate appeal to One Nation supporters, as legal experts warn it risks politicising a robust system.
Changes at the top of Australia's defence force have been announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, including the appointment of the army's first female chief of army.
Councils in WA's grain belt want the state to impose bigger setbacks and stronger end-of-life rules on wind farm proponents and let locals decide how to use community funds.
Two WA projects have been chosen by the government for a pilot program to build economic resilience and sovereign capability amid the crippling fuel crisis and critical minerals spotlight.
The federal government has signed new deals with fuel companies Ampol and Viva, which underwrite spot purchases of cargos normally deemed commercially risky.
Vouchers for fixed contract businesses, guarantees for heavy industry, and investment in biorefining could ease short and long term fuel pain in WA, according to the state's peak business group.
Reform of Western Australia's century-old water rights laws are unlikely to happen in this term of government, Water Minister Don Punch says, but it is on the cards.
