Shares in iron ore explorer Midwest Corporation Ltd have soared by more than 30 per cent after rival Murchison Metals Ltd made a takeover bid worth up to $986.3 million.
Department of Premier and Cabinet Director General Mal Wauchope has announced the actions various government departments will take in response to the findings of the Corruption and Crime Commission announced today.
Premier Alan Carpenter has called on Federal Treasurer Peter Costello, who is visiting Perth today, to allocate more money to the State Government for infrastructure projects.
The state government has sought to break the deadlock confronting much-needed infrastucture to service the rapidly emerging Mid West iron ore precinct with a plan to separate the rail and port elements.
A State Government-built boating facility worth $6.5 million has been opened at Monck Head, 1.5 km south of Coral Bay, Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has announced.
Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has called for a greater share of Federal Government funding for infrastructure funding to be distributed to Western Australia.
The State Government has appointed former Geraldton Port Authority marine business unit manager Dennis Parsons as chief executive of the Esperance Port Authority, Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has announced.
Vital upgrades to Western Australia’s grain rail freight network face further delays after the federal government rejected a state request for help in funding the $400 million required to keep parts of the network functioning.
An open door for further negotiations between local governments and the Federal Department of Transport and Roads on the cost of new security measures has pleased the WA Local Government Association.
South Perth-based agricultural investment company the ARK Fund Ltd has purchased a 41 hectare sugar cane farm west in Far North Queensland for $390,000, with plans to develop the property into a Teak plantation.
The state government has questioned the validity of a 34-year old state agreement that Midwest Corporation Ltd and Yilgarn Infrastructure Ltd are relying on for a $2 billion railway and port project in the Mid West region.
The shift away from a fly-in, fly-out work culture to a more stable residential workforce is forcing some mining companies, and the state government, to re-evaluate their commitment to infrastructure developments in the regional areas that play home to th
Western Australian Planning Commission chairman Jeremy Dawkins believes the state’s future regional planning powers may be decentralised, with regional lead agencies taking control using their own budgets and simple region schemes.
Freo Machinery is a long-established provider of crane hire, concrete sawing and drilling, heavy haulage road trains, logistical support and civil construction services to industry across Western Australia.
One of Western Australia’s top public servants has raised the possibility that private funding, including direct charging of motorists, will be needed to help pay for the State’s road network.
BUILDING contractor K Mountain this week announced it had entered into voluntary administration after a number of projects it was involved in were put on hold.
PIONEER Road Services Pty Ltd and Fulton Hogan Pty Ltd, through joint venture company RoadCare, have won a ten year contract with Main Roads to maintain around 1,500 kilometres of South West roads.
