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.
A damning report into the Liberal Party of WA’s catastrophic election loss has laid bare the party’s “disturbing” failings; from laziness to ineffective policies and unethical conduct.
Two years and 12 design iterations later, Momentum Wealth has been given the green light to build a $4.75m development at the site of northern beaches cafe Yelo.
Updated: The University of Western Australia says it is working with subbies and will seek a new lead contractor at Forrest Hall, after six Jaxon Group entities entered liquidation today.
The Regal Theatre's operators have launched legal action to retrieve $850,000 they claim they handed over to an investment company which promised to double their funds in 30 days.
The federal government has abandoned plans to build WA’s 1,000 bed quarantine facility at Jandakot, announcing last night the facility would instead be built in Bullsbrook.
Western Australia will reintroduce a hard border with New Zealand from midnight tonight, while travel from NSW will be halted under the state’s new ‘extreme risk’ rating.
A $4.75 million plan to build a four-storey development at the site of popular northern beaches cafe Yelo will be considered for a third time, but without the cafe.
K+S Group has slashed the footprint of its proposed $350 million salt project in the Exmouth Gulf by almost one-third to reduce its environmental impact and increase output.
The state’s peak industry body has vowed to defend allegations its CEO told a staff member her family obligations meant the organisation ‘may not be the place for her’.
Western Australians in New South Wales have until Wednesday to return home after the state government announced it planned to upgrade it to an extreme risk jurisdiction.
The EPA has recommended a ‘very high’ level of protection for the Exmouth Gulf, after a year-long probe found the fragile area was under increasing pressure from uncoordinated activities.
Former Crown Resorts boss John Alexander has been quizzed about his relationship with the company's largest shareholder during today's Perth Casino Royal Commission.
Monadelphous is suing Fremantle-based ACOR Consultants for almost $1 million over allegedly breaching a contract for works on BHP’s $27 million Jimblebar mine upgrade.
Former Crown Perth regulatory compliance manager Paul Hulme has told the Perth Casino Royal Commission ex-casino boss Barry Felstead knew about his relationship with the state’s chief casino officer.
The federal government plans to begin construction on WA’s 1,000 bed, purpose-built quarantine facility as early as October, despite the location having not yet been finalised.
The state government’s plan to clear 12 hectares of vegetation in Exmouth to realign Yardie Creek Road will be subject to the highest possible level of scrutiny by the EPA.