Town of Port Hedland

Aboriginal-owned and operated business Garli will complete road works on the state government’s $122 million marina project in Port Hedland.

Administrators have been appointed to Port Hedland contractor MJW Building, which had been working on a series of projects for the local government.

Osborne Park-based Decmil Group has been selected to build a new community centre at Port Hedland, with its contract worth $18.1 million.

Pilbara Solar's $25 million solar farm proposal in the state’s north-west is tipped to get the green light after receiving the backing of the Town of Port Hedland.

Alinta Energy wants development approval for a bigger than expected battery at Port Hedland Power Station, but the planned gas generator expansion will be slower.

Projects in Port Hedland are progressing as the state government allocates $78 million for Lumsden Point and awards a $21.4 million dredging contract for Spoilbank Marina.

A development assessment panel has approved more than $300 million worth of renewable energy projects to be built in Western Australia.

A Queensland-based developer is one step closer to providing much-needed housing in South Hedland, with its $51 million apartment project approved today.

Port Hedland’s Lumsden Point will be one of the Pilbara-based ports slated for an upgrade as part of a $565 million funding boost to expand export and import capacity.

One of the busiest ports in Western Australia has been closed as of this morning as the Port Hedland community prepares for tropical cyclone Ilsa to cross the coast.

Operations at the state's busiest port have resumed after the Pilbara Ports Authority deemed the Port of Port Hedland safe to reopen after Cyclone Ilsa passed.

A short-term tourist development in South Hedland has cleared a planning hurdle and joins the list of projects aiming to provide more accommodation options in the Pilbara.

Hundreds of freight and transport service workers will move into a former detention centre site, that covers 3.23 hectares of land, and free up properties for rent in Port Hedland.

Booming interest in a big box Pilbara business park has spurred a new land release which could net ratepayers $1.75 million.

Flights from Port Hedland to Bali and Brisbane will resume for the first time since COVID through a new deal between the Town and its airport.

Workers’ accommodation, a spruce up in South Hedland and new childcare facility headline a bold Town of Port Hedland pitch to breathe fresh life into Australia’s export powerhouse.

Port Hedland is one of several local governments in outback WA progressing ideas to address crippling housing shortages.

A government buyback of properties in Port Hedland’s dusty west end has acquired half of eligible homes with three months left to run.

Council elections in WA’s regions could throw up some surprises.

Facility operator Compass Group plans to add hundreds of rooms in a $79 million expansion of a Port Hedland accommodation, to house workers of BHP’s port debottlenecking project.

The cost of renting a residential property in the Pilbara jumped by about 20 per cent in the September 2023 quarter, highlighting the acute housing shortage in the region.

A developer wanting to bring a touch of the Gold Coast to South Hedland has appointed a builder to its $51 million apartment complex and hopes to break ground next year.

Plans for a 300-room, four-star hotel in Port Hedland's West End have been submitted by a Singaporean developer.

A federal probe has urged all levels of government to funnel money into a northern Australia housing fund as the number of north-west projects grows.

New housing initiatives are making only a small dent in the acute shortages facing towns in the north-west.

Port Hedland is undergoing a major change to move its heart south to where the bulk of the town's population now lives.

The Town of Port Hedland will defend legal action instigated by Decmil over an alleged contractual breach tied to a $19 million project that was backed by the state government.

Port Hedland councillors have passed a no confidence motion in Town Mayor Peter Carter, delivering a scathing assessment of his accountability, transparency and leadership

The private operator of Port Hedland’s airport is still seeking a carrier to resume international flights to Bali, two months after it was hoped they would commence.

Qantas will ground flights from Port Hedland to Brisbane due to low demand, just four months after launching the service.

Civil engineering and construction group Decmil reduced its net loss after tax to $1.8 million during the first half of FY24, down from $2.5 million during the prior corresponding period.

A $25 million workers village proposed for Port Hedland is eyeing a mix of permanent and temporary housing units to ease a crippling accommodation shortage in the Pilbara town.

Civil engineering and construction group Decmil has dropped legal action against the Town of Port Hedland over a multi-million-dollar contract spat.

A major new essential workers project in Port Hedland is a step closer to reality, with the state government agreeing to pour $4.5 million into headworks.

A CIMIC subsidiary has proposed a 1,311-room, six-storey accommodation village, valued at approximately $550 million.

Hedland councillor Camilo Blanco says an admission of wrongdoing and apology issued by the local government on his behalf was released without his consent, and that he “stands by the accusations”.

The boss of one of WA’s wealthiest local governments has resigned after four years in the role as the council teeters on the edge of being disbanded.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Hayley Vale, Murray Fong, Sherry Duhe, Carl Askew, Sharon Wood-Kenney and Anthony Miller.

A development assessment panel has knocked back a $500 million plan to build a workers’ camp in South Hedland over issues on the design and the mystery surrounding the tenant.

Local governments in WA are rejecting a campaign to suspend COVID vaccinations, but a handful of interstate districts have backed the move.