Despicable: Cook on Woodside protest

A recent beaching event near Dunsborough in which 28 pilot whales died had nothing to do with offshore wind farm plans for the area, the state government has confirmed.

A $200 million, 26-room mansion to be built for a local architect and inventor in the hills northeast of Perth has been approved by the Shire of Chittering.

Uranium exploration company Bannerman Energy is excited about its long-term future in the sector - on the back of a rising spot price and slight production shortfall of the commodity.

Carnarvon Energy’s new chief executive Philip Huizenga will take a salary 20 per cent lower than his predecessor in the role, as the company rebuilds from a board overhaul last year.