Tom Zaunmayr

Franchising has proven to be an enduring business model, yet many Australians are surprised to learn how prevalent the sector is.

A Broome-founded power firm has caught the eye of a $2 billion Indian steelmaker wanting to build grid scale solar arrays in outback Western Australia.

Perth-based goldminer St Barbara has made a tidy profit from the sale of its 5.5 per cent stake in Catalyst Metals for $25.2 million.

Andrew Forrest expects his push to decarbonise Fortescue’s iron ore mines to rub off on the agriculture industry

Two Australian bases in the north-west could be used for US Airforce deployments as the two nations hone their focus on China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific.

Fortescue has switched on a $34 million hydrogen refueling hub at the company’s Christmas Creek mine in the Pilbara.

A hydrogen haul truck, red dirt sod turning, and proof ore can be mined without emitting any carbon: it was a big day for Andrew Forrest and Fortescue at Christmas Creek

Backers of a $120 million Karratha hotel have won planning approval after the City of Karratha’s bid to have the project redefined as a workforce camp was scuppered.

Sam Jones and Tom Zaunmayr discuss reforms to WA's upper house.

Penfolds owner Treasury Wine Estates has hiked its dividend and signalled growing optimism in overseas sales while revealing a profit slide of 61 per cent.

With candidates and their placement on tickets revealed, we now have a better idea of what a reshaped upper house might look like.

New measures to slash green tape could shave years off approvals as the state government prepares to focus the EPA and the energy transition.

Former prime minister Scott Morrison says shortcomings in process, rather than Senator Linda Reynolds’ conduct, were to blame for the handling of Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation.

Tom Zaunmayr and Isabel Vieira discuss long-time Aboriginal corporation executive Tony McRae's views on building generational wealth for Indigenous communities.

Long-time Aboriginal corporation executive Tony McRae says opportunities are emerging for Indigenous foundations to flex their financial muscle.

Rio Tinto has awarded a $23 million contract to engineer EVZ to build its $395 million desalination plant in Dampier.

Perdaman will funnel $122 million into construction of 100 new homes in Karratha as part of a broader push to ease a crippling housing shortage in the Pilbara city.

A power cable carrying renewable energy from a green power hub earmarked on the outskirts of Karratha could prove a game-changer in decarbonising WA’s economic powerhouse.

A heavy rail research centre has opened in Karratha ahead of the anticipated launch of a manufacturing facility in the Pilbara city by the end of the year.

Andrew Forrest has scored a tactical win in his quest to grow melons and onions on Minderoo Station, with the Supreme Court ruling a refusal to grant consent was done so in error.

A service matching disabled jobseekers with small and medium business employers will form part of a year-long trial to boost participation in the workforce.

A Gina Rinehart-backed battery metals company has begun commissioning its lithium million hydroxide testing plant in central Germany.

The state government will move its top biosecurity experts into a new metropolitan office and scrap plans for a facility at Murdoch University.

A Perth hearing tech company once touted by Time Magazine has fallen into administration after failing to nail down a deal with a major foreign semiconductor company.

The historic Exchange Hotel in Pinjarra will reopen its doors in Spring following a $10 million redevelopment involving two prominent Perth publicans.

A record 758 million tonnes of iron ore was exported from the Pilbara last financial year as pressure mounts to build more bulk handling facilities.

WA Senator Linda Reynolds has recounted how her health spiraled after the story about Brittany Higgins’ 2019 rape claims surfaced in the media.

Woodside has bought the company behind a US ammonia project for US$2.35 billion as part of efforts to meet the energy giant’s greenhouse gas emission abatement targets.

Australia could lose its leading global iron ore role to Africa, Brazil, and Europe without stronger efforts to fund Pilbara green iron plans, according to Fortescue boss Dino Otranto.

Economic empowerment will be the new focus of the federal government’s Indigenous affairs efforts as it moves on from last year’s failed voice to parliament referendum.

A farmer, military man, and sport executive have thrown their hats in the ring to be endorsed as the Liberal candidate for the Labor-held Swan electorate.

A prominent Wheatbelt sheep farmer says she only found out a consultation panel was coming to her house because a friend messaged asking if she should bring morning tea.