The Latest Breaking News from Rita Saffioti

West Australian property developers will be able to circumvent local councils and access new infrastructure funding in major changes to planning laws designed to speed up the construction of thousands of apartments.

Broome and Derby will be linked again by road — after a fashion — thanks to a speedy effort in demanding conditions to repair long stretches of damage to the Great Northern Highway.

Large tracts of land primarily in Perth's outer suburbs to be released in a bid to alleviate major housing shortages, but won't be available for years, and will do little to alleviate urban sprawl, experts say.

Ukrainian refugees in WA will no longer be hit with up to $10,000 in vocational training costs as a $2.5-million subsidised training plan is rolled out for refugees and asylum seekers.

Perth's train drivers voice concern the opening of Perth's new airport train line may be rushed, with the union saying the tunnel was still considered a construction site and had limited phone reception.

Fire authorities are concerned that the proposed resort at popular Smiths Beach in WA's South West is in a bushfire-prone area and only has one road in and out.

If you've visited the Bunbury Farmers Market you'll know hard hard it is getting in and out, but there are concerns a $20 million government plan to fix it might not change much at all.

Six years after construction began, the $1.9 billion Perth Airport rail link is set to commence full operations from October 10.

The company led by Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart, wants to put iron ore roads and workers' camps in Western Australia's north near a national park and through asbestos-riddled Wittenoom.