The much-anticipated Secret Harbour by-election is expected to be held on Saturday, August 29, with Labor's candidate confirmed and the Liberals considering at least two candidates.
Angus Taylor has doubled down on attacks on One Nation, ruling out any coalition with the minor party despite Pauline Hanson's pleas to "work together".
Wood Mackenzie has warned a mooted 20 per cent national gas reservation policy would undermine WA's long-standing policy, if forced on the state's LNG exporters.
WA Labor has selected a former federal adviser and current Woodside employee, Georgia Tree, as its candidate for the upcoming Secret Harbour by-election, following the retirement of Paul Papalia.
ANALYSIS: With Daniel Pastorelli set to replace Paul Papalia in Roger Cook's ministry on Friday, the main guessing game is around who takes the coveted position of cabinet secretary.
Anthony Albanese will make a quick dash to the Solomon Islands to participate in the nation's independence day celebrations after securing a key pact with Fiji.
A by-election will be held in the southern electorate of Secret Harbour after Paul Papalia announced his resignation and revealed a close family member had been diagnosed with a “serious illness”.
Attorney General Tony Buti has travelled to South Australia for meetings with the chiefs of merged universities, ahead of a potential decision about amalgamating WA institutions.
The state government could use privately-owned Parkeston power plant near Kalgoorlie to support the city's grid, three years after knocking back a bid by its owners to do just that.
Hancock Prospecting has relaunched its proposal for a helipad on top of its West Perth headquarters, making just two substantive changes to the plan that was rejected by the City of Perth last year.
Leaked documents have lifted the government's veil of secrecy around the amount of taxpayers' money being spent to bring sports and entertainment events to Western Australia.
The state's Environmental Protection Authority has waved through Gina Rinehart-chaired Hancock Prospecting's $850 million Belisama gas hub in the Perth Basin.
The impasse between WA Police and the state's judiciary over manning more than 20 regional courts has been resolved, according to Attorney General Tony Buti.
Support for Pauline Hanson's party has dipped in the latest polls following her controversial National Press Club address, as Labor brands the major speech a "reality check" for Australians.
The Liberal Party WA has lost an MP from the lower house of Parliament after the member for Nedlands resigned to become an independent and immediately ruled out joining One Nation.
Woodside chief executive Liz Westcott has praised the “courage” of federal politicians for resisting a mooted 25 per cent gas export tax, in a speech at Parliament House in Canberra.
Premier Roger Cook says the decision of mining billionaire Gina Rinehart to name apartments for homeless veterans after accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith is a matter for her and her company.
Police have used their fixed wing fleet of aircraft to transport accused criminals 71 times in just three weeks because more than 20 regional courts have closed.
