Mick Buchan

A BHP Group rail maintenance crew applied brakes to the wrong locomotive when they tried to help the driver of a runaway iron ore train, which ended up being deliberately derailed in the Pilbara region.

The looming federal election could mark a big shift in political power, not just in Canberra but also WA.

The Australian Building & Construction Commission has commenced legal proceedings against the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union and three of its officers, including WA state secretary Michael Buchan.

WA Labor’s state executive has backed a motion calling for the expulsion of construction union boss John Setka, albeit by a small margin, and with Premier Mark McGowan using the issue to step up his attack on Maritime Union of Australia boss Christy Cain.

One day after the federal government’s so-called union-busting laws failed to pass the Senate, the CFMEU has sought to turn the focus on construction boss Gerry Hanssen whose company was fined in the Federal Court today.

The glass roof of a building under construction at Curtin University has collapsed, leaving one person dead and two people injured.

A major investigation is under way into the "catastrophic failure" at a building site at Perth's Curtin University that left an apprentice construction worker dead and two others injured.

Research suggests industrial manslaughter laws make workplaces less safe by creating unrealistic accountability expectations, Shane Herbst discusses.

Investigators have reassembled the roof of a building at Perth's Curtin University that collapsed in October, killing an apprentice construction worker and injuring two others.

The state’s construction union has voiced its disappointment over the government’s failure to include cascading statutory trusts in its Security of Payment Bill.

New legislation aims to provide better protection for payments to subcontractors, but some say it misses the mark.

A rapid swing in momentum in the construction market has toppled businesses, and there are signs more could follow.

Jay Weatherill has backed higher wages and improved benefits for childcare workers as Australia's early education sector grapples with a tightening labour market.

Woodside Petroleum has told the FIFO sexual misconduct inquiry it sacked 12 staff over substantiated sexual harassment incidents during the past five years.

UPDATE: Statewide contractor Advanced Traffic Management (WA) allegedly owes more than $10 million to unpaid creditors as the court appoints liquidators to wind up the company.

The WA branch of the CFMEU has accused critics of embarking on a “witch hunt”, breaking its silence on the corruption scandal embroiling its east coast counterparts.

Industry voices have praised the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2024, which passed through parliament overnight, but said an industry-specific watchdog needed to be established.

CFMEU WA members have downed tools to march through Perth in protest of the federal government’s decision to place the union in administration.

Anthony Albanese says he’s not surprised by the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union decision to take the federal government to court.

The state’s workplace safety regulator has launched an investigation into the death of a 71-year-old roof plumber in Malaga.