The state government has allocated $92.2 million in the upcoming budget, to support and expand more than 120 homelessness services across Western Australia.
The US Commerce Department is scaling back export control requirements for Australia and the UK to foster defence trade under the three countries' AUKUS security pact.
Wittenoom’s asbestos tailings would cost $200 million to clean up, according to a buried state government report which also details a preferred remediation method
Chinese state-owned companies are “exploiting” Indonesia, US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy says, amid a call for WA’s battery metals miners to lead decarbonisation efforts.
Applications are open on a $40 million state government decarbonisation program, funded by Chevron Australia in recognition of the performance of its Gorgon carbon capture facility.
The state government has announced it will expand Western Australia's presence in South-East Asia by spending $4.4 million in the upcoming 2024-25 state budget to establish a second investment and trade commissioner role.
Premier Roger Cook has backed the state’s environmental approvals process to meet national standards, as his federal counterparts unveiled a new statutory body but delayed full legal reform.
WA Labor has endorsed a suite of fresh candidates vying for a place in parliament at the 2025 state election, with Mark McGowan’s former chief of staff Dan Pastorelli confirmed for a tilt.
Australian Securities and Investments Commission is up for a leadership overhaul, including its chief executive Warren Day indicating his exit from the regulator.
Traditional owners have hit out at the state government over claims their plans to breath new life into a Pilbara ghost town were beyond the remit of what they had been permitted to do.
A new co-ordinated emergency and medical care operations centre will be established in the old Telstra Exchange tower, to be operational by the end of the year.
Federal Court judge Michael Lee found Bruce Lehrmann did rape Brittany Higgins, handing down his judgment in the defamation case against Network 10 and journalist Lisa Wilkinson.
Roger Cook has labelled critics of government support for decarbonisation as ‘losers’ while listing what he wants from the federal govt’s manufacturing act.
The state government has stepped in to secure the future of Bunbury’s Dolphin Discovery Centre, putting up $1.5 million to pull the tourist attraction out of administration.
Detail of Australia’s long-awaited response to the US Inflation Reduction Act will soon be made public, with domestic advanced manufacturing and a clean energy incentive scale-up on the cards.
WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam has slammed the state government for inaction on potentially flammable cladding at Fiona Stanley Hospital identified five years ago.
The revitalisation of a Western Australian ghost town is once again in limbo following a breakdown in the relationship between the state government and traditional owners.
