A private company backed by building magnate Len Buckeridge has accused premier Colin Barnett of making false and misleading statements, after Mr Barnett said the company should drop a $1 billion l
Penalties totalling $36,300 have been imposed against the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and two of its officials over unlawful strikes at Fremantle and Broome in 2009 and 2010.
The Australian Greens have attacked Labor for sending mixed messages about the renewable energy target after chief whip Joel Fitzgibbon suggested it should be reduced.
The state government is pressing ahead with plans for a gas pipeline to Albany, despite the project losing its largest potential customer and facing projected operating losses.
Electricity consumers should be paid for reducing their energy use during "super-peak periods" as a way to cut energy bills, a new alliance of business, community and consumer groups says.
Australia's renewable energy target has driven $18.5 billion of investment in clean power and eroded wholesale energy prices since it was introduced a decade ago, a new report suggests.
Electricity network operator Western Power says it still doesn't know the cause of the 2009 Toodyay bushfire that destroyed 38 homes and continues to deny any liability, despite paying compensation
The massive rises in electricity prices in the last five years should not have occurred and were due to a flawed set of industry rules, says the competition regulator.
The Gillard government has used a draft report into electricity supplies to renew its argument that the carbon tax isn't responsible for the bulk of price hikes.
The state government’s 20 largest capital projects are collectively expected to cost more than double their original estimates, but contrary to popular perception, the construction phase is not the
The private sector is set to play a bigger role in providing traditional public infrastructure in Western Australia after the state government named a preferred consortium for the design, construct
Transport Minister Troy Buswell has made a surprise decision to keep the state’s ‘Tier 3’ rail lines open, after previously resisting overtures from farmers, rural communities and grain handler CBH
Striking Fremantle Port workers seeking roster changes to give them six days off after four days' work are being "frivolous" and should stop holding the state to ransom, Transport Minister Troy Bus
Australian households are using 25 per cent more electricity compared to a decade ago even though retail prices have skyrocketed 72 per cent in the last five years.
Consumer group Choice has called for greater powers to be given to the energy market regulator to ensure "unjustifiable" rises in power prices over the past five years don't happen again.
The carbon tax is not totally to blame for higher electricity prices, gas and electricity supplier AGL Energy says as it calls for the deregulation of what consumers are charged.
Western Australia’s peak business representative body has joined the Labor opposition in urging the state government to deregulate the retail electricity market, calling for an independent regulato
The state government has unveiled its preferred route to link Perth Airport to the metropolitan area passenger rail network, but hasn’t revealed how much it will cost or when it will be built.
A national land freight strategy will lead to a streamlined and integrated transport system for moving goods around Australia, Transport Minister Anthony Albanese says.
The cost of electricity has doubled over the last five years and the Economic Regulation Authority’s decision to reduce Western Power’s proposed tariff increases shows promise in quashing 40 per ce
Shipping delays are expected at the commodities port of Geraldton as authorities prepare to shut down operations before a major storm buffets the area.
The state government has unveiled the proposed route for its light rail system, with nearly $12 million of state funds committed to fine-tune the plan.
