Jack McGinn

Western Australia reported an increase in lithium royalties over the first half of the financial year, despite a sharp drop in pricing for the volatile battery metal.

The Western Australian Police Union wants an 8.5 per cent increase in pay for the state’s police officers next financial year, matching a recent increase given to commissioner Col Blanch.

Liberal Party of WA leader Libby Mettam has slightly tweaked her shadow cabinet, days after former deputy Steve Thomas stood down over dealings with Brian Burke.

Jack McGinn and Mark Pownall discuss the Churack family’s multi-million-dollar donation to fund research into chronic pain management.

The assets of Kingman Signs and Graphics, which produced signage for customers including Optus Stadium and Crown Towers, will be sold by administrators for less than $200,000.

Bronwyn Waugh has been preselected as the Liberal Party of WA candidate in South Perth, beating City of South Perth Mayor Greg Milner and Hayley Cormann.

Mineral Resources will seek out a partner to develop substantial oil contained within its Lockyer natural gas project in the Perth Basin, in a move it expects will slash fuel costs.

Nadia Budihardjo and Jack McGinn discuss the state of play in the oil and gas sector.

BHP maintains it is still working through the implications of a freshly announced internal restructure, despite reports of redundancies within its Western Australian operations today.

A delegation including Tesla, Forrest empire nickel business Wyloo Metals and lithium producer Pilbara Minerals has met with the federal government over a battery metals production tax credit.

Liberal Party of WA leader Libby Mettam has not ruled out preselected candidates taking on spokesperson responsibilities after appointing Steve Martin as her new deputy.

Woodside Energy has signed its first long-term supply deal into South Korea, securing an agreement with Korea Gas Corporation for output from its global operations.

A year's a long time in the oil and gas business and plenty can change during that period.

Strike Energy chair John Poynton says recent test well disappointment at the South Erregulla project had caused a period of reflection at the company, but maintains the future is bright.

Mark Pownall and Jack McGinn discuss the trends among recent recipients of defence industry research grants in Western Australia.

Woodside Energy reported a 74 per cent drop in net profit after tax during 2023 despite record production, attributed to write-downs on its Shenzi project and lower realised prices.

Tom Zaunmayr and Jack McGinn discuss public transport disruption along the Armadale line.

Andrew Forrest has used a National Press Club address to hit out at fossil fuels and nuclear energy, while calling on Australian policymakers to “get on with” facilitating a renewable revolution.

Expanded import capacity and cruise ship service growth could be on the cards for the Port of Broome, after the federal government reiterated its support for expanded border services.

Diversified Perth-based contractor Duratec says it is well positioned for further growth after reporting a 56 per cent net profit increase for the first half of the 2024 financial year.

Woodside will sell a 15.1 per cent stake in its Scarborough LNG project to Japanese power generator JERA, under a deal worth an estimated $US1.4 billion ($2.13 billion).

Defence shipbuilder Austal believes a turnaround in its long-term order book will help it attract workers across from the battery minerals sector to its Henderson shipyard.

Defence shipbuilder Austal will build two additional Evolved Cape-class patrol boats for the Australian Navy, in a contract announced a week after an asylum seeker boat arrived at Beagle Bay.

Western Australia’s domestic gas policy settings require serious government intervention to protect industry, according to the interim report from the state’s inquiry into the matter.

Shipbuilders Austal and Luerssen have responded to yesterday’s $11 billion Naval fleet announcement, which will have significant implications for ongoing works at Henderson.

Administrators have been appointed to privately owned battery metals play EVM Nickel, which holds nickel rights on a series of tenements near Meekatharra.

Ministerial intervention has led the Australian Federation of Air Pilots to call off strike action planned at Network Aviation later this week as a storm risk builds in the state’s north.

The first Indonesia-built modules for a second LNG production train at Woodside Energy’s Pluto plant have arrived at Karratha, in a milestone for the company’s Scarborough project.

Oil and gas producer Santos recorded a 42 per cent fall in underlying profit in 2023 off a 24 per cent reduction in sales revenue, reflecting lower received prices and less production volume.

Shares in Strike Energy plummeted a further 25 per cent today as the company updated on well testing at its South Erregulla gas project in the Perth Basin.

Perth contractor Mader Group reported a revenue record in the first half of the financial year, delivering a 34 per cent increase to $374.4 million off significant US business growth.

Qantas subsidiary Network Aviation is working through contingency plans, after the Australian Federation of Air Pilots opted to extend ongoing strike action at the airline by a further four days.