WA farmers have vowed to campaign heavily against Labor candidates during next year’s federal election following the government’s decision to ban live sheep exports from 2028.
Premier Roger Cook says the call to end live sheep export is wrong but conceded that if he were a member of the federal caucus, he would be bound to support it.
The auditor general has flagged concern over a lack of government disclosure around the agreement between the state and a law firm advising on the Griffin Coal operation near Collie.
The state government will lead planning over the University of Western Australia and Queen Elizabeth II medical precinct, to accommodate Perth’s expected population growth.
The boss of a Pilbara local government has urged policymakers to “get out of the way” and instead fund local councils to solve housing problems themselves.
A controversial federal government Bill that would ban live sheep exports in Australia from 2028 has passed the lower house and is headed for Senate scrutiny.
A surprise uptick in Australia’s inflation rate has lifted the chances the Reserve Bank of Australia will increase interest rates again as it struggles to stifle price pressure.
City of Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas has formally unveiled the selected site for a $1.5 million, seven-metre statue of a spaceman to be donated to the city.
Neurotologix, REX Ortho, VeinTech and CoraMetix were among the big winners of a $5 million round of grant funding under the state’s Future Health Research and Innovation Seed Fund.
Watermans Bay-based seaweed biotechnology company Uluu is among 49 local innovators to win the backing of a government fund designed to help scale WA business ideas.
Synergy has revealed it breached its licence almost 100 times between February last year and April 2024, by failing to properly handle contact details for 68 customers using life support equipment.
A group of southern suburban local governments has laid bare serious defence infrastructure and population growth concerns ahead of AUKUS’s arrival in Rockingham.
A long-running tiff over Ruah Community Services' bid to revive the Safe Night Space operation in Northbridge has ended after a state government review.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA has renewed calls for the state government to lift the payroll tax threshold amid rising wage bills for small businesses.
The commander of the United States’ Pacific naval fleet has accused China of unlawful and coercive behaviour while flagging the iron ore trade's potential deterrence value