Payroll tax would be reduced for small and medium businesses and the threshold increased to $1.3 million should the WA Nationals form government at the 2025 state election.
Australia is one step closer to attaining its nuclear-powered submarines, after pledging more than $4.6 billion to help bolster construction in the UK.
A boom in jobs has pushed down Australia’s unemployment rate and prompted economists to trim their interest rate outlook though some have cast doubt on the data.
A surge in overseas migration and continued strong interstate migration has resulted in Western Australia’s population growing at its fastest rate in 14 years.
The state government believes a $21.5 million investment to support 150 new construction apprenticeships will boost the sector in WA, but concedes there are continued challenges.
Western Power will contract emergency power support from third parties in the Goldfields, as it seeks to avoid a repeat of the disruption caused by severe outages in January.
The Liberal Party of WA says a $103.5 million cost of living assistance program for WA families with school-aged children should be better targeted to support those in need.
WA's peak tourism body has slammed the state government’s decision to phase out tours that travel through Horizontal Falls in the Kimberley, estimating a loss of millions of dollars.
Uranium mined in Western Australia should be made available to fuel the green energy transition of nuclear-powered nations, Liberal Party of WA leader Libby Mettam says.
Western Australia’s share of GST payments will increase to $7.25 billion in 2024-25, while NSW and Queensland will get less after a spike in their coal royalties.
Western Australia’s ‘Canberra hub’ will become a reality at the end of March, supporting what the state government has levelled its new ‘Canberra strategy’.
Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska has lodged an appeal to overturn the federal government’s travel ban against him, with former Australian attorney-general Christian Porter assisting.
The US is ramping up efforts to stem China’s control of the critical minerals supply chain, which a senior American diplomat on Thursday described as a global national security issue.
Infrastructure WA has expressed doubt over Western Power’s ability to deliver a series of critical upgrades to the northern part of the South West Interconnected System by 2027.
Environmental Protection Authority chair Matthew Tonts has resigned from the helm of the watchdog for a new role at Curtin University, marking a return to academia.
Italian football powerhouses AC Milan and AS Roma will play a game at Optus Stadium at the end of May, in the latest event secured under the state government’s $59 million tourism splurge.
Major health fund HBF is preparing to hike its insurance premiums by 3.95 per cent, after the federal government signed off on an industry average increase of 3.03 per cent.
Brittany Higgins and partner David Sharaz have arrived in Perth for a scheduled two-day mediation with Senator Linda Reynolds, who is suing them for defamation.
The government won’t ‘necessarily agree’ with the findings of an inquiry into domestic gas policy, but Premier Roger Cook says the report will be considered in policy decision making.
The Water Corporation's business plan for its $2.8 billion Alkimos desalination plant did not detail how the facility would be powered, despite a public commitment that the project will run on renewable energy.
The WA government has pitched for a TAFE-based Clean Energy National Centre of Excellence to be set up in the state, with the hope of winning federal support.
