Tom Zaunmayr

Politicians are losing control of policy levers and lack the willpower to enact sweeping tax and policy reforms , according to WA businessman Michael Chaney.

Former WA Premier Mark McGowan has told business leaders to be “relentless” in their pursuit of political influence and backed creation of a new ministerial portfolio

King Charles III road-tested a few WA wines in Canberra and big buyers got a taste of the latest produce made for market in Perth.

Tom Zaunmayr speaks to Nadia Budihardjo about GeoMoby's invention to improve underground mining operations.

A prospective WA uranium developer has called for a ban on mining to be overturned so the state can provide green energy for power-hungry tech giants in the US.

A small green box which can monitor personnel and equipment in real time without the need for internet has gained a foothold in the Goldfields mining industry.

BP has released new details and pushed back the start date on its proposed $55 billion Pilbara renewable energy project to the end of the decade.

A $400 million proposed green steel mill in Collie has been granted strategic project status by the state government, paving the way for more efficient project facilitation.

BHP is anticipating more stimulus from China’s government to prop up that nation’s ailing property market as the miner increases iron ore supply.

Pilbara ore shipments have remained comparable to 2023, while progress at Simandou has boosted Rio Tinto's Guinea workforce.

Fleetwood has struck a deal with the contractor building Perdaman’s $6.4 billion urea plant on the Burrup Peninsula to house staff at its Karratha workforce camp.

Sales of WA farmland reached record lows in the first half of 2024, while prices dropped from highs reached at the start of the year.

A $5 billion desalination plant mooted for a remote patch of Pilbara coastline has garnered interest from BP.

Nadia Budihardjo and Tom Zaunmayr discuss an ambitious plan to improve Australia's bequest rate.

A leader on many global economic and wealth indicators, Australia is a laggard when it comes to bequeathing wealth to charity.

OPINION: Capacity constraints at South West abattoirs have left paddock-to-plate producers in the lurch.

OPINION: Federal government updates to the 2015 Northern Australia white paper have failed to convince critics it has what it takes to drive the region forward.

BHP will test a new energy system designed by Caterpillar which can power up haul trucks on the move at its Jimblebar mine in the Pilbara.

A small Yangebup-based food producer could soon hit national supermarket shelves three years after being scouted at a food and beverage trade show.

A Chinese stimulus package announced yesterday afternoon designed to spark property investment has resulted in a $21.4-billion boost to WA’s iron ore players on the stock exchange.

The south coast town is the third regional local government in recent months to vote on an extension of its trading hours

Fortescue will splash more than $4 billion developing and buying 475 electric mining machines from Liebherr to replace two thirds of its fleet

Four Australian miners have been backed by the Biden administration to help the United States reduce its dependence on China for critical minerals

A western suburbs research precinct will be turned into WA’s biomedical hub in a move the state government hopes will enable more local manufacturing

Family of late Banjima elder Maitland Parker have taken his fight to clean up the asbestos-laden gorges of Wittenoom to the United Nations.

The state government will spend $2.3 million to provide essential services for a Karratha apartment project, as the developer seeks Commonwealth funds to support the $92 million build cost.

Outgoing Cottesloe MP David Honey was the most prolific questioner and Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti has ruffled the most opposition feathers in WA parliament in the past year.

The state government is sounding out abattoirs to support South West farmers who will lose the service of the last big processor they could access locally.

The federal government is closing in on funding deals that could deliver nearly 3,000 new homes in Western Australia.

Rio Tinto will test a native tree’s suitability as a biodiesel crop in Queensland to offset carbon emissions from its Pilbara mines.

Concerns have been raised with the state government about contamination of a national park waterway by deadly asbestos tailings washed downstream from Wittenoom.

WA’s beef industry lobby group has decried the state’s processing industry ‘monopoly’ after paddock-to-plate farmers in the South West lost access to the last large abattoir servicing their needs.