Department of Communities

Minderoo Foundation’s $50 million Early Years Initiative has gained new backing, after it was chosen to deliver a complementary federal government program.

Global technology company Insight has secured a $23 million contract with the state government to build a new environmental assessment platform over the next three years.

Only 2 per cent of a $319 million post-COVID social housing initiative had been spent by March, according to a report by the Auditor General released today.

The Housing Authority has received a red mark from auditors for its payroll controls, two years after former senior bureaucrat Paul Whyte was arrested for fraudulent invoices.

Dozens of consultants were engaged across WA’s public sector in the first half of this year, with Infrastructure WA spending nearly $1 million on external advisers.

Hundreds of management and system control weaknesses have been found across state government departments, with a record number of red marks from auditors.

A new Office of Disability will bridge the gap between the NDIS and providers and participants in WA.

Perth business Kinetic IT has scored another major contract from the state government, involving ICT services at Department of Communities sites across Western Australia.

The City of Perth has backed the WA Housing Authority’s plan to build a $34.5 million apartment tower on Wellington Street, but not everyone is as supportive.

The state government has officially handed over its Landgate building to Georgiou Capital for $17.3 million, the first project to be settled under its market-led proposals policy.

The state government has reported an increase in the number of contracts awarded to Aboriginal businesses but a substantial fall in their value.

The Child Protection Minister Simone McGurk has been in the headlines about dysfunction within the Department of Communities. Now, more than $100 million will boost funding.

The boss of jailed bureaucrat Paul Whyte has told the Corruption and Crime Commission he thought the right audit measures were in place to prevent $22 million of taxpayers money being stolen.

The state government is trialling a 12-month pilot that will require suppliers to provide their gender equality credentials as part of the procurement process.

Stirling council considers mandating social housing accommodation as part of any new development featuring 20 or more units in the City of Stirling’s commercial hubs.

A shortlist of community housing providers to manage the proposed build-to-rent development at the abandoned Stirling Towers site in Highgate has been announced.

EXCLUSIVE: A controversial $37 million deal to buy a private property development company with taxpayers' money has reached a dramatic conclusion.

A costly public investment in a private company has come up short, and with it an opportunity for more public housing.

Corporate accounting and legal giants Grant Thornton and MinterEllison have been named in a CCC report into further Department of Communities misconduct.

The state government has awarded nearly $254 million worth of contracts to 119 Aboriginal organisations in the past year, with the total boosted by two large health contracts.

Two companies that should know better showered public servants with hospitality to win government contracts.

Political editor Gary Adshead delves into what the CCC has revealed about dealings between two major professional services firms and the Department of Communities.

A $27 million misstatement of the Department of Communities’ cash reserves is the latest example of “sloppy” financial management in the public sector, the Auditor General has warned.

A report into 123 state government entities’ financial audits has raised concerns about serious deficiencies and greater exposure to fraud, the Auditor General says.

The federal government has committed to assist the flood-affected communities in the Kimberley region, having pledged recovery measures including money, counselling and aircrafts.

This state has been slow to adopt an initiative for the supply of new disability accommodation stock.

The state government has launched an online hub to help businesses offer safe workplaces for women, Women's Interests Minister Sue Ellery told a Business News event this morning.

A physiotherapist facing 542 corruption charges will have his trial heard by judge alone after the court found there had been extensive media publicity.

Vacant land earmarked for a Scarborough skyscraper has become an eyesore after a multi-million-dollar project by Chinese developer 3 Oceans Property continues to stall.

The state has dropped charges against a physiotherapist who was accused of involvement in WA's biggest public sector corruption scandal.

Western Australia's Department of Communities has been tied to corruption with allegations involving an employee and a former contractor.

A 17-storey apartment tower valued at $60 million is the latest development in a list of projects approved for the Scarborough Redevelopment Area.

The state government has awarded a contract to ADCO Constructions and appointed St Vincent de Paul to manage a new accommodation service, as two new initiatives to tackle homelessness in WA.

The Corruption and Crime Commission has called the state government's investment in private company Goldmaster a disaster that has incurred a loss of at least $30 million.

Two businesses accounted for nearly half the value of all state government contracts awarded to Aboriginal businesses last financial year.

Persistence has paid off for one Perth architect, who is helping house rough sleepers.

A troubled housing project based out of the state government's investment in private developer Goldmaster has come to an end with the winding up of the company and return of assets.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Warren Harding, Brianna Peake, Andrew Taplin, Mhairi Cowden, Michael Douglas, Peta Fisher and Scott Steinkrug.