Major upgrades to Port Hedland's high school, a new aquatic centre, and housing for key workers have been underpinned by a record community investment from BHP.
DevelopmentWA has officially approved plans for the construction of a $165 million East Perth primary school, after early works started five months ago.
A $21.4 million early learning centre will be built in Derby through a funding deal inked with the state and federal governments, and Minderoo Foundation.
One of the northern suburbs fastest growing schools has completed a transformational works program, adding 12 laboratories and 17 classrooms to the already sizeable site.
Education minister Sabine Winton has defended the timing of a $11.3 million funding announcement amid the opposition's outcry over thousands of defects found in WA schools.
A heritage-listed building in Subiaco will be refurbished as an expanded Bob Hawke College classroom, as part of the $15 million expansion of the school.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes new ministerial appointments, Dan Sweet, Priya Brown, Kellie Benda, Jen Leys, and additions to the management team for New World Resources.
The WA government has committed $86 million to prevent family and domestic violence, boosting support for refuges and creating new programs for children and young people.
The state government has invested $46.3 million into a program that helps young people move out of home, with the funding to be rolled out over four years.
The state government will spend more than $70 million to tackle family and domestic violence, including funding to overhaul the aging Stirling Women's Refuge.
Today's cabinet makeover includes big jobs for new ministers, significant shifts for senior government figures but, notably, no changes to the premier's substantial workload.
ANALYSIS: Factional interests, ambitious backbenchers and demographic representation loom as key considerations for the premier as he mulls over who to promote to cabinet this month.
