Fran Logan, a former minister under premiers Geoff Gallop, Alan Carpenter and Mark McGowan, will chair a community reference committee for a proposed marine park in WA's southeast.
Rio Tinto is planning to purchase some of its iron ore rail cars from local suppliers, in what would be a small but notable boost for WA manufacturing.
There are still three seats in doubt in the Legislative Assembly as the vote count continues this afternoon, with Nationals MP Terry Redman and Liberal Sean L'Estrange at risk of losing their seats.
The second McGowan government is set for big changes, with two of the premier's three closest advisers resigning and minister Peter Tinley believed to have been demoted.
A family-owned business in Canning Vale has been contracted to build up to 300 firefighting vehicles, as part of the state government's bushfire response.
At least six Labor Party MPs are in contention for promotion to fill Cabinet vacancies if the McGowan Government is returned at the State election in March.
Construction has commenced on the Bushfire Centre of Excellence based at Nambeelup near Mandurah, with Perkins Builders contracted to deliver the site's $18 million build.
Contractor Sodexo will exit a loss-making contract running Melaleuca female prison in April, about four years after the facility opened, following a December agreement for the government to take over operations.
Malaga-based Frontline Fire & Rescue Equipment has been awarded two contracts, valued at $75 million and $50 million, from the state government to manufacture modern firefighting vehicles.
SPECIAL REPORT: The state government appears to be tacking away from using contracting in public services provision, but the work of Serco is an example of how private businesses can bring cutting-edge innovation into the space.
Western Australia will get an $80 million specialist rural fire division at the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, as recommended in an independent report into the deadly Yarloop bushfire.
Global facilities management giant Sodexo, which counts Rio Tinto's iron ore business among its major clients, is buying Australian competitor Morris Corporation, the manager of Fortescue Metals Group's three major camps.
A $2.7 million upgrade to the rundown Broome Regional Prison in Western Australia will include bolstered security measures, larger recreation spaces, beds, a prisoner reception area and new women's cells.
Corrective Services Minister Fran Logan says he has put private prison operator Sodexo on notice over repeated contract breaches, and claims the Melaleuca women's jail is so poorly run that lawyers visiting inmates feel unsafe there.
The state government's decision to abandon a planned $600 million prison and instead reduce inmate numbers has been criticised by the Liberal opposition, while prison officers have backed the proposal.
Labor has accused the state government of secretly privatising Water Corporation services, after raising questions about a contracting deal that was announced by Transfield Services three months ag
