Infrastructure

Carnegie Wave Energy has secured funding to commence construction of its Perth Wave Energy project, after raising $8.5 million from a share purchase plan that closed oversubscribed.

 Coal hauler Aurizon's shares shone after a well-timed sell down of its stake by the Queensland government netted it $806 million.

Gina Rinehart's part-owned Queensland coal company has strick an agreement with Aurizon to develop new rail and port facilities for the Galilee Basin worth about $6 billion.

Green power utility Enerji Limited has announced a new agreement with an unnamed major Australian resources firm to install its waste heat-to-power system at an operating gold mine.

The credibility of Liberal and Labor election promises are both under question, with Troy Buswell admitting the Liberals three major pledges are reliant on being half funded by the Commonwealth, an

Premier Colin Barnett has committed a future Liberal government to build the long-proposed Perth-Darwin Highway adding to a string of expensive transport projects the competing parties have promise

At least $13 billion is needed to reduce congestion at Australian airports to cope with increased demand from Asia.

The issue of electricity prices has finally emerged in the state campaign after weeks of both major parties obsessing over major infrastructure projects.

Shares in Transfield Services have dived by more than six per cent after it warned it would have to make up to $285 million in asset writedowns.

 Ports and rail operator Asciano has increased its first half profit by 74 per cent and forecast more earnings growth in the second half of the financial year.

Western Australians are most concerned about future energy needs, rising living costs and the state of the public health system, according to a survey released today.

Power generation group Pacific Energy has announced a record half-year net profit, on the back of a 20 per cent increase in revenue.

Labor's $3.4 billion Metronet rail project will be funded by relocating Perth's major stadium to Subiaco and scrapping state government funding earmarked for the mothballed Oakajee port projec

The war of words over the cost of the state opposition’s Metronet heavy rail plan has continued, with Transport Minister Troy Buswell claiming Labor has failed to account for “at least” $1 billion

The state government will hold urgent talks to prevent a bus drivers strike after a second gas bus fire.

The Liberal party's highly anticipated light rail plan will cost $1.8 billion and move 25,000 commuters a day.

Energy Minister Peter Collier is deflecting calls for his sacking over cost blow outs in the Muja coal-fired power station refurbishment.

A Greens' bid to have the federal government disclose state government attempts to secure Commonwealth funding for a light rail system has failed.

The state government has provided $15.5 million in subsidies to promote the use of rail for the transport of container freight to and from Fremantle Port.

The state government and opposition have questioned the true cost of each other’s major transport projects, with treasury costings for both parties’ plans still yet to be released despite months of

The state government plans to give over the emergency lane in the Graham Farmer Freeway tunnel to traffic, despite a coroner's safety recommendations.

Aquila Resources has received the green light from the state government to develop Anketell Port as part of its $6 billion iron ore project.

Premier Colin Barnett has scorned what is shaping to be the focus of the state opposition's election campaign, its ambitious rail network plan.

The state government is formally seeking partners to design, finance and construct a multi-user iron ore facility at the Port of Esperance.   

The state opposition says its ambitious Metronet rail plan would cost about $3.8 billion, about half the amount estimated by the state government.

The state government has committed to spend $70 million upgrading the beachfront at Scarborough and realigning the coastal road near Leighton and Port beaches.

McConnell Dowell Group’s construction arm Built Environs has won the main construction contract for a $330 million expansion project at Perth Airport.

Treasurer Wayne Swan says the federal government is giving infrastructure financing "serious consideration" as a Labor appointee to the Reserve Bank board calls for budget deficits to fund new road

Nedlands-based Forge Group has won a $125 million contract to deliver a new peak-load power station in South Hedland for government utility Horizon Power.

The state government will seek proposals from industry for the design and construction of a new underground bus station to replace the Wellington Street Bus Station, which will be sunk as part of t

Crosslands Resources has appointed Fluor to refine a recent study over the Jack Hills expansion project, which is key to the development of the Oakajee port and rail operation.

Aspiring miners in the Yilgarn region say the results of a financial study support a "modest upgrade" to the Esperance port, to aid increased output from the emerging iron ore region.