Simone Grogan

Jack McGinn and Simone Grogan discuss the challenges confronting the WA accounting sector over the past year.

Fallout from a tax scandal lingers over the top end of town as the skills shortage becomes endemic.

West Coast Eagles has found a new chief executive in former club player and Adelaide coach Don Pyke, who will take over from long-serving administrator Trevor Nisbett.

Simone Grogan and Jack McGinn discuss the economic climate for the state's largest exporters.

WA resources and energy exports keeps churning against the backdrop of global conflict and the threat of recession.

New financials for Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting have revealed the company made more than $5 billion after tax in 2023, as an ongoing royalties dispute lingers.

Simone Grogan and Jack McGinn discuss the view ahead for those in the restructuring and insolvency industry.

In this podcast, Mark Beyer and Simone Grogan discuss lithium takeover battles; the interest rate outlook; local government elections; and profit results from WA's biggest companies, including ABN Group, Perron Group, Roy Hill and Wright Prospecting.

Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has confirmed a strategic 18 per cent stake in lithium takeover target Azure Minerals, which has just agreed to a friendly $1.6 billion deal with SQM.

Dividends paid by Gina Rinehart’s iron ore machine Roy Hill will be lower than last year - but still comfortably within the multi-billions - against the backdrop of more subdued iron ore prices.

Atlas Iron has joined Mineral Resources in pointing to congestion issues at Utah Point as the reason for lower iron ore shipments, while airing grievances about approval delays.

Pilbara Minerals' revenue slumped during the September quarter on the back of softer lithium prices, with short-term pricing for the hot commodity set to stay volatile in the near-term.

Fortescue Metals’ troubled Iron Bridge magnetite operation will produce fewer tonnes than previously expected for the year, but the miner has stuck to its guns on hitting targets regardless.

Jack McGinn and Simone Grogan discuss matters relating to defence and defence industry in Western Australia.

The board of lithium hopeful AVZ Minerals has been targeted by an ousting campaign titled ‘Make Manono Great Again’, a play on the company’s dispute-locked project in Central Africa.

A largely productive quarter for Mineral Resources has been marred by congestion at port, road train shortages and markedly lower lithium prices.

In this podcast, Mark Pownall and Simone Grogan discuss the update on Liontown; FMG's green hydrogen targets; quarterly reports; A&O merger; planning reforms and road taxes for electric vehicles.

Isabel Vieira and Nadia Budihardjo discuss the upcoming local government elections with a spotlight on the City of Perth mayoral candidates.

Liontown Resources has drummed up significant equity and debt funding to get Kathleen Valley up and running, lining up a $376 million capital raising and a $760 million loan package.

About 90 employees working at Alcoa’s Kwinana alumina refinery could lose their jobs as part of a cost-cutting exercise across Western Australian operations.

Super Pit miner Northern Star has had a sedate start to the new financial year but has traded higher against the backdrop of new highs for Australian gold driven by conflict in the Middle East.

Administrators from McGrathNicol have been called in to lead a potential sale or restructure of ASX-listed Catalano's Seafood, which has operated in WA since the 1960s.

BHP has disclosed it will be paid up to $6.4 billion for its coal assets in Queensland, naming Whitehaven Coal as the preferred buyer shortly after posting quarterly production figures to market.

Woodside Energy boss Meg O’Neill says the Federal Court’s decision to overturn seismic testing approvals at Scarborough will not impact first production from the protested development.

New Fortescue Metals chief Dino Otranto is resolute the miner will meet aggressive decarbonisation targets by 2030, as a fledgling green energy hub starts to take shape.

Raleigh Finlayson-led Genesis Minerals has made an improved offer to secure the remaining shares it doesn’t already own in Dacian Gold, a dormant goldminer key to plans for the region.

Albemarle won't make a binding offer for Liontown Resources and its Kathleen Valley project after billionaire Gina Rinehart bought up nearly 20 per cent of the business.

Mark Pownall discusses the emergence of a new generation of pub owners in WA.

The board of Liontown Resources has given proposed suitor Albemarle another week to complete its due diligence ahead of a proposed $6.6 billion takeover.

Jack McGinn explores the opportunities and challenges created by the rapidly evolving digital space in a post-pandemic environment.

Mineral Resources has inched a step further in closing a deal to take control of the Bald Hill lithium mine, with a share sale agreement with Alita Resources liquidators now unconditional.

Hancock Prospecting has crept up the ranks of Liontown Resources' share register to own 19.9 per cent, making the mining magnate a potential kingmaker in Albemarle's proposed acquisition.