Jack McGinn

Tom Zaunmayr and Jack McGinn discuss how Enel X’s role as a commercial-scale energy asset aggregator will help keep the lights on in the South West Interconnected System.

The Timor Leste government will increase its stake in an oil joint venture with Perth-headquartered Finder Energy, in a deal which sent the company’s share price soaring today.

Enel X’s role as a commercial-scale energy asset aggregator will help keep the lights on in the South West Interconnected System again this summer.

Woodside Energy has struck a deal with a Japanese consortium which could lead it to supply liquid hydrogen produced at Rockingham into the Asian market.

Tom Zaunmayr and Jack McGinn discuss how evolving generation methods and growing energy demand in remote locations have boosted a handful of WA businesses.

The federal government will explore ways of cutting red tape in the business tax system, in a bid to ease compliance burden on business and make the economy more productive.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has set the parameters for the Productivity Commission’s long-awaited GST review, as the state’s battle to retain its current distribution share past 2026 heats up.

Evolving generation methods and growing energy demand in remote locations have boosted a handful of WA businesses.

Gold Road Resources shareholders have signed off a long-awaited $3.7 billion takeover by Gold Fields, formalising the consolidation of the Gruyere gold project into foreign hands.

Former opposition leader Mia Davies has set her sights on supply from Woodside’s Pluto project, on her first day as the newly appointed spokesperson for WA’s DomGas Alliance.

The state opposition has labelled the state’s energy transition is a “flop”, after the contentious Bluewaters coal-fired power station was assigned reserve capacity for 2027-28.

Woodside Energy’s plans to sequester tonnes of carbon emitted by its proposed Browse project below the ocean has been put out for public comment by the state’s environmental watchdog.

The state government will back a bid by privately owned Turbine Solutions to become a foundational service provider in wind energy, with a $450,000 cash injection.

Long-serving Pacific Energy chief executive Jamie Cullen will step down after a decade-long stint, shortly after the business secured $1 billion worth of growth capital.

Woodside Energy has secured approval for its proposal to extend the life of the Karratha gas plant through to 2070 with conditions, following months of negotiation with federal regulators.

BHP claims the benefits of $300 million solar farm and a battery system in the Pilbara will be realised through a larger renewables plan, amid outcry over the project’s scrapping.

BHP has reached a $110 million settlement with shareholders who alleged it did not meet its market disclosure obligations in relation to the Samarco mine collapse almost a decade ago.

Roger Cook has cited China’s rate of progress as an example for Western Australia to follow, while announcing sweeping reform designed to clear a path for key industrial development.

Jack McGinn and Nadia Budihardjo discuss the first year of Alcoa of Australia boss Elsabe Muller.

Elsabe Muller’s first year in charge of Alcoa of Australia has come as the miner embarks on a critical period in its local story.

Broome-founded remote power company GenOffGrid has secured a contract to design and build a microgrid renewable energy project in the remote town of Blackstone.

Mineral Resources has declined to comment on unconfirmed reports that it has found a way to materially increase iron ore shipments from its Onslow iron ore operation.

The Economic Regulation Authority has accused Alinta of charging for electricity at prices beyond the state’s market rules, alleging a $66 million market impact over nine months.

The rules around independent panels guiding Chevron on marine turtle and quarantine management at Barrow Island have been tightened by the state.

Major bottlenecks caused by an ageing import facility on the southern coast are costing Kwinana industrial players almost $70 million each year, a report released this morning has revealed.

Consultation has opened on a $700 million deal between Australia and Germany to buy local hydrogen and sell it into Europe, in a bid to boost the fledgling energy industry from 2026.

The former upper house member for the now-abolished mining & pastoral region, two-term WA Labor backbencher Kyle McGinn was never one to go quietly.

The state government will give NRW Holdings subsidiary RCR Advanced Technologies $2 million to support its goal of building wind energy components locally.

The latest round of a federal energy investment scheme designed to derisk private projects is expected to stimulate as much as $4 billion of renewables investment in WA.

Defence-focused shipbuilder Austal dramatically increased its net profit result in FY25, recording a 503 per cent jump from $14.9 million to $89.7 million over 12 months.

Dual-listed Civmec recorded a 34 per cent net profit drop to $42.5 million last financial year, but insists the future is bright with a record order book worth $1.25 billion.

The federal government has formalised its agreement with a new subsidiary of Austal, in a move which confirms its status as a strategic shipbuilder of choice.