Tom Zaunmayr

Australia's live export industry is facing a double whammy as war in the Middle East restricts shipping channels and forces up the cost of diesel for pastoralists and farmers.

Two water planning experts have urged industrial competitors to work together on future water supply as the state grapples with capacity constraints and environmental concerns.

Australians will need to wait for weeks before fuel-price relief flows through to the bowser under a cut to the fuel excise.

Nearly $10 billion worth of new projects have been added to the North West's impressive list totalling more than $300 billion.

Construction of more than $30 billion of rail linking the North West to Perth and Queensland could unlock Australia's stranded critical minerals assets, a key resources lobby group argues.

Gascoyne growers are bracing for flooding from the region's namesake river after being battered by severe winds and rain from Tropical Cyclone Narelle.

The boss of a Kimberley Aboriginal corporation is hopeful a fresh push to divest a 22-million-hectare lands trust marks a fork in the road for Indigenous self-governance.

The Pilbara's mining sector is on the cusp of witnessing its first strike in three decades as a small group of BHP staff vote to down tools

Traditional owners will gain control of land once earmarked for a major gas plant north of Broome as the state government seeks to clean up a legacy issue.

A museum precinct in Esperance housing artefacts from the Skylab space station is in line for a $30 million refurbishment.

A Beijing-based green steel specialist has warned Australia's hopeful iron ore processors they need a reality check as they wade into a costly and competitive sector.

A lack of fuel has forced organisers to can an annual traditional owner-led festival in Karijini National Park.

WA's energy minister has urged the renewable energy sector to raise its voice against a tide of misinformation at an industry forum in Perth.

Australia's resources industry and Amazon want government agencies to use artificial intelligence used to speed up environmental approvals.

Western Australian miners are mulling altering their fly-in, fly-out rosters to ration fuel as shortages begin to worry the aviation and resources sectors.

Fuel retailers are setting prices based on the cost to restock, rather than the cost paid for current supplies, according to data collected by the nation's competition watchdog.

Sam Jones and Tom Zaunmayr discuss fuel furor, mining moves, property purchases and other big stories of the week.

Salt harvester Leichhardt has applied to double the size of the Lake MacLeod operation near Carnarvon which it bought from Rio Tinto.

OPINION: US bauxite miner's contributions to WA can't hide the fact it's at odds with community expectations.

Operators of a Kimberley island's mothballed iron ore mine are preparing to go underground in their quest to bring the high-grade project back to life.

The nation's major fuel suppliers are being investigated over alleged anti-competitive conduct which has left regional Australia short of diesel.

The price of diesel has climbed above $3-per-litre at one Perth retailer as politicians scramble to shore up supply into regional WA.

The incoming boss of BHP says he is committed to Australia but has warned local investment was at risk as other nations cut red tape in pursuit of mining money.

Farmers are facing the prospect of needing another bumper crop to turn a profit should the rising costs of diesel and fertiliser not be brought under control.

Australia's corporate regulator has told the nation's fuel retailers to explain why petrol price hikes are outstripping increases in the global oil price.

Claire Tyrrell and Tom Zaunmayr discuss fuel prices, Satterley land deals, council amalgamations, and Business News' new special publication.

WA's Indigenous business sector is eager to diversify into defence to latch onto job opportunities coming through the AUKUS partnership.

One of Western Australia's most remote bowsers is now also its cheapest, offering diesel at a discount of more than 50 cents per litre compared to Perth outlets.

Farmers, truckers, airlines, and fuel distributors have descended on Dumas House to iron out a plan to ease pressure on Western Australia's fuel supply.

Corporate pressure and communication can impact community trust in renewable energy, according to two of the sector's regional proponents.

Jack McGinn and Tom Zaunmayr discuss how an innovative building practice could solve housing issues in the Pilbara.

A country service station's fuel order backlog has surpassed one million litres as war in the Middle East hampers the global oil trade.