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A crowded field for the City of Perth's lord mayoralty highlighted contrasting visions for the city's future at this afternoon's debate.

Our system has worked well in a crisis, despite some wanting to attack it.

Mark Gibson says he is intimately aware of the challenges Perth faces, having lived in the city for more than two decades.

At least 145,000 jobs could be lost if pandemic-boosted welfare payments are slashed, a new report says.

Set aside the inconvenience of COVID-19 travel restrictions and WA is in good shape.

UPDATE: 40 new names added to the list of Western Australian business leaders whose details appear in a massive database being maintained by a Chinese company with government links.

The nation's coronavirus death toll has pushed beyond 800 as border closures and the heartbreak they create continue to cause friction between federal and state leaders.

Tim Schwass discusses his legal background and how he will tackle governance, culture, and homelessness if elected lord mayor of the City of Perth in today's episode of Controversy & Celebrity.

Alan Carpenter has been appointed to the board of DevelopmentWA, while Chris Leatt-Hayter will retire from Fremantle Ports.

Suspended councillors, deputy mayors and media personalities are among the dozens of candidates running for council in the City of Perth's upcoming election.

Four in five people living on pandemic-boosted welfare payments will be forced to skip meals if the coronavirus supplement is cut.

Health Minister Greg Hunt is confident a pause in one of the world's most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates will not delay Australia accessing the drug.

A parliamentary inquiry into Rio Tinto's destruction of ancient cultural sites will continue as a crunch board meeting looms for the mining giant.

Western Australia will extend COVID-19 emergency laws preventing residential and commercial tenants from eviction, despite opposition from industry groups.

Changes to Infrastructure WA and an appraisal of public projects' long-term benefits would help prevent poor outcomes from a wave of COVID-19 infrastructure spending, a new report suggests.

Local businessman Bruce Reynolds has made a late entry into the City of Perth's lord mayoral race, becoming the seventh candidate to announce a bid for the job.

Reece Harley has told Business News he will seek to reclaim his position on council in the City of Perth's upcoming election.

Incentives for businesses to invest and create jobs will be at the heart of the federal budget, a Morrison government minister says.

A major aquaculture project and a proposed Ord River cotton development will be linked to markets with an $18 million state government road sealing initiative in the Kimberley.

Premier Mark McGowan has defended Western Australia's COVID-19 contact tracing capacity after Prime Minister Scott Morrison appeared to question the state's readiness for an outbreak.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has brushed off a campaign from Facebook and Google against proposed news bargaining laws.

The state's coronavirus travel restrictions are set to block an on-country hearing by a committee examining Rio Tinto's destruction of ancient sites.

The federal government has extended insolvency and bankruptcy protections until the end of the year as it seeks to stem the shock of a national recession.

The limit on the number of Australians able to arrive home is being revised after a meeting of the nation's leaders.

WA's hard borders will continue as other states look to ease restrictions by Christmas, with Mark McGowan warning a Brazilian-style resources industry outbreak would be catastrophic.

Western Australians can now see where their closest container deposit refund point will be located, ahead of the scheme's October 1 start date.

The federal government is ramping-up pressure on the states to open their borders, releasing new modelling showing $55 billion could be wiped from Australia's tourism industry.

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has laid another tackle on the Queensland government over state border "double standards" for the AFL.

The federal government's plan for a national definition of COVID-19 hotspots has hit a hurdle, with Western Australia's premier describing it as flawed.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says being awarded hosting rights for the AFL grand final is a win for her state's response to the pandemic.

Isolation may have helped Western Australia navigate COVID-19 so far, but many agribusiness exporters have used federal help during the pandemic to maintain market access.

Aqwest will build and operate an $11.9 million water recycling facility and pipeline with funding from the state government.