Department of Fire and Emergency Services

Malaysian property investment group YTL Corporation has added to its Perth portfolio, with one of its subsidiaries acquiring The Westin Perth from BGC Australia in a deal understood to be worth around $200 million.

Malaga-based Frontline Fire & Rescue Equipment has been awarded two contracts, valued at $75 million and $50 million, from the state government to manufacture modern firefighting vehicles.

The Western Roads Federation has called for truckies to be included in the federal goverment's business assistance package, as it emerged today the two-week closure of the Eyre Highway would continue after bushfires were upgraded to emergency level.

Andrew and Nicola Forrest's Minderoo Foundation has committed $70 million to Australia's bushfire response, far exceeding the contributions made by big companies across the country.

The Eyre Highway, the only sealed road linking South Australia and Western Australia, has reopened after it was closed for nearly two weeks due to bushfires.

Perth-based McCorkell Constructions has secured a $6.6 million contract with the state government to build a new fire and emergency services station in Kensington.

Joondalup-based MCS Services has been awarded a $2.5 million state government contract to provide security patrol services at Hillarys Boat Harbour.

At least $100 million has been earmarked for initiatives in the Collie district as the state government targets its support for the area ahead of potential coal shutdowns, although there is debate about the impact on other regional towns.

The state government made several announcements over the weekend related to projects in the South West, including Collie's $13.4 million emergency services management centre.

Fran Logan has become the second state government minister to announce his retirement ahead of next year's election.

The state government has committed to building a new modern emergency services training academy to replace the ageing Forrestfield facility.

The state government has foreshadowed a big investment in a single radio network for emergency services agencies while also awarding local firm Omnitronics an upgrade contract.

A bushfire warning for Kwinana has been downgraded, after hundreds of local employees were earlier asked to stay home to avoid the risk of toxic fumes.

A family-owned business in Canning Vale has been contracted to build up to 300 firefighting vehicles, as part of the state government’s bushfire response.

A State Recovery Coordination Group has been established to help people impacted by last week's devastating bushfire in Perth's north-east.

A man has been taken into custody after a package containing a powder-like substance was allegedly thrown into Premier Mark McGowan’s Rockingham electorate office yesterday.

Investigators from the Department of Fire and Emergency Services believe a mechanical fault to be responsible for a blaze at Elizabeth Quay's Oyster Bar overnight.

Emergency Services personnel continue to provide support to those in the state’s Mid-West after Tropical Cyclone Seroja cut power to properties and damaged homes.

The clean-up bill for Tropical Cyclone Seroja will stretch into the hundreds of millions, with 126 homes along Western Australia's mid-west coast rendered uninhabitable.

Western Australians affected by Tropical Cyclone Seroja will receive help with their power and water bills as the massive clean-up effort continues.

A $100 million battery storage proposal for Wagerup is set for development approval next week, but could be delayed because of bushfire risk.

Western Australians affected by Tropical Cyclone Seroja will receive further help under a record $104.5 million disaster recovery package.

The City of Nedlands is on alert this afternoon as fire crews attempt to control a blaze in Karrakatta that is now a possible threat to lives and homes.

Plans for Perdaman Group’s 2 million tonne urea plant on the Burrup Peninsula have been recommended for approval at a development assessment meeting next week.

Fire, police and health officers have been dispatched to St John HQ over the death of a Perth grandmother.

A $14.9 million mining machinery workshop on a 3.5-hectare vacant lot in the Gap Ridge industrial estate in Karratha has been given the green light.

Emergency services were at the scene of a fire which started at the top floor of the South32 building on St Georges Terrace.

Adrian Fini’s team is defending criticisms of the $280 million proposal’s bushfire management plan, amid the release of government documents that raised safety concerns.

The Department of Fire and Emergency Services has opposed Saracen Properties' $118 million proposal for a five-star resort in Gnarabup.

Rio Tinto has announced an investigation into how a tiny, toxically radioactive capsule went missing on the journey from a WA desert mine site to Perth.

The radioactive capsule that went missing somewhere between Newman and Perth earlier last month has been found, emergency services minister Stephen Dawson says.

Emergency services have contained a blaze in Northbridge that engulfed Kakulas Brothers' wholesale warehouse earlier this afternoon.

Senior journalist Claire Tyrrell provides an update on the industrial property market.

A hazmat general warning was issued for a section of the Perth CBD after emergency services identified a gas leak from a large pipe fracture at the ECU campus construction site.

Naming rights for the state’s three emergency rescue helicopters have gone to tender in a $3.75 million move which could see the deal change hands for the first time in two decades.

UPDATED: Department of Fire and Emergency Services crews are on the scene after a fire broke out near Jacob’s Ladder in West Perth this afternoon.

More than a dozen fire applicances and 50 firefighters are tackling a hazmat fire at a Kwinana warehouse, that could potentially emit dangerous fumes.

The Pilbara’s resources megaports are being cleared as ex-tropical cyclone Lincoln moves into the region, where it is expected to re-intensify and make landfall this weekend.

A program designed to help communities recover from natural disasters is encountering significant headwinds.

WA’s seaweed industry took centre stage at the Innovator of the Year awards, with both the winner and runner up of the emerging innovation award going to seaweed products.