News Articles for Rita Saffioti

Local company Highway Construction has been tasked with upgrading a major intersection in Tuart Hill, as part of a $20 million project.

How has the state government's streamlined development assessment pathway performed in the year since its establishment?

More than 60 per cent of civil construction businesses believe worker shortages are constraining their ability to deliver contracts, with an estimated 3,900 unfilled jobs.

WBHO Infrastructure and Decmil Group have been contracted to complete upgrades at two major highways in Perth.

The state government has signalled it may rethink its market-led proposals policy, after planning minister Rita Saffioti questioned the process.

WA's cluster of road and rail projects could face delays as the state's planning minister has acknowledged a need to better spread works across the forward estimates.

The last piece of more than 16 kilometres of track for the $1.86 billion Forrestfield-Airport Link has been laid, another step toward completion of the Metronet project.

A new report suggests Perth's capacity to meet housing demand is diminishing, as stock of readily developable land runs low.

A three-year long process to implement new strata reform has raised questions about the government's efficiency, the state's opposition says.

What's the next big-ticket item for Perth after decades focused on road, rail and port infrastructure?

Local architect Silver Thomas Hanley will co-design ECU's new city campus, alongside national agency Lyons and UK-based studio Haworth Tompkins.

The state government has opened the new Bellevue Metronet Railcar Facility, making good on its 2017 election commitment to bring railcar manufacturing back to WA.

Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas has hinted he believes Yagan Square has design flaws, after the precinct suffered a wave of closures.

Work has begun on a $22 million enhancement of Roe Street, the first major project under way as part of a $1.5 billion deal the City of Perth struck with the state and federal government.

The state government has pushed go on further reform, including changes to planning in local governments and encouraging more community participation.

The state government will block future construction of the Perth Freight Link despite $1.2 billion in federal funding remaining on the table.

What are the qualifications that make an individual suited to sit on a government board?

The state government has confirmed up to a six-month delay to Perth's new airport rail line, with trains now expected to run in the first half of 2022.

Former managing director and chair of Alcoa of Australia Michael Parker has been appointed chief executive of Fremantle Ports.

The state government has shortlisted two consortia, led by local companies Decmil Group and Civmec, for the contract to build a $50 million bridge across the Swan River.

Three consortia led by CPB Contractors, NRW Holdings and BMD Constructions have been shortlisted to complete further upgrades to Mitchell Freeway.

Shenton Park architectural firm Hocking Heritage + Architecture has been appointed to lead the state government's $6 million Ascot Kilns Conservation project.

Our updated listing of the 50 most influential Western Australians in business and politics highlights four individuals who stand apart from the rest.

What role will unions and factions play in Mark McGowan's second term?

The demolition of Princess Margaret Hospital has begun, a key step in the planned $227 million Subi East redevelopment that will house more than 2,000 dwellings.

Premier Mark McGowan said today he was taking the treasury portfolio to head off a challenge to WA's GST deal but strongly hinted the role would be temporary.

The Nationals will hold just four seats in the lower house after former party leader Terry Redman lost the South West seat he's held since 2013 this morning.

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.

Labor's left faction is set to dominate cabinet appointments as key figures from the party's right flank are shifted out of the ministry.

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.

For very different reasons, both major political parties in WA have some tough calls to make.

The WA Labor Party has offered a first look at Midland's new $46 million railcar manufacturing facility, a facility underpinning its plan to boost local manufacturing in Western Australia.

Ahead of the state election, Mark McGowan spoke to Business News about his track record, future plans and ministerial team.

One of the state's leading industry councils is lobbying the state government to ban political donations from property developers, mirroring similar regulations implemented in Queensland and NSW.

An offtake deal to support 1.5GW of renewable capacity, a WA Liberal election proposal, could cost about $230 million a year, industry sources suggest.

A plan to remove level crossings on the Armadale line failed cost benefit assessment, with Business News last week revealing the Byford rail extension suffered the same fate.

Synergy would switch off its coal generators by 2025, keep gas on, and underwrite a 1.5 gigawatt renewable hub, in a Liberal election commitment.

The Byford rail extension failed a cost benefit analysis and was not endorsed by Infrastructure Australia, but the federal and state governments will push ahead nonetheless.

UK-based contractor Laing O'Rourke has won two infrastructure projects collectively worth more than $600 million – a major upgrade to Great Eastern Highway and replacement of the Fremantle traffic bridge.

A joint venture between WBHO Infrastructure and NRW Holdings has been named the preferred proponent for $90 million of upgrades to the Mitchell Freeway.