Matt Mckenzie

Georgiou Group has won a contract for a $230 million upgrade of the Townsville Ring Road in Queensland.

Flexible work, targets and the income gap: Tania Cecconi of CEO's for Gender Equity speaks to Matt Mckenzie about the future of work for women.

30 schools in regional Western Australia will have solar panels installed in a $5 million program, the state government will announce today.

Changes to Infrastructure WA and an appraisal of public projects’ long-term benefits would help prevent poor outcomes from a wave of COVID-19 infrastructure spending, a new report suggests.

Hydrogen, batteries, and standalone power systems are a major focus for WA’s regions.

A flurry of renewable projects has connected to the grid in recent months, although the pace of development could slow.

Electric buses will be operating on Joondalup streets in a trial from early 2022, with buses from Volvo and charging infrastructure provided by ABB.

Plans for a high purity alumina refinery in Kwinana received a small boost today, with Alcoa to investigate developing the project with proponent FYI Resources.

Plans to build an expanded onshore gas operation at Waitsia have received another boost after the project received environmental approval today.

Back payments of about $8 million to Western Power workers are nearly complete after the government-owned enterprise identified underpayments from as early as 2010.

Five new LNG-powered ore carrying vessels will be used to transport iron ore for BHP, an early step toward a potential widespread change in shipping fuel.

WA’s hard borders will continue as other states look to ease restrictions by Christmas, with Mark McGowan warning a Brazilian-style resources industry outbreak would be catastrophic.

Mining icon Ron Manners has much to celebrate this year, including the 125th anniversary of his family business and a spot on the Queen’s Birthday honours list.

Wesfarmers and SQM are progressing a sharpened up lithium refinery project in Kwinana, with a $600 million proposal heading to development assessment next week.

It will take 20 years for homeowners using a Tesla Powerwall to recoup the purchase cost under a new solar pricing scheme, a recent analysis has found.

Isolation may have helped Western Australia navigate COVID-19 so far, but many agribusiness exporters have used federal help during the pandemic to maintain market access.

WA’s domestic economy contracted 6 per cent in the June quarter, slightly better than national figures showing Australia is in recession.

Fortescue Metals Group and the Papua New Guinea government will undertake feasibility work for hydropower projects, with electricity exports and steel making potential uses.

A move to replace the scheme paying homeowners for rooftop solar with a new model to protect the grid from overloading has been welcomed by industry.

Cash Converters has posted a $10.5 million loss, while chairman Stuart Grimshaw is the latest to leave the company.

The feed-in-tariff for rooftop solar will be replaced with a payment for supplying power in the later hours of the afternoon, the government will announce next week.

Business investment was up 10.8 per cent in WA in the June quarter compared to the same time last year, as investment dropped nationally.

Reforms to the WA energy market to enable more small businesses to choose their own electricity retailer, and reduce power prices, are under consideration.

Border closures are having a magnified impact on some WA businesses, with calls for a clear strategy on reopening and possible compensation.

Many small businesses are optimistic after the challenges of recent months, citing the state’s border bubble as a contributing factor.

Interstate border closures have helped keep COVID-19 out of Western Australia and are likely to continue to be successful, the Federal Court found today.

The shutdown of Shell’s Prelude FLNG since February and planned phased shutdowns at Chevron’s Gorgon could hit LNG exports by about $2 billion this year.

Creating flight corridors with COVID-safe countries and attracting financial services to Perth from Hong Kong are on the agenda for COVID recovery chair Nev Power.

Unemployment in the Mandurah region rocketed up 11.1 percentage points in five months, making it the highest in Australia.

Consumers in Perth are more confident than any other major capital by some margin, according to the latest ANZ Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence data.

There’s much enthusiasm and many ideas for dramatically cutting WA’s carbon emissions, but a rapid transition would come at a cost.

The quokka, Carnaby’s black cockatoo and southern right whale are high-profile Western Australian wildlife, but their longevity is not necessarily guaranteed.