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Alcoa's 1.65pc royalty rate questioned

By Gary Adshead

In an extremely rare move, the state government is negotiating a possible increase of the 1.65 per cent alumina royalty rate currently paid by Alcoa.

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28 Oct 2026

Sector Briefing: Residential builders

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Senior journalist Claire Tyrrell addresses the challenges facing WA’s residential builders.
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image_1 Thought Leadership 27 Oct 2026 Sponsored

Cruise season helping expand ‘down south’ to go global

International visitors are increasingly catching on to Western Australians tradition of heading down south over the summer to take in the beauty and adventure that is awaiting in the state's southern regions, but instead of the road trip down the freeway it's a cruise along our beautiful coastline that results in a multi-million dollar impact each year.

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Copper rock chip found by Estrella Resources in Timor-Leste Bulls N' Bears 13 Jul 2026 Sponsored

Estrella hits huge copper numbers in Timor-Leste

Estrella Resources' exploration program in the southeast nation of Timor-Leste has unearthed two super high-grade samples of copper at its Sica prospect, grading 60.34 per cent and 50.8 per cent respectively. The head-turning rock chip grades follow high-grade manganese rock chip samples assaying up to 55.7 per cent at the prospect, in addition to 57.8 per cent manganese rock samples also discovered at its Leuro prospect.