Western Australian auditor general has found significant weaknesses in the state's public pathology provider, which stores nearly 14 million medical test results conducted in 2023-24.
PathWest has awarded several companies contracts, worth $219 million in total, over the automation of laboratory medicine and pathology services across Western Australia.
Two Western Australia health projects are among 19 national recipients sharing $12 million in commercial acceleration funding from a CSIRO-backed fund.
A panel to review governance in the state's health system will include the premier's former deputy chief of staff and the former head of Victorian health who resigned weeks after a hotel quarantine inquiry.
Reg Howard-Smith has been appointed chair of the Building and Construction Industry Training Board, as the state government proceeds with changes to the Building and Construction Training Fund's operation and governance.
