A US Virginia-class nuclear submarine has checked into port at Garden Island off Rockingham, as the Australian Navy prepares to welcome nuclear vessels from late 2027.
A re-elected WA Labor government will spend $11 million to incentivise working in the state’s burgeoning defence industry to help fill the 10,000 jobs tipped to be created.
The WA Nationals would expand Royalties for Regions into Perth’s urban fringe, cut Mandurah from the program and lobby for a federal R4R should the party be able to after this year's elections.
Woodside Energy boss Meg O’Neill issued a warning to regulators holding up progress on the North West Shelf joint venture, while handing down a $5.6 billion full-year net profit.
The WA Liberal party has vowed to invest $112.5 million towards duplicating Shelley Bridge, if it was elected to government in the upcoming state election.
Hundreds protested Satterley Property Group's North Stoneville development in the Perth hills, including politicians and a person dressed as Nigel Satterley clad with a fake chainsaw.
WA Labor has revealed the details of a promised $50 million to fund a Western Australian battery manufacturing program, if re-elected at the March 8 state election.
Western Australians could be offered rebates of up to $7,500 to install batteries in their households under a WA Labor election commitment unveiled by Roger Cook yesterday.
WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam has committed $200 million to improve regional roads and increase supply of government regional officer housing, if elected in March.
ANALYSIS: WA Liberal Leader Libby Mettam is aware of the mountain her party has to climb at the March 8 federal election, but two weeks out, she has no plan to throw in the towel.
The trustee of Australia’s largest superannuation fund has been hit with a $27 million fine for failing to merge multiple member accounts, resulting in duplicate fees.
A proposal by the peak retail lobby group to allow employers to buy out retail workers' penalty rates and overtime via a 25 per cent pay rise has been rubbished by the Federal Government.
The WA Nationals would offer a $500 rebate to insurance holders in the North West and create a standalone ministry and agency to oversee the region if they win next month’s state election.
The state’s peak resources lobby group has welcomed the federal governments new green iron funding package but urged more focus on WA as the “sensible” choice for green iron industries.
Eleven MCGs – or 18 Optus Stadiums – worth of jobs have been created by the Albanese government, according to Murray Watt, as new statistics reveal a record high participation rate.
Independent Fremantle candidate Kate Hulett would lobby to bar media moguls from owning gas companies should she be voted into state parliament next month.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the cash rate for the first time since November 2020, but governor Michele Bullock has warned the inflation fight isn’t over.
Consumer confidence dropped to its lowest point this year, according to new Roy Morgan data, as Australia waits on the Reserve Bank’s pivotal rates decision, due later today.
The state’s Liberal and National parties have hit out at the government’s performance on cultural heritage, after a Toodyay farmer was fined for work he carried out on his driveway.
Anthony Albanese’s Labor have just a three per cent chance of forming a majority government, according to new polls which surveyed more than 40,000 Australians.
