Jack McGinn

WA VOTES: Basil Zempilas looks likely to survive a major scare and return the electorate of Churchlands to Liberal hands, four years after the traditionally blue-ribbon seat was lost in the election landslide of 2021.

WA VOTES: Strong shifts towards the Greens and independents in several marginal seats appear to have handed WA Labor a major preferential advantage in this year’s state election.

Live updates of the 2025 state election vote, with a breakdown of key seats and overall results as WA Labor seeks a third term in office.

WA VOTES: Roger Cook says he will be in for the long haul if elected premier in today’s State Election but stopped short of guaranteeing he would run again in 2029.

Woodside Energy and Baker Hughes have struck a deal to collaborate on the development of a natural gas energy generation system which captures and stores carbon.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss Trump and tariffs; the stock market; the WA election; a contractors' dispute; Micromine in $1.3bn sale; sheep stations; and WA's next mining projects.

ANALYSIS: The state Liberal Party has come out ahead of WA Labor in the election donation race, but the governing party’s wallet runs deeper than the money it has been gifted.

The federal government has issued a call to arms for defence-adjacent industries, highlighting the economic potential of the nation’s planned $30 billion investment in submarine capacity.

Nadia Budihardjo and Jack McGinn discuss the state of play in WA's oil and gas industry.

Some of Australia’s largest gas producers have warned they may invest elsewhere in light of ongoing delays in project approvals and social licence challenges.

Embattled miner Mineral Resources has come to the defence of its balance sheet, after Fitch Ratings downgraded its credit rating to BB-, with a negative outlook.

Western Australia’s former agent general to the UK and Europe, John Langoulant, has joined economics and public policy advisory firm ACIL Allen in a Perth-based role.

Mineral Resources closed at its lowest point since 2020 today, after American investment giant BlackRock was revealed to have sold off shares in the company last week.

Premier Roger Cook says the government will work with the business community around potential support for those impacted by a spate of power outages across the state today.

Premier Roger Cook has backed the state’s emerging vanadium sector to dodge the supply woes which have plagued Western Australian battery metal miners in recent years.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss Talison's Greenbushes expansion; an Alcoa update; a mineral sands miner in administration; Satterley's Perth Hills project; BP; and a mag preview.

With only weeks until the WA election, a few key seats have political watchers licking their lips and locals trying to read the tea leaves.

Water Corporation moved to distance itself from a state decision to approve mining operations by Alcoa in the Darling Range in December 2023, internal documents have revealed.

BP says it will continue design work on its multi-billion-dollar local renewable energy project book, as the dust settles from its global refocus on oil and gas.

The scale of BP’s shift away from renewables has been revealed, with the company announcing a plan to slash new energy spend by $US5 billion globally per year and ramp up oil and gas investment.

A US Virginia-class nuclear submarine has checked into port at Garden Island off Rockingham, as the Australian Navy prepares to welcome nuclear vessels from late 2027.

Chevron Australia director of operations Danny Woodall says Australia is in an international race for investment, as the company reviews its global operating model.

The growth of a state-of-the-art technical hub by Birdon at Henderson has coincided with a significant scale-up in defence sector activity in the region – but the firm is focused on more.

Woodside Energy boss Meg O’Neill issued a warning to regulators holding up progress on the North West Shelf joint venture, while handing down a $5.6 billion full-year net profit.

WA Labor has revealed the details of a promised $50 million to fund a Western Australian battery manufacturing program, if re-elected at the March 8 state election.

The Nationals WA have pledged $1 billion to regional housing over the decade ahead, if voted into government on March 8.

ANALYSIS: WA Liberal Leader Libby Mettam is aware of the mountain her party has to climb at the March 8 federal election, but two weeks out, she has no plan to throw in the towel.

Windfall from Northern Star Resources’ move for De Grey Mining has pushed the value of Gold Road Resources’ listed investments to around $870,000.

The world’s largest goldminer expects to produce less and spend more at its sole Western Australian asset in 2025, as it gears up to increase production in the latter half of the decade.

High grades delivered Ramelius Resources a profit record in the first half of the financial year, with the company delivering 19 per cent more gold despite mining significantly less ore.

Wyloo plans take a majority stake in the Yangibana rare earths project, in a move which would cancel out millions owed to it by Hastings Technology Metals.