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Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson has announced the exit of two Synergy directors and backed its chair for another term, months after ordering a review of its board.

Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti has chastised the editor-in-chief of The West Australian after he delivered a scathing introductory speech at the post-budget breakfast.

From Titanic-scale mysteries to larceny-prone seal skin traders, the port has been the centrepiece of Albany's colourful 200-year history.

The opposition has described the $100 state budget fuel credit as a “smoke screen” from a government that has failed to deliver for West Australians despite years of windfall revenues.

ANALYSIS: Punters are often confused by WA having large budget surpluses while state debt keeps on growing. The answer lies in the cash deficit.

The policy architects behind a progressive think tank's Perth expansion say they are not afraid of copycats.

The state government has committed to spend an extra $5.2 billion on capital works projects since the mid-year budget review was handed down in December.

Treasurer Rita Saffioti has criticised the Reserve Bank's decision to increase the interest rate despite the state government pushing out its projected annual inflation.

The state government has continued to benefit from strong growth in revenue, with iron ore miners and government trading enterprises among the main contributors.

An average household's fees and charges are expected to be kept under inflation, with the state government claiming it would be the lowest spend in five years.

Motorists will get an “extraordinary” $100 fuel handout in a headline grabbing budget sweetener that will cost the state government $210 million.

The government will deliver a further $297 million stamp duty saving for first home buyers when the state budget is unveiled on Thursday afternoon.

The state government will appoint a commissioner to the Shire of Carnarvon after most of the council resigned in mysterious circumstances.

More than $10 billion worth of funding commitments have already been unveiled ahead of the state budget on Thursday, with another $2 billion-plus surplus expected to headline.

From the Hill: For the second time in his parliamentary career, Nationals MP Lachlan Hunter has been suspended from the chamber.

The fate of the Shire of Carnarvon council rests in the hands of three candidates who missed out on a seat at last year's local government elections.

The state government has committed another $1.5 billion to its housing spend ahead of the budget, while at the same time ruling out any significant changes to stamp duty.

OPINION: Opposition must start laying out policies that catch voters' imaginations.

Australia's onshore fuel reserves will be expanded to at least 50 days under a $10 billion energy and fertiliser security package set to "future-proof" supply in the face of global shocks.

From the Hill: Two days out from the state budget, the opposition accuses Labor of reckless spending.

Australia's cash rate is now sitting at its pandemic-era peak, as the RBA continues to battle escalating inflation compounded by conflict in the Middle East.

New ABS data has revealed a sharp uptick in household spending across the nation in March, and comes as markets await the Reserve Bank's call on rates later today.

Wesfarmers and Built Living have joined forces to create a precast concrete manufacturing plant in Neerabup, as the state government moves to speed-up apartment construction in WA.

A $1.6 billion ammonia project in the Pilbara has been granted major project status by the federal government.

The state government has finally moved to end no-grounds evictions in Western Australia, bringing the state in line with the rest of the country.

The total taxpayer bill for the purchase and fit-out of St John of God Mount Lawley by the state government has been revealed.

The state government has promised to allocate more than $200 million in the upcoming budget to boost TAFE and training initiatives.

The federal government has launched a new office to determine the value Indigenous enterprises bring to Australia's economy.

The number of behavioural complaints in the City of Perth has doubled in two months, with the Lord Mayor recently ordered to apologise to an elector.

Australia's window to build a green iron industry is at risk as China and Middle East muscle into the burgeoning sector, according to a national clean energy thinktank.

The federal government has thrown extra funding at plans to speed up project approvals, a week after signing the first memorandum of understanding with Western Australia.

The state and federal governments will jointly fund major road infrastructure works at the Naval Base industrial gateway, near the planned Westport development.