News Articles for Mark McGowan

The state's finances have been boosted by a revised operating surplus of $6 billion - $344 million higher than expected in the last budget.

Premier Mark McGowan has a simple message for anyone complaining about new criminal and antisocial behaviour exclusion zones from Mandurah to Hillarys.

WA victims of the Optus hack can obtain new drivers' licences free of charge, says the Premier.

Premier Mark McGowan's former director of strategy has resurfaced to spearhead a new branch of eastern states lobbying company Anacta.

Madeleine Stephens previews Business News' ESG series and discusses the inaugural issue covering Australia's net zero ambitions.

The McGowan government has confirmed that its latest wages offer includes a one-off $3,000 bonus payment and will cost taxpayers more than $3 billion.

Planning Minister Rita Saffioti supports the inclusion of a disclaimer on title documents amid continuing debate about Mandogalup's future.

The McGowan government won't confirm if it has made a new pay offer in a third attempt to quell anger from public sector workers.

Policymakers who leaned into big government to deal with the pandemic may face increasing pressure to do more on public sector wage increases.

Governor Chris Dawson has declared a mourning period in Western Australia for Queen Elizabeth II, describing her as a beacon of stability through decades of rapid change.

Mark McGowan has backed the board of the Perth Mint amid reports its owner was operating without the necessary registration, putting the matter down to an “administrative failing”.

Transport Minister Rita Saffioti has taken a swipe at Qantas while promoting the $1.9 billion Forrestfield-Airport Link, claiming ongoing flight disruptions could harm the state's tourism push.

WA's tourism commission is leaning heavily into a late-2000s synthpop hit for its latest campaign.

The shortage of workers in the resources and infrastructure sectors will peak at 84,000 in two years' time and would be worse if not for project cancellations, Pit Crew has found.

Perth engineer Kate West will push for a greater focus on female workforce participation and better planning for the industries of the future at this week's jobs summit.

A costly public investment in a private company has come up short, and with it an opportunity for more public housing.

Wesfarmers boss Rob Scott and FMG founder Andrew Forrest are likely to be the only Perth-based business leaders at next week's jobs summit in Canberra, with Meg O'Neill a conspicuous absentee.

There's a Seinfeld-type plot to the lord mayor and premier crossing swords when the city is at a crossroads.

The McGowan government has committed $10 million to a renewable hydrogen fuel project being driven by Woodside Energy's H2 Perth.

Premier Mark McGowan has been forced to defend his decision to attend a lavish Penfolds Grange wine tasting dinner at the Peppermint Grove mansion of millionaire property developer Nigel Satterley.

Premier Mark McGowan has staunchly defended the state government's blowout-marred Metronet program, as Perth's new $1.9 billion airport rail line opens two years behind schedule.

Deputy Premier Roger Cook doesn't believe Perth's lord mayor, Basil Zempilas, is being deliberately sidelined.

Mark McGowan has been grilled on whether his office has introduced a ban on inviting Perth's Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas to announcements about the city.

A site has been chosen to develop Australia's first Aboriginal Cultural Centre in Perth.

A first look at a $30 million hotel development at Albany's Middleton Beach has been unveiled, showing a 66-suite facility and public amenities.

The Federal Court has ordered mining magnate Clive Palmer to cover any legal costs incurred following his rejection of Premier Mark McGowan's peace offering.

Clive Palmer's refusal to accept a peace deal from Premier Mark McGowan last year is expected to be a major consideration in the distribution of their eye-watering legal fees.

Premier Mark McGowan's strategic director has quit after spending more than a decade as a Labor Party and government operative.

The federal government's $200 million Bullsbrook quarantine hub could be used to house overseas workers migrating to WA under a plan being mulled by the state government.

The first EV charger along the state's proposed electric highway is due to be installed in the coming months courtesy of a major Victoria-based outfit.

The premier clearly has more confidence in his AG than the judge in the recent defamation case.

Labor has decided not to contest the by-election for the seat of North West Central and Attorney General John Quigley has defended himself in parliament after a scathing judgment in the Federal Court.

Main Roads has been given the green light to resume clearing for the $1.25 billion Bunbury Outer Ring Road after the Federal Court dismissed an 11th-hour bid to halt the works on environmental grounds.

The state government could do a better job of keeping the public in the loop about some major decisions.

Mark McGowan has shrugged off his defamation draw with mining magnate Clive Palmer, hailing the hard border and the Palmer bill among the 'finest moments in recent history'.

Mining magnate Clive Palmer and Premier Mark McGowan have been found to have defamed one another during their very public war of words.

Teachers, nurses, police officers, cleaners and public servants in Western Australia have been offered a revised pay deal but unions say it still amounts to a cut in real terms.

Premier Mark McGowan has thrown his support behind his cabinet ministers as the government faces criticism on a number of fronts.

The state has handed over swaths of subsidised land for 44 affordable homes in the housing-strapped resources hub of Karratha, but it will only put a small dent in the waiting list.

A new Keystart product has opened the state scheme to a cohort of wealthier Western Australians.