The state's former chief health officer has recommended an urgent independent assessment of ventilation in all WA quarantine hotels after last month's lockdown.
More than $120 million has been spent on hotels and security companies during the past year as part of the state government's strategy for quarantining international travellers.
The state government has foreshadowed a big investment in a single radio network for emergency services agencies while also awarding local firm Omnitronics an upgrade contract.
Police stations and a Kalamunda hospital are set to receive more than $100 million worth of upgrades under the latest instalment of the state government's economic recovery plan.
Private medical records have been intercepted and posted online in Western Australia, raising alarm about the use of "insecure" paging services by government agencies.
Western Australia will delay easing its final COVID-19 restrictions by at least two weeks as it monitors the outbreak in Victoria, which recorded 228 COVID-19 cases overnight.
Western Australia will tighten its border with the east coast from midnight as coronavirus cases continue to grow in Victoria, which reported 165 new infections overnight.
The Lateral INCITE Awards has shortlisted 26 entrants for this year's program, with Leederville-based startup InteliCare and IT consultancy firm Modis Australia among those advancing to the second round of judging.
The resources sector has enthusiastically embraced a new government-backed app designed to facilitate travel across Western Australia but the freight sector has been lukewarm in its response, despite being touted as a major beneficiary.
People already waiting at the Western Australian border will be allowed into the state after the closure deadline, as the premier flagged banning regional travel and shutting down beaches.
Perth-based McCorkell Constructions has secured a $6.6 million contract with the state government to build a new fire and emergency services station in Kensington.
Contact information for nearly 1,500 visitors to The Perth Mint has been stolen through a data breach of West Perth-based market research company Metrix Consulting.
The alleged biggest public sector theft in Western Australia's history has prompted an independent review into the Department of Communities' financial dealings.
UPDATED: There is evidence senior WA public servant Paul Whyte stole up to $25 million or 10 times more than he is currently charged with, a court has heard.
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.
Avocado grower and Fresh Produce Alliance co-founder Jennifer Franceschi has been named the Telstra Western Australian Businesswoman of the Year, joining an alumni that includes Gina Rinehart.
The state's fire and emergency services department will receive a new computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system under a $7 million deal with Motorola, bringing it in line with technology used by WA Police.
The state government has warned police the public expects them to do their job, as new industrial action started, including officers issuing cautions for minor offences instead of fines.
Listed companies Imdex and Nuheara, the FTI's Kate Raynes-Goldie and the developer of start-up business Family Zone were among the winners at this year's WAITTA INCITE awards for information and communication technology.
The Royal Flying Doctor Service is seeking to buy what will be the first flight simulator of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, as part of plans to develop a state-of-the-art training centre in Western Australia.
Complaints about anti-social behaviour in Fremantle have prompted the council to enact a zero-tolerance strategy that will include more police patrols, better lighting and a crackdown on begging.
A single worker en route to the Roy Hill mine site has been found to be in possession of cannabis, after police searching for illicit drugs visited a number of remote Pilbara worksites serviced by fly-in, fly-out workers.
SPECIAL REPORT: It has been a tough year for job seekers in WA, but some new sectors have emerged to keep the state's employment levels at record highs.
Fresh calls have surfaced for police and public health authorities to scrap their automatic objection policy for new liquor licences, with opposition leader Mark McGowan today unveiling a new push
Fortescue Metals Group's Christmas Creek iron ore mine site has been raided for drugs by WA Police, working in cooperation with the company, as part of a crackdown of mine sites across the state.
Perth IT company Ajilon has proven itself as a reliable provider to the justice and law enforcement arena as the Western Australian department of the Attorney General awards it a successive five ye
SENIOR Western Australian bureaucrats have received pay rises as high as $100,000 during the Liberal-National government's first term in office, research undertaken for the WA Business News Book of
