Infrastructure

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.

Civil and mining contractor Brierty is set to construct roads and truck parking facilities at Rous Head as part of a contract awarded by Fremantle Ports.

The cost of so-called "poles and wires" utility infrastructure has been the biggest driver of electricity prices over the past five years, the Australian Energy Regulator has confirmed.

A strike at Fremantle port has ended sooner than expected after marathon talks broke an impasse between the Maritime Union of Australia and the facility's state-owned operator.

A six-day strike has begun at Fremantle Port after weekend talks between the union and state-owned operator failed to break an impasse over long-term job security.

Perth's fleet of compressed natural gas buses will be kept on the road while an inquiry is undertaken into why one of them was destroyed by a dramatic fire on Friday morning.

A planned eight-day strike at the busy Port of Fremantle will be called off if assurances about job security are provided to workers, the Maritime Union of Australia says.

Forge Group has announced a $105 million contract win with Worley Parsons, to construct a power station for BHP Billiton near Newman.

Severe thunderstorms are forecast for Perth suburbs and the southern corner of the state today, potentially causing flash flooding in some areas.

Australian households won't see instant cuts in their power bills if the federal Labor government's carbon tax is abolished, energy retailers say.

Ferry services will play an increasing role in Perth's public transport plans, Transport Minister Troy Buswell has said, while announcing a trial of late night services.

A re-elected Liberal state government would spend $500 million on a suite of road upgrades in Perth's northern suburbs, in a bid to ease traffic congestion in the rapidly growing area.