Jesinta joined Business News as breaking news reporter in 2021, covering politics, courts, and property. Jesinta began her career with Fairfax Media in 2017, working in Esperance and the South West before covering Perth’s south-east. In 2018, she was awarded Best Regional News Coverage by the Rural Media Association of WA. She took out Gold for Best Investigative Reporting and Best Local Breaking News Coverage at the AABP Awards in 2022. Jesinta studied at Curtin University, where she graduated with a master’s degree in Journalism.
Senior journalist Claire Tyrrell talks about highlights from her recent conversation with Primewest's founders following the group's rebranding as Centuria.
Property developer Satterley Group is preparing a fresh iteration of its Perth Hills proposal, as its battle to bring the North Stoneville subdivision to life enters its 32nd year.
Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie debate the merits of a federal domestic gas reservation policy and the role of private operators in WA's energy market.
Well-connected former Joondalup Health Campus boss Kempton Cowan has been hit with nine new child abuse allegations, after federal police screened his electronic devices.
The nursing union has hit back at claims it is being disingenuous in its wages deal talks with the state government, arguing the package had a lot of weasel words but was light on detail.
Senior editor Mark Beyer discusses shifts atop Data & Insights' ranking of environmental services firms and offers highlights from his recent conversation with Ecocene.
Amber-Jade Sanderson branded the nursing union's rejection of a second wages deal “disingenuous”, claiming it was now the only thing standing in the way of getting its key demand.
Mineral Resources’ battle with a former contracts manager has spilled out into the Supreme Court, with the Chris Ellison-led miner pursuing a partner in the alleged secret commissions deal.
Political editor Gary Adshead discusses his cover story on Andrew Hastie and reviews highlights from his appearance at this morning's Politics & Policy event.
Chris Ellison's lawyers have failed in their bid to have more chunks of the contentious lawsuit against him scrubbed from the court record, as his former contracts manager mulls an appeal.
The company behind one of the state’s biggest wind farms has been given a second chance to pursue a damages claim, after a ruling effectively killing the lawsuit was overturned.
Eni is pushing to throw a veil of secrecy over its legal tussle with the Northern Territory government, as the pair bicker over who should foot the bill for the ongoing gas supply stoush.
Three of the state’s biggest miners have joined forces to stop a junior explorer from gaining a licence over an area that would overlap their rail lines.
The legal bid to stop the construction of the Bunbury Outer Ring Road’s southern arm has been resurrected, with a new appeal poking holes in the offset plan its approval hinged on.
The Attorney General has lashed Clive Palmer for threatening the federal government with an international damages claim, accusing the magnate of using expensive lawsuits to “get his own way”.
MACA is seeking damages from Karara Mining over claims it is harboring infrastructure set up as part of a $920 million mining services deal for the miner's magnetite project east of Geraldton.
The man accused of threatening western suburbs real estate highflyer Vivien Yap has been found in contempt of court after sending an intimidating email in a bid to have her drop the lawsuit.
Iluka Resources has inked the first offtake deal for its $1.2 billion Eneabba rare earths refinery, in a move which could allow it to up its stake in Northern Minerals to 19.9 per cent.
Alinta has lost its bid to question a key witness in its dispute with contractor Downer EDI, as the energy giant fends off claims it interfered in the pair’s $165 million Chichester project deal.
The federal government is still mulling a plan to ease energy pain with a 50 per cent rise in power prices projected over two years, but has confirmed $20 billion to rewire the nation’s electricity grid.
Political editor Gary Adshead talks about his recent conversation with Justin Parker, the convicted businessman central to the Perth Mint's ongoing governance saga.