Perth lobbyist Jason Marocchi and former WA bureaucrat Peter Conran are among nine members appointed to the federal government's inaugural sport advisory council.
Darren Foster has been formally confirmed as director general of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, making him arguably the state's most powerful public servant, in a move forshadowed by Business News in March.
A former chief of staff to Premier Mark McGowan has been seconded to a senior role in the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, triggering speculation he may become the next director general, putting him at the centre of government power.
Department of Transport director-general Reece Waldock is set to retire in July.Mr Waldock was appointed the inaugural chief executive of the Public Transport Authority of WA in 2003.
The ‘iron ore wars' and budget battles are defining where power and influence lies in business and politics in WA. Read our latest Most Influential feature to see who is on the rise, whose influence is waning and who has dropped off the list.
After two weeks of controversy over Transport Minister Dean Nalder's “perceived” conflicts of interest, a government report released today made it clear why Premier Colin Barnett stripped Mr Nalder of the finance ministry.
The Barnett government would raise nearly $6 billion by selling the state's three major ports, if the Western Australian sales attracted the same surprisingly high bidding interest as recent port sales on the east coast.
THE near certainty of a Coalition government being elected in September, and the single-handed control of state leader Colin Barnett, have reshaped Western Australia's 2013 Most Influential list –
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
THE world of commerce may be guided by share values, net assets and project scale, and political power ultimately decided at the ballot box, the business of government is far more opaque – with inf
