A $400 million proposed green steel mill in Collie has been granted strategic project status by the state government, paving the way for more efficient project facilitation.
Biggest WA farm sales this year
Sales of Western Australian farmland reached record lows in the first half of 2024, while prices dropped from highs reached at the start of the year across most of the agricultural regions.
Four eight-figure deals have been struck so far in WA this year, according to CoreLogic data, the biggest of which was an $18.8 million sale of a Bullfinch grain farm owned by John Nicoletti to an as-yet-undisclosed buyer.
Two other transactions of more than $10 million were made to family operations on the south coast.
Senior editor Mark Pownall takes a look at the trends playing out in funds management and speaks to the founders of a new investment vehicle.