Tom Zaunmayr

A Perth tech firm developing sensor implants which can feed biological data from pets, horses, and livestock to a phone will begin commercial trials this year.

The state government has put forward its case to deliver the federal government’s live sheep export transition package once it is announced.

A domestic biofuels industry will help to shield Australian growers from a decline in demand for oilseeds from overseas fuel markets as they transition to electric vehicles.

A new Perth CBD apartment tower which will bring more than 100 affordable rentals onto the market has attracted $130 million in state and federal government support.

Tom Zaunmayr and Jack McGinn discuss the growth of the smallgoods sector in Western Australia.

Liberal Party of WA leader Libby Mettam has urged the prime minister to make concrete commitments to save the state’s nickel industry.

Attorney-General John Quigley will retire at the 2025 state election, bringing an end to a 24-year parliamentary career in Western Australia.

From grazing boards to WA’s famous conti rolls, the smallgoods industry is an unsung hero of our state’s foodie scene.

A Pilbara shire is spruiking the region’s mines and sparse land as ideal desert warfare training grounds as it taps the armed forces to pour funds into an airport expansion.

A Perth invention which could improve the success rate of one of the medical sector’s most common procedures has received a $1.7 million windfall to help bring the product to market.

The WA public sector is well off track in meeting its workforce diversity target for people with disabilities, with the needle barely moving in the past six years.

Jack McGinn and Tom Zaunmayr discuss the major changes in private businesses operating in Western Australia.

A Southern Forests idyll has been converted from tourism chalets into an enclave for a global spiritual group whose leader preaches “liberation from the bindings, concepts and habits of life”.

High interest from commercial anglers in being paid to relinquish their quotas has given the state government the ability to double the length of a recreational demersal fishing window.

Qantas will ground flights from Port Hedland to Brisbane due to low demand, just four months after launching the service.

The business dealings of Western Australia’s big-name billionaires may grab most of the headlines, but last year it was Dale Alcock’s ABN Group that deserved a closer look.

The state tourism portfolio’s current setup can leave assets stuck between regulatory and tourism agencies, according to Tourism Minister Rita Saffioti.

A newly formed nationwide group will seek to present a unified voice to protect and consult on sea country, where flashpoints between traditional owners and industry are emerging.

Western Australia’s grain harvest has shrunk by nearly 50 per cent from the record highs of recent years, though yield improvements are buffering farmers against increasingly unpredictable rains.

Federal governments would risk losing every seat in Western Australia if they tore up the GST deal, Rita Saffioti says, as pressure once again ramps up on the government to axe it.

The private operator of Port Hedland’s airport is still seeking a carrier to resume international flights to Bali, two months after it was hoped they would commence.

Barring students from using ChatGPT for education purposes is akin to telling the computer generation to use an abacus, according to one of Perth’s most successful tech entrepreneurs.

The blocking of foreign research vessels in Sri Lankan ports is a “step in the right direction” a senior US official says, as increasing Chinese influence in the Indian Ocean raises eyebrows.

A two-storey, mixed-use development will rise from the remnants of a cherished former shopping centre in Broome.

Western Australia’s iron ore giants have inked a deal with Australia’s largest steelmaker which could see the country’s first electric smelter in an effort to realise green steel ambitions.

Former Nationals WA leader Brendon Grylls has joined an iron ore minnow to lead engagement with Pilbara stakeholders as it presses ahead with a new mine.

Port Hedland councillors have passed a no confidence motion in Town Mayor Peter Carter, delivering a scathing assessment of his accountability, transparency and leadership

About 10,000 jobs and $1.8 billion worth of investment is at risk if Australia’s nickel industry collapses, fresh figures unveiled today reveal.

Private equity firm Resource Capital Funds has hired Anna Shave to co-lead an innovation fund focused on mining companies and the energy transition.

A rising Peel hospitality business will reopen Pinjarra’s historic Edenvale Homestead tea rooms this month.

The boss who revitalised a flailing Broome resort into an award-winning business has handed the reins over as he prepares for a new role in mining.

Jack McGinn and Tom Zaunmayr discuss the positive aspects of activism.