King to chair state's economic regulator

Western Australian Governor Kerry Sanderson has appointed Stephen King as alternate chairman of the governing body of the Economic Regulation Authority WA until November 2015, following the departure in August of former chairman Lyndon Rowe.

Mr King is a professor of economics and former dean at Monash University in Melbourne.

He is also a lay member of the High Court of New Zealand and a part-time member of the National Competition Council.