Matt Mckenzie

Two microgrid projects worth a combined $123 million have moved forward today as the technology becomes increasingly mainstream, with Gold Fields and GMA Garnet mine sites to have big renewable power and storage components.

The wages of Australian workers could almost double in real terms by 2060, with manufacturing showing the biggest potential, aided by technology adoption and better management practices, according to a new report.

A group of emerging Perth minds is using machine learning for everything from power grids to poetry.

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Wesfarmers subsidiary Evol LNG has secured a six-year deal to supply gas for a 14.5-megawatt power station to be operated by Zenith Energy at the Kirkalocka gold mine.

The public sector union is claiming it has broken the state’s wages policy on the back of a new enterprise agreement offer that includes a range of new entitlements such as an extra holiday, superannuation during unpaid parental leave, and cultural leave for Aboriginal employees.

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Several businesses in the Fremantle area are enabling payment with bitcoin and alternative online currencies.

Western Australia’s domestic economy was the smallest it has been since 2010 in the March quarter, with state final demand just below $50 billion.

Machine learning is being used to develop a range of medical research advancements in WA, with diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder one example.

Austal chief executive David Singleton believes the shipbuilder needs to gain a critical mass of female workers to permanently make an impact on gender equality in the industry.

Shipbuilder Austal has turned two major challenges – a cyber attack and the loss of a big naval contract – into positives, chief executive David Singleton told a Business News Success & Leadership breakfast today.

Recently released numbers show Western Australia’s net contribution to the the federation was a whopping $15.5 billion during the 2018 financial year, while also indicating a long running debate about federal health funding cuts in the state was off the mark.

Western Power chief executive Guy Chalkley has been appointed to the network operator’s board, while Kathryn Barrie will wear two hats as a director of the business and continuing in a senior role at the Public Utilities Office.

The fishing industry says it is disappointed by the state government's backdown on a local lobster supply deal, with a planned international lobster festival to be one of the casualties.

An emotional and complicated dispute has broken out among current and former committee members of Subcontractors WA, after former chairperson Louise Stewart resigned in February to contest the seat of Curtin at the recent federal election.

About $150 million of non-lithium projects for the battery industry are in the pipeline for Kwinana, with Magellan Power and Pilbara Metals Group the latest proponents.

In an election that defied pollsters, it was the old-fashioned tally room at Miss Maud that called the result correctly.

Horizon Power chair Stephen Edwell has been picked to lead the state government’s Energy Transformation Taskforce, two months after a review into energy policy was first announced.

Further downward pressure on gas prices is likely with the owners of the state’s major transmission pipeline planning a big cut in costs.

A proposed pipeline fabrication facility to be built near Exmouth could be back on the drawing board just months after proponent Subsea 7 submitted an alteration to its environmental proposal.

Two businesses at Yagan Square have shut up shop in recent weeks, with warnings more may follow as tenants grapple with low foot traffic.

No market has more growth potential for Australia than India, says former Department of Foreign Affairs secretary Peter Varghese.

The South West Development Commission has won a $400,000 contract to deliver the federal government’s Tradestart service in the southern parts of Western Australia.

Wage growth in Western Australia has again come in at the lowest level in the nation in the year to March, prompting UnionsWA to call for workplace reform.

A Canadian company and a New South Wales business have been awarded a $26.9 million contract to manufacture and deliver lotto scratchcard tickets for Lotterywest.

Andrew Forrest will have an income of nearly $1 billion this financial year after Fortescue Metals Group announced a 60 cent per share final dividend today.

Balcatta based R.J. Vincent and Co has been picked by the state government to demolish the grandstands at Subiaco Oval, with the playing surface to remain for community use.

Ferrier Hodgson has launched a quickfire sale of Rental Management Australia, one of 12 businesses associated with fund manager Sterling First that went into administration earlier this month.