A range of extra rules will be imposed on the Pilbara,Kimberley and Goldfields if COVID-19 vaccination rates in the three regions are still under 80 per cent when WA opens its borders on February 5.
A severe weather warning for the south-east of WA has been cancelled as the remnants of tropical cyclone Seroja passes by Esperance.
The West Australian government has ruled out pushing for an expansion of international worker exemptions beyond horticulture.
The merger is expected to be completed by mid-February after it gets the green light from the WA Supreme Court.
APA chief executive and managing director Rob Wheals said the NGI would create a grid similar to the assets company operates on the east coast and would service an increasingly energy-hungry region with gas from the Perth basin.
WA's Goldfields are preparing for an influx of workers to rival the gold rush with the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder calling for 10,000 new people to make the move inland.
There were very few signs of the global pandemic or recession at the Diggers and Dealers conference in Kalgoorlie this week.
Lynas vice president of upstream Kam Leung told the Diggers and Dealers conference on Wednesday he welcomed the political support but would like to see more financial support.
One very keen international attendee even completed two weeks quarantine as business heads flock to WA's famous annual mining conference.
Investigators found the worker was in the process of building a safety barrier at the time of the incident,but there were no visual markings showing the distance to the drop.
In a statement to the ASX on Tuesday afternoon Saracen Minerals said the underground contractor involved in the incident at its Dervish mine 120 kilometres north west of Kalgoorlie had passed away.