The Yindjibarndi people have ramped up their long-running battle with Fortescue by calling for an environmental inquiry into the miner’s Solomon hub operations in the Pilbara.
A former director of collapsed builder Opus Homes has been fined $40,000 over his failure to manage properties in Perth in his role as building supervisor.
A Perth electrician has been fined $15,000 after leaving switchboard components unprotected at a home in Mount Lawley, placing users at risk of severe injury or electrocution.
A West Leederville settlement agent has been permanently disqualified from the industry after withdrawing more than $29,000 from a trust to her own bank accounts.
The Environmental Protection Authority has backed the increase capacity of Australia’s only commercial repository for Class IV and V waste north-west of Kalgoorlie, with strict conditions.
The Business Council of Australia has outlined fresh concerns over the remit of a federal Environmental Protection Agency, after a Bill was introduced to parliament today.
A former public health employee found by the Corruption and Crime Commission to have siphoned more than $280,000 is facing 52 charges related to corruption.
A standards panel has ordered City of Joondalup Mayor Albert Jacob to make a public apology after he was accused of using offensive language during a committee meeting.
The first four prosecutions under WA’s new workplace safety laws, which lifted the maximum penalty for failing to ensure safety of a worker jump from $625,000 to $3.5 million, have been initiated.
A Perth lawyer has been suspended and fined after she failed to disclose her personal relationship with the presiding judge in her client's court case.
Mandurah man Jack Alexander Endersby has been charged with another 11 counts of fraud, now accused of receiving $2.5 million in funds from victims across Australia and Europe.
The founder of Perth-based bottled water company Eneco Refresh has been sentenced over market manipulation charges but avoids jail on a good behaviour bond.
Premier Roger Cook has backed the state’s environmental approvals process to meet national standards, as his federal counterparts unveiled a new statutory body but delayed full legal reform.
Cam Waugh will serve nine months in prison after being convicted of insider trading in Genesis Minerals shares, having prior knowledge of the company's funding package and board appointments.
An officer of WA's corruption watchdog used her position to have an intimate relationship with an informant, the inspector overseeing the body has found.
ASIC chairman Joe Longo has called on company directors to comply with their duties, admitting the role was difficult amid developments in technology and ESG but not impossible.
The Supreme Court of WA has sentenced a former Continental Coal secretary to more than three years in prison, after she pleaded guilty to giving false and misleading financial information.
Provisional dates for an eight-week trial have been set for Mount Hawthorn businessman Chris Marco, who has been accused of defrauding investors of more than $30 million.
The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended a contentious limestone quarry in the South West be approved with conditions, after years of assessment.
The Shire of Ashburton has stepped up its legal battle with Onslow Marine Supply Base, issuing three new stop work notices to halt decommissioning work for Chevron.
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers will take his time to consider ANZ's acquisition of Suncorp Bank, after a tribunal overruled the consumer watchdog's refusal of the $4.9 billion sale.
The Corruption and Crime Commission continues to interrogate Western Australian ombudsman Chris Field on his overseas travel and potential conflict with his international role.
