WA-based disability employment provider Workpower has agreed to take over Activ Foundation's large-scale worksites, securing employment for 600 people with disability.
The opposition has bypassed the state government and today written directly to the prime minister to formally outline its request for a royal commission into The Perth Mint.
The opposition has bypassed the state government and today written directly to the prime minister to formally outline its request for a royal commission into The Perth Mint.
Premier Mark McGowan says he only became aware that the Perth Mint's biggest client had raised concerns about the quality of gold it had been sold by the state-owned organisation on Monday night.
Net infill rates for the Perth metropolitan and Peel regions have been going backwards since 2018, new research has shown, amid a pressing housing shortage in the state.
A joint federal and state government event to mark the beginning of a Perth City Deal project has been overshadowed by complaints from Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas.
The Fitzroy River Bridge will be replaced and is expected to open by the end of next year, with Georgiou Group and BMD Constructions appointed as contractors.
Kimberley businesses affected by Western Australia's once-in-a-century-flooding in January will be eligible for more than $40 million in freight subsidies.
The state government is drafting a new bill to target a growing practice where cold-callers pressure crash victims into making insurance claims so they can sell on their personal information.
Developers will face even fewer hurdles when seeking approval for multi-million dollar builds as a result of the state government's latest overhaul of planning laws.
Port Hedland's Lumsden Point will be one of the Pilbara-based ports slated for an upgrade as part of a $565 million funding boost to expand export and import capacity.
Whoever replaces Alannah MacTiernan in parliament may not be seated for another fortnight with a suspended party member facing criminal charges firming as a likely candidate.
Mark McGowan has said Alcoa's mining operations have not put WA's water supply at risk after reports alleged the company's mining operations could pose a threat to Serpentine Dam.
The state government has reached across the aisle and named a former Liberal government health minister to help assess WA's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The federal government has committed to assist the flood-affected communities in the Kimberley region, having pledged recovery measures including money, counselling and aircrafts.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes Kim Beazley, Nick Castleden, Gail McGowan, Simon Thwaites, Belinda Murray, Jamie Cann, Ben Morton, Jay Weatherill, Richard Walley and Sandeep Biswas.
Western Australia's legal bill in fighting mining magnate Clive Palmer's defamation lawsuit against Premier Mark McGowan has been calculated to be more than $2 million.
Former federal minister Ben Morton, former South Australian premier Jay Weatherill and Noongar elder Richard Walley will join state government boards in the new year.
The state government has tabled what it says will be a final pay bump of between 3 per cent and 4.5 per cent to WA nurses and called on the union to come back to the negotiating table on working conditions.
Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Mark McGowan's cabinet reshuffle, Clough, gas shortages, Genesis Minerals and St Barbara, CBH Group, the year in markets, HealthEngine, Artrya and the SKA.
ANALYSIS: Mark McGowan's ministerial reshuffle was in many respects a sideshow – real power in the government remains with a small group of ministers and advisers close to the premier.
Surging salary costs and sagging royalty revenue have done little to harm the state's finances, with today's mid-year budget review showing a minor improvement in the government's projected surplus.
Today's cabinet makeover includes big jobs for new ministers, significant shifts for senior government figures but, notably, no changes to the premier's substantial workload.
ANALYSIS: Factional interests, ambitious backbenchers and demographic representation loom as key considerations for the premier as he mulls over who to promote to cabinet this month.
Osborne Park-based EMCO Building has been selected to build new educational facilities as part of a $47.9 million redevelopment of the Balga TAFE campus.
Specialist labs, glasshouses and an emergency management operational centre will be built at Murdoch University, courtesy of $320 million in state government funding.
Moody's Investors Service has lifted its credit rating outlook for Western Australia from ‘stable' to ‘positive' but has not reinstated the coveted triple-A rating.
A new graphite processing facility and a $200 million transition fund are among measures to entice investment and create jobs in Collie before its power stations close at the end of the decade.
