Former Horizon Power chair Brendan Hammond and MercyCare director Rebecca Tomkinson have been appointed to chair the Pilbara and Wheatbelt development commissions, respectively.
Western Australian utilities are boosting the state government's budget bottom line, partially offsetting falling GST and royalty revenue, according to the latest round of annual reports submitted to state parliament.
The Western Australian government has released a master plan for the Anketell port project, which is a critical piece of infrastructure in Aquila Resources' proposed $7 billion West Pilbara iron ore project.
The Barnett government would raise nearly $6 billion by selling the state's three major ports, if the Western Australian sales attracted the same surprisingly high bidding interest as recent port sales on the east coast.
The state government is calling for extra private investment at the port of Dampier, following a major new development at the port by QUBE Holdings and a call for private development of new facilities at Fremantle.
Transport Minister Troy Buswell has laid out a welcome mat for private investment in the state's ports, but has warned the government will not subsidise projects like the proposed iron ore facility
One of the overseers of Port Hedland's massive but politically sensitive expansion, port authority chairman Ian Williams, has stepped down, making him the third key person to leave a top job at the
Construction company Laing O'Rourke Ltd and the Dampier Port Authority hired two of Perth's top law firms last year when they became enmeshed in a complex dispute over the building of a new jetty; but that hasn't helped them achieve an effective outcome.
