Roger Cook has backed in the state's close relationship with its resources industry, amid concerns over the government's handling of environmental guidelines scrapped in 2019.
Education Minister Tony Buti says a new western suburbs high school is one of several options being considered to address the growing education needs of the area.
An Australian team will fly to Indonesia to work with authorities, as a key deadline over concerns around lumpy skin disease in live cattle exports draws closer.
BP has called on government support to improve infrastructure as it presses toward a final investment decision for its H2Kwinana hydrogen hub next year.
A company chaired by ex-state Treasurer Mike Nahan has launched a demonstration laboratory for cathode active materials precursor as it aims to be the first local maker of the key battery input.
Premier Roger Cook says business in his home electorate of Kwinana and the surrounding corridor will be supported with power infrastructure to thrive through the carbon neutral shift.
Premier Roger Cook has told WA parliament that the state's gas supply is secure, despite the looming threat of strike action at offshore platforms operated by major producers.
A Western Australian embassy housing a rotating roster of state ministers will be established in Canberra under a new state government plan to ensure WA is front-of-mind in the nation's capital.
WA Premier Roger Cook believes the state has only “just scratched the surface” of its renewables potential as he outlines his vision for WA to become a global green energy superpower.
In this podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Aboriginal Cultural Heritage, planning backflip, airlines, road project delays, LNG industrial action, Hancock and more
An Indigenous body has aired frustration about the mammoth effort in helping the state government bring about change to protect Aboriginal cultural heritage which it says has fallen on deaf ears.
Better support for small business and use of industry expertise should be considered in future pandemic planning, according to an independent review of WA's COVID-19 response.
ANALYSIS: Attorney General John Quigley has never seen laws repealed in five weeks but says the state's Aboriginal cultural heritage backflip should be seen as a historic positive.
An apologetic Roger Cook has confirmed the state will scrap its contentious Aboriginal cultural heritage laws just five weeks after they were implemented.
Uncertainty has been a hallmark of the contentious rollout of Aboriginal Cultural Heritage laws, even as those opposed claim victory amid rumours of their repeal.
There has been plenty of praise for WA Premier Roger Cook's apparent decision to axe the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act one month after it came into force, but is it well-placed?
Whispers the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act will be scrapped by the State government just over a month after its implementation have been met with varied responses from parties across the state.
WA Premier Roger Cook says the State government will not stop until there is “zero-tolerance” towards poor workplace behaviour as fresh figures lay bare the extent of sexual harassment in WA's mini
The state government has announced a free six-day festival in collaboration with Perth Festival to celebrate Western Australian Indigenous culture and natural biodiversity in early October.
The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies has warned against duplicating Aboriginal cultural heritage laws federally, labelling WA's protections the most demanding of any in Australia.
Major works have begun to shunt Midland's ageing rail terminus up the track to a new train station in a move the state government hopes will fulfil a longstanding ambition for transit-oriented residential and commercial development.
In this podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss mining cost challenges at IGO, BHP and Northern Star, MinRes China pullout, cultural heritage, Comm Games, gold miners, fund managers, indigenous business, Cottesloe development and George Kailis.
An Aboriginal group caught in the furore over the cancellation of a Canning River tree planting event has applied for a key bureaucratic position under the state's new cultural heritage laws.
The state government will invest more than $148 million in 40 projects state-wide, with DUG Technology, Austin Engineering, Kimberley Cotton Company and Stanley International College among the winners.
A $400 million facility built by the federal government at Bullsbrook as a quarantine hub will be handed back to the Commonwealth in October having never been used for purpose.
The WA National Party is the latest to make contentious new Aboriginal Cultural Heritage laws an election issue, vowing to rewrite the system if voted into government in 2025.
Synergy hardship customers will be able to leverage the excess power generated by the state's rooftop solar during off-peak times for free under a new scheme.
More direct flights between Perth and Indonesia will start operating later this month with the new routes expected to bring in nearly 190,000 seats to the market annually.
The state government will establish more dedicated teams to assess renewable energy projects as part of a $22.5 million overhaul of WA's environmental approval pathway.
