Our weekly appointments wrap includes Shirley Bowen, Lisa Bayakly, Miriam Borthwick, Tony Di Francesco, Matt Micale, Sue Di Francesco, Craig Hollywood and Nicole Moody.
A development assessment panel has approved a six-storey public ward and a two-storey theatre expansion at Joondalup Health Campus, estimated to cost $67.2 million.
More than half-a-billion dollars of COVID-related government expenses were incurred in the year to June 2021, according to the state's auditor general.
OPINION: The Corruption and Crime Commission has experienced highs and lows since being established with draconian powers in 2004 by the Gallop Labor government to root out poor practices in the public sector.
OPINION: The state's electoral redistribution commissioners shouldn't expect Christmas cards from opposition leader Liza Harvey, former Labor minister Margaret Quirk or the first-term member for Joondalup, Emily Hamilton.
NEC Australia has been contracted to deliver ICT services to the WA Police Force and the state's major hospitals, with the two agreements collectively worth up to $97 million over seven years.
AGL Energy subsidiary Perth Energy has secured a $4.5 million three-year contract with the North Metropolitan Health Service, its biggest natural gas supply agreement with a state government agency this year.
The state government has banned 11 contractors for up to five years each, as a result of the Corruption and Crime Commission's (CCC) investigation into the North Metropolitan Health Service.
Synergy has secured a substantial electricity supply deal with the North Metropolitan Health Service, one of several electricity contracts awarded by government agencies in the health and education sectors in recent months.
