Legislation designed to simplify the mining approvals process in Western Australia amid record exploration spending and labour shortages has passed in the upper house overnight.
About half of the state's local governments will either lose councillors, move to direct mayoral elections or abolish wards as a result of sweeping overhauls to the sector.
One of the state's leading commercial litigators, Michael Lundberg, has been appointed as the first Aboriginal judge on the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
Corporate accounting and legal giants Grant Thornton and MinterEllison have been named in a CCC report into further Department of Communities misconduct.
Ivy Chen, Kane Blackman and Nilesh Makwana are among the line-up of executives and specialists to speak at an upcoming summit in a bid to include more diversity in the workplace.
The Wajarri Yamaji community has voted to approve a land use agreement to build the world's largest radio telescope in the Murchison, a big step towards starting construction.
A former financial adviser has pleaded guilty to dishonest conduct charges after the corporate watchdog alleged he made dozens of unauthorised transactions on behalf of clients.
The legal bid to stop clearing for the Bunbury Outer Ring Road has been revived amid claims the government refused to hand over documents critical of the offset plan its approval hinges on.
BHP has struck a deal with Alinta Energy that will underpin development of a 45 MW solar farm and battery and potentially construction of the Pilbara's first wind farm.
Kate Chaney has conditionally backed the ongoing use of gas in the path to net zero while panning the business case for Woodside's Scarborough project as overly optimistic.
An aged care group is seeking a two-year extension to its 102-bed facility timeline after struggling to progress with the collapse of its builder Jaxon.
The property sector has gained ground, mining and financials were flat and the rest of the share market receded in a day of directionless trading on the ASX.
