The WA government awarded 383 contracts worth a record $442 million to Aboriginal businesses last financial year, with the Department of Communities and Main Roads WA the largest contributors.
An East Coast retailer will provide nearly 2,000 laptops for the WA election, despite being absent from the state government's 2022 computing and mobile devices procurement list.
Consulting giant PwC has been suspended from two WA government procurement panels as fallout from its tax advice scandal continues but competitors KPMG and Deloitte face no such problems.
Broad Construction Services has won a contract from the state government to redevelop facilities at Kalamunda Senior High School, a project previously handled by FIRM Construction.
WA Police has submitted its application to build an $87 million, four-storey Fremantle complex, a state government-funded project that has been years in the making.
PwC is under attack on multiple fronts with the federal government ordering consultants to stand down and tightening procurement rules after police launched a criminal probe.
A $715 million state budget package to ease financial pressures from households will include $450 million worth in energy bill relief from the WA government.
Western Australia's auditor general has highlighted concerns over the state government's $580 million spending during the pandemic, with millions of rapid antigen tests remaining unused.
The Department of Finance has asked WA Police to investigate Firm Construction, while the company's administrators say Firm may have misrepresented its financial position.
Withholding information about stamp duty paid on the $17.3 million sale of the Landgate building was not reasonable or appropriate, according to the state's auditor general.
Firm Construction has fallen into administration, with director Mark O'Gorman saying the business had been doing everything it could to overcome financial challenges.
Developers have taken charge of three Firm Construction apartment projects, while the contractor is off two government projects and has faced more than a dozen recent legal claims from subbies.
A health block at Fremantle hospital will be converted into a three-storey mental health ward after a development assessment panel approved the proposal today.
The first primary school out of two proposed educational facilities to be built by 2024 has been approved by a state government planning assessment body.
The state government is trialling a 12-month pilot that will require suppliers to provide their gender equality credentials as part of the procurement process.
WA's Auditor General has repeated her call for more transparency and regular reporting on major government projects after quantifying time and cost blowouts on multiple developments.
The state government is progressing the development of a $32.5 million football centre at Queens Park, having awarded its build to local business Broad Construction.
PS Structures has secured work on the redevelopment of Carine Senior High School, while Devlyn Construction will build a new classroom block at TAFE's Roebourne campus.
FIRM Construction will complete a series of upgrades to senior schools in Ocean Reef and Mandurah, while ADCO Constructions has secured work in South Hedland.
