Jesinta Burton

The Perth man accused of murdering his mother just days after taking out more than $1 million worth of life insurance in her name claims he pursued the funds in secret to shield his grieving siblings from the fact she may have taken her own life.

The Perth property developer who gets up at 4.45am to exercise for two hours every day tells how sitting in business class next to a billionaire changed the trajectory of his career.

A scathing report by WA’s prisons watchdog has found the state’s prisons are struggling under the weight of understaffing and overcrowding, with increasingly poor conditions that were breaching human rights standards.

Perth will need to embrace apartment living and economic diversity and shed its “Wait Awhile” approach if it is to compete on the global stage, according to WA’s most prominent powerbrokers.

The state’s planning body has given global energy giant BP the green light to convert its Kwinana refinery into a clean energy hub under a plan worth more than half-a-billion dollars.

In a rare public appearance McGowan gloated about everything from the state’s triple-A credit rating to its gas reservation policy.

It was thought to be an “18th century disease” until it was detected in Perth. Doctors fear it could be a sign of the times.

The board of mining giant Mineral Resources is remaining tight-lipped on the external probe it launched into an alleged tax evasion scheme involving its billionaire founder Chris Ellison, as its share price plunges on the back of the saga.

The prominent company director talks life lessons, not shying away from social issues and breaking up the boys club.

Two companies have laid bare the hurdles that will have to be overcome if WA is to become a renewable energy hub, as a Labor MP aired frustrations with a lack of “meaningful action” on the energy transition.