Matt Mckenzie

Cash Converters is claiming a solid balance sheet after it extended a $150 million securitisation facility, following a turbulent time for the payday lender.

Countries like Australia and South Korea may face starker choices picking sides between China and the United States in the years ahead, according to former Korean trade minister Bark Taeho.

Vikas Rambal’s dream to build a $4.5 billion Pilbara urea plant is forging ahead, with his Perdaman Industries appointing construction contractors, and flagging a mid-2021 final investment decision.

The $900 million entity to be created by the merger of Rivervale-based Access Housing Australia and an interstate counterpart will bring innovative funding for social housing to WA, it is hoped.

Plans to develop a 25 hectare composting facility north of Bindoon, potentially worth up to $25 million, are now in front of the federal environmental regulator for approval.

Synergy has lost a Supreme Court judgement this week which will require it to pay the owners of the Newgen Power Kwinana power station for periods when the gas plant was ready on standby to supply the grid.

Construction technology developed in Perth will be used by an Italian contractor after a deal worth up to $1 million was signed last week.

Processing data from the space industry could bring benefits to farmers and emergency services, according to the team from the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre, which has been awarded $1.5 million from the federal government to create a new national space data analysis centre.

Austal will invest up to $US100 million in its Alabama shipyard after securing $US50 million through US defence production laws intended to support the local steel industry.

Chevron may have fired the starter's pistol on a major ownership reshuffle of the North West Shelf Venture, after it announced it would put its 16.7 per cent stake in the operation, which includes a 16.9 million tonnes per year LNG facility near Karratha, on the market.

The number of Western Australians looking for jobs surpassed 100,000 in May, as the state posted the highest unemployment rate in the nation, while a further 67,600 left the labour force.

Moving to a flexible price for rooftop solar output will help alleviate pressure on the grid from increasing uptake of the panels, according to a new report, and could be used instead of subsidy schemes currently proposed.

Building a supercomputing facility in Australia to rival the world’s biggest is among DUG Technology founder Matt Lamont's ambitious goals, to which end the company has announced a $26 million initial public offering.

Peak electricity demand is forecast to fall in Western Australia across the next 10 years for the first time, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator.

Western Australia’s planned new laws to accelerate major project approvals would be a good model for other states and should be passed through state parliament quickly, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said today.

Marketing of food and beverage products into Asia can be challenging, no matter how long a business has been operating.

A new trade deal with Indonesia is creating opportunities for industries as diverse as farming and cybersecurity.

India could be the world’s next great growth story, and Australia is acting to strengthen its relationship with the country of more than 1.3 billion people.

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Albemarle Corporation could have the whip hand in a further consolidation of Western Australia’s lithium industry, as its partner in the Greenbushes mine, Tianqi Lithium, seeks to sell a stake in its Kwinana refinery and/or the mine itself.

A distinctive business culture has affected how three family businesses have navigated the pandemic.

A $12.5 million submarine rescue facility to be built in Henderson will give Western Australia a central role in emergency rescues across the region; meanwhile a decision has still not been made on the best location for mid-life submarine maintenance docking.

At least $100 million has been earmarked for initiatives in the Collie district as the state government targets its support for the area ahead of potential coal shutdowns, although there is debate about the impact on other regional towns.

Rio Tinto has committed to review its indigenous heritage approach and its plans in the Juukan area, near the Brockman mine, after the destruction of an ancient rock cave provoked national outrage; while community representatives have described their efforts leading up to the blast.

Australian farmers are among the least subsidised in the world, while government support has shifted from manufacturing into the services industry in recent years, according to two new reports.

Unions and businesses have very different views about workplace casualisation, with the Morrison government hoping to square the circle as part of an upcoming industrial relations reform agenda.

A 3.1 per cent contraction of Western Australia’s economy is anticipated in the 2021 financial year, following a 5 per cent fall in the current quarter, but Treasurer Ben Wyatt is more optimistic about the pace of recovery than he was two months ago.

A Pilbara Aboriginal group is calling for changes to heritage regulations after an archeologically significant rock shelter was impacted by a detonation on a mine site about seven years after operator Rio Tinto was given approval for the move.

Renegotiating agreements with state governments to fund training and moves to simplify the awards system will be part of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s new economic strategy, while a bill designed to ensure trade union legal compliance has been junked.

The team behind a planned green hydrogen project to be built near Dongara are hoping to raise $1 billion by the end of the year, while BP is undertaking feasibility on a plant close to Geraldton, less than an hour’s drive north.

Nearly 50 drilling projects will be funded through the state government’s Exploration Incentive Scheme, with winners including big businesses such as AngloGold Ashanti Australia and Rio Tinto.

Electric vehicles and pumped hydro are high on the federal government’s list of short-term priorities to reduce emissions, a new report shows, as Energy Minister Angus Taylor quietly moves towards an interventionist emissions policy.