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Fuel retailers are setting prices based on the cost to restock, rather than the cost paid for current supplies, according to data collected by the nation's competition watchdog.

The Premier announced the latest budget measure at an industry breakfast, committing $19.6 million to an additional 330 places in the scheme.

OPINION: US bauxite miner's contributions to WA can't hide the fact it's at odds with community expectations.

The price of diesel has climbed above $3-per-litre at one Perth retailer as politicians scramble to shore up supply into regional WA.

Petroleum giant BP has told the state government it's working on plans to source fuel for Western Australia beyond April, as the Middle East crisis continues to deepen.

An internal government document reveals the estimated cost of the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre redevelopment climbed by $507 million in six months before the project was shelved.

OPINION: The premier says travel time is behind his move from Kwinana to a pad near parliament.

One of Western Australia's most remote bowsers is now also its cheapest, offering diesel at a discount of more than 50 cents per litre compared to Perth outlets.

Farmers, truckers, airlines, and fuel distributors have descended on Dumas House to iron out a plan to ease pressure on Western Australia's fuel supply.

The opposition has used an internal government email to undermine Premier Roger Cook's claim that fuel supply in Western Australia was secure.

FROM THE HILL: MPs are spending more time on their mobile phones in question time than listening to proceedings.

A country service station's fuel order backlog has surpassed one million litres as war in the Middle East hampers the global oil trade.

Loans of up to $15 million will be made available by the state government to businesses wanting to decarbonise.

As clean energy projects gather speed in the South West, local industry has been jumping on board.

The state government will fund half of a $1.1 billion Rio Tinto desalination plant in Dampier built to reduce pressure on groundwater sources.

A WA man has been charged with acting in preparation for a terrorist act which allegedly included a mass casualty attack at Parliament House, police headquarters, and Muslim places of worship.

St Georges Terrace traded suits for Lycra this week as Business News hosted the first-ever Corporate Cycling Challenge.

It's been revealed in parliament that the premier's former top bureaucrat received almost $1 million as a severance package.

After promising the toughest anti-illegal tobacco laws in the country, the premier admits his government hasn't yet delivered them.

FROM THE HILL: There have been apologies and explanations over a dim sum reference in parliament.

OPINION: Labor is sitting pretty in WA, but the party is considering who provides the best future.

Premier Roger Cook has been asked who his successor should be and played a straight bat.

WA Police have seized the largest amount of illegal tobacco in the state's history, coinciding with the government's announcement about new laws to crack down on the illicit trade.

Some of Labor's most senior and influential figures are deeply divided about a succession plan if Roger Cook was to quit before the 2029 election.

The body set to replace Infrastructure WA will only be able to conduct research and inquiries on topics the Premier deems fit, sparking calls from the Opposition for more independence.

Roger Cook is back in talks with the leaseholders of the convention centre, after the state government shelved the $1.6 billion project.

Roger Cook has revealed the form WA's first-ever productivity commission, dubbed the 2050 Commission, will take to provide advice to guide the state's future.

An alleged attempt to detonate a homemade explosive device at a protest on Australia Day has been declared an act of terror, nine days after the incident took place.

ANALYSIS: World Rugby's decision to pit Australia against a men's Rugby World Cup debutant in the 2027 opening pool match at Perth Stadium has appeared to polarise rugby enthusiasts.

A memorial service for the former Labor party strategist Tim Picton, who was tragically killed in an alleged one-punch attack in Northbridge, was held at Optus Stadium on Friday morning.

ANALYSIS: To understand today's backflip on coal subsidies, its instructive to look at a recent damning review of the government agency driving energy policy in WA.

The premier and police minister have continued the tributes to former Labor luminary Tim Picton.

The state government will support the federal gun buyback, but wants more detail on the funding model.

The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended a tick – with conditions – to a controversial push by a US-led company to carry out exploratory fracking in the Kimberley.

Victor Goh's slow-moving hotel development at Elizabeth Quay has been given the hurry up by frustrated Premier Roger Cook.

The state government has made good on its commitment to build state-of-the-art film studios on the fringe of Whiteman Park.

Industry representatives will lobby Jackie Jarvis for an independent fish biomass study and pause to the ban on demersal fishing off the west coast.

Yesterday, the premier was defending the slow pace of new laws to combat a tobacco war, today another firebombing.

After more and more tobacco store firebombings, the premier is feeling the heat over his government's law change inaction.

After some controversial moments along the way, a children's hospice in Swanbourne is taking shape.