A scaled back version of the initial $32 million Busselton Jetty expansion has been given the go-ahead by the city, after a drastic costs spike almost made the project "impossible".
ANALYSIS: With close to a dozen industrial agreements under negotiation and a forecasted salaries bill of $16.2 billion, the state government is holding firm on its public sector wages policy.
Rising costs for the Yanchep and Thornlie to Cockburn rail lines, and two new investments, have helped lift the state government's bill for 18 Metronet projects to $9.1 billion.
A $5.7 billion surplus, lower net debt than forecast and an unemployment rate six per cent below the national level. It's enough, said Premier and Treasurer Mark McGowan, to make the other states and territory treasurers “green with envy”.
A new gallery focused on matching local early-career artists to people wanting to buy their first pieces of art is opening a temporary exhibition in Northbridge tonight.
A Dampier Port redevelopment designed to facilitate Perdaman's $4.3 billion urea project and tipped to diversify trade has been referred to the environmental watchdog.
Western Australia has recorded another 16,670 COVID cases overnight, sending the number of active infections in the state beyond 75,000 for the first time since the pandemic began.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia third quarter cash profit has remained steady at $2.4 billion as growth in home and business lending was offset by the impact of ongoing margin pressure.
A major US movie has committed to postproduction in WA, as the ABC struck a deal with Screenwest to feature local documentaries during a primetime slot.
Fremantle's Victoria Quay is set for a transformation with the government investing in other opportunities while flagging the relocation of the livestock and motor vehicle trade.
The Australian share market has finished in the green for the first time since last Thursday, rising slightly higher ahead of key US inflation data due to be released overnight.
Australian Mines' Benjamin Bell has resigned as a director after the corporate watchdog moved to strip him of his right to manage a corporation over disclosure allegations.
Minister Simone McGurk has remained tight-lipped about the settlement that ended her lawsuit with psychologist Tracy Westerman, revealing only that the state paid $16,500 in costs.
The opposition has slammed the state government's rush to revive the SDAU, labelling the deferral of its permanent replacement an admission it is flawed.
Nigel Satterley's property group is taking the tax commissioner to court, claiming a $2.5 million payment to compensate shareholders after a failed development should be tax deductible.
Rebecca Tomkinson will start as chief executive at the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia in the coming months, the first woman to hold the role in the chamber's history.
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese effectively put a figure on Labor's position, supporting a wage increase of 5.1 per cent, in line with the highest inflation spike in two decades.
The first months of 2022 felt like the start of the pandemic all over again for the arts sector, but with more fatigue and less financial support, according to Jenny Simpson.
