Jack McGinn

Remote energy specialist Pacific Energy has locked in its foreshadowed plans to build a new headquarters at Perth Airport – its second new facility within five years.

AGL Energy's bid to more than triple the output at its Kwinana Swift gas power station south of Perth has received approval from the Environment Minister Matthew Swinbourn.

RESULTS WRAP: The latest numbers from Hofmann Engineering; CJD Equipment; Ertech and Charles Hull Contracting.

The Nationals Party of Western Australia will consider its position on emissions reduction, after a decision by the party's federal branch to scrap its net zero target.

Kerry Stokes' private company Australian Capital Equity reported a 70 per cent year-on-year drop in annual profit last year, as the value of its asset book closes in on $3 billion.

The state opposition has lambasted Roger Cook's call for big industry to “lean in” to renewable transition, accusing the government of shirking blame for the speed of its renewable rollout.

Jack McGinn and Sam Jones discuss the resources sector; Chris Marco, Wittenoom' asbestos dilemma; energy prices; environmental protection; and the defence industry.

Annual profit at Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting fell by $2.5 billion year-on-year in 2025, a result attributed to weaker iron ore prices and headlined by concerns over jurisdictional risk.

Premier Roger Cook has backed the state's renewable rollout approach, amid criticism over a missed deadline for a Whole of System Plan guiding the energy transition revealed last month.

Premier Roger Cook has called on big business to pressure the WA Liberal Party to support his government's development agenda, while pushing it to lean in harder on decarbonisation.

A commissioner appointed to oversee the Productivity Commission's GST distribution review is on record with her concerns over the “inequalities” created by the current tax arrangement.

The state's mining lobby has warned that Western Australia's diminished reputation as a mining jurisdiction of choice is at risk, unless government takes action to reduce power prices.

Strike Energy and Hancock Prospecting are continuing work towards a final investment decision at the West Erregulla gas project, but the project's final form remains unclear.

One state leads the nation for defence industry growth in Australia over the past five years, and it is not WA.

GOLD WRAP: Ramelius grade drops; strong quarter for Forrest-backed Greatland; Perseus cash and gold above $1.2 billion.

Woodside Energy has sold off stakes in the $27 billion Louisiana LNG project and supporting infrastructure to American gas infrastructure firm Williams, in a deal worth $582 million.

Northern Star Resources boss Stuart Tonkin is confident his expanding Australian gold operations will not be set back by an influx of critical minerals funding from abroad.

Woodside Energy does not expect material cost impacts from the conditions of its North West Shelf extension and has contracted early engineering work on its Browse project.

Alcoa and Arafura Rare Earths have emerged among the major beneficiaries of a meeting between Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese, winning investments in the hundreds of millions.

Kerry Stokes-backed Beach Energy says gas production is finally imminent at its Waitsia plant in the Mid West, as it continues to profit from an export agreement with the state.

The UK-based chief financial officer of Fortescue's electric vehicle arm has left the business after six months, amid a round of redundancies revealed last week.

Lithium play Global Lithium Resources has pledged to spin out its Marble Bar gold project into a new entity, following a takeover battle which implicated the precious metal assets.

Mark Pownall and Jack McGinn discuss Synergy's overpayment blunder; water woes in the Pilbara; the future of Wittenoom; Mark McGowan and Aukus; super changes; BGC and Fortescue.

The state government is weighing up its response to an ultimatum from traditional owners to remediate Wittenoom's deadly asbestos tailings or face legal action.

State Environment Minister Matthew Swinbourn will tap the Environmental Protection Authority for advice on the future of water in the west Pilbara, as regional concerns reach boiling point.

Chevron made its first payments under the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax in August, the latest in a long-running debate over industry's obligations which triggered a policy reform last year.

Jack McGinn and Sam Jones discuss recent moves and the future outlook for WA's data centre industry.

Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt has pledged to work with the state government to reduce approvals timeframes by 20 days, as the pair work on a new bilateral agreement.

Fortescue has walked back from its plan to manufacture electric truck motors in the United Kingdom and will shed several hundred roles.

The state opposition has accused Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson of deflecting blame for a $40 million overpayment blunder onto the Synergy board.

A prominent environmental group led by Adam Bandt is among two to have appealed the federal government's approval of Woodside Energy's North West Shelf life extension.

State government–owned Synergy has revealed it accepted more than $40 million worth of erroneous payments into 170,000 closed customer accounts over a period of 16 years.