Jack McGinn

Mark Pownall and Jack McGinn discuss the threats facing Western Australia's commodity markets.

An incident where a public hospital employee allegedly exploited loopholes to obtain more than $280,000 has led the Corruption and Crime Commission to call for possible prosecution.

Homelessness minister John Carey has unveiled a $47.6 million package to fund the continuation of 15 homelessness services in the state – a month after the headline figure was first announced.

BHP has appointed Tim Day to run its iron ore division, as it prepares for Brandon Craig's transfer as announced by the major miner late last year.

Jack McGinn and Mark Beyer discuss the plight of the government's FOGO recycling plans.

BHP’s Nickel West division has revealed it will move part of a processing operation in Kambalda to care and maintenance after Wyloo Metals – a major customer – stopped mining nearby.

Perth has been confirmed as the new host of the nation’s most prestigious road cycling event, the AusCycling road national championships, starting in January 2025.

Perseus Mining will launch an off-market takeover bid for OreCorp, initiating a battle with Canadian company Silvercorp Metals for control of the Subiaco-based gold developer.

The Goldfields is an obvious place to build a wind farm, according to Energy Minister Reece Whitby, as he begins the task of finding out how the state’s largest outback town was left without power for days.

Opposition leader Shane Love says the state government’s inaction on regional power risk has left thousands vulnerable, as fallout from this week’s storm damage continues.

Jack McGinn and Liv Declerck discuss a collaborative arts program between aged care residents and high school students.

The first round of Liberal Party preselection nominations has closed ahead of the 2025 state and federal elections, with two MPs facing internal challenges for their positions.

US-listed Alcoa Corporation will increase the amount it spends on alumina product by around 50 per cent in 2024, as it covers the output of its Kwinana refinery closure.

Jack McGinn and Nadia Budihardjo discuss some of the risk factors causing caution in Western Australia as we head into 2024.

The spectre of risk looms even during periods of economic prosperity, a factor laid bare in a recent set of state forecast revisions.

Western Australia will not cut funding to the Environmental Defenders Office, despite concerns over its conduct flagged in the Federal Court’s recent judgement on Santos’s Barossa project.

Construction is under way on the state’s long-awaited film studio in Malaga, to be built by a consortium led by developers Adrian Fini and Ben Lisle.

Mark Pownall and Jack McGinn discuss a few product-focused startups making their way in WA.

Lower-grade iron ore product made up 20 per cent of Rio Tinto’s Pilbara shipments during the December quarter, as the company progresses new project delivery in a delicate approvals environment.

Rio Tinto has confirmed a $US251 million ($375 million) deal to sell the Lake MacLeod salt and gypsum operation in Carnarvon to privately-owned Leichhardt Industrials Group.

Nadia Budihardjo and Jack McGinn discuss today's Federal Court finding around Santos' Barossa gas project, and the Environmental Defenders Office.

A Federal Court judge has raised concerns about the Environmental Defenders Office in an almost 300-page judgement over the $U4.7 billion Barossa gas project pipeline.

DP World estimates around 50,000 containers are backlogged due to industrial action by workers, despite the Maritime Union of Australia’s move not to enact longer strikes.

Depressed nickel prices have affected another operation in Western Australia, with mining at TSX-listed First Quantum Minerals’ Ravensthorpe project to be suspended as part of a three-year plan.

Woodside Energy has called for taxpayer-funded development support to extend to gas power projects, in a submission to the federal government’s Future Gas Strategy.

Premier Roger Cook has left the door ajar for the export ambitions of gas developers in the Perth Basin, committing to look at the state’s domestic policy settings over the next six months.

Western Australia’s second state-owned battery storage system is expected to be up and running by late October, with early work on a third to start in a matter of weeks.

Former Barnett government cabinet minister Donna Faragher has announced she will not contest the 2025 state election, putting an end to her 20-year political career.

The state’s long-awaited redevelopment of the V Block at Fremantle Hospital is under construction, with ground broken after the project’s initial 2023 forecast completion date.

Elizabeth Quay could one day host a venue on the water, with the state government seeking expressions of interest in a second floating venue to be built and run on the Swan River.

Alcoa Corporation has confirmed it will cease production at its Kwinana refinery this year, as it grapples with a series of challenges at its oldest WA processing operation.

Alcoa Corporation’s ASX-listed joint venture partner Alumina entered a trading halt this morning, as speculation swirled around the future of the 60-year-old Kwinana refinery.