A greenfields suburb once dubbed the ‘‘Cottesloe of the north’’ is back on the development agenda in Karratha, 13 years after a contract to build it was awarded.
Tax benefits and local defence procurement appear likely to be front and centre of the Coalition’s push to win northerners’ votes at next year’s federal election.
The update of a 10-year-old policy document directing development of northern Australia has focused on overarching policies rather than actionable items.
A Pilbara cattle station will build a 10,000-head feedlot in a move it expects to bolster the region’s status as a global premium boxed Wagyu beef supplier.
A Broome-founded power firm has caught the eye of a $2 billion Indian steelmaker wanting to build grid scale solar arrays in outback Western Australia.
Two Australian bases in the north-west could be used for US Airforce deployments as the two nations hone their focus on China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific.
A hydrogen haul truck, red dirt sod turning, and proof ore can be mined without emitting any carbon: it was a big day for Andrew Forrest and Fortescue at Christmas Creek
Backers of a $120 million Karratha hotel have won planning approval after the City of Karratha’s bid to have the project redefined as a workforce camp was scuppered.
Perdaman will funnel $122 million into construction of 100 new homes in Karratha as part of a broader push to ease a crippling housing shortage in the Pilbara city.
A power cable carrying renewable energy from a green power hub earmarked on the outskirts of Karratha could prove a game-changer in decarbonising WA’s economic powerhouse.
Broome’s Eco Beach Resort has been put on the market for the first time since it was built as plans surface to take the remote destination to a new level of luxury.
