News Articles for Kwinana Industries Council

With $12 billion available to transform Henderson into a specialised defence precinct, the race is on to capitalise on the opportunity.

Major bottlenecks caused by an ageing import facility on the southern coast are costing Kwinana industrial players almost $70 million each year, a report released this morning has revealed.

The WA Productivity Commission will be formed through the merging of Infrastructure WA and the Economic Regulation Authority.

OPINION: Businesses have a range of viable, achievable and significantly scalable strategies available to them.

The state government will tap the collective knowledge of unions and industry groups as it formulates a plan for the future of the state's strategic industrial area near Rockingham.

The state budget has detailed substantial spending on the proposed Westport project with a focus on planning and environmental initiatives ahead of major construction.

Government funding for Western Australia's key industrial estates will be doubled to $1 billion under an election promise to be delivered in Thursday's state budget.

Responsibility for decision making over the Western Trade Coast fell on the shoulders of 11 of the 17 cabinet ministers in the first government led by Roger Cook.

The outlook for the Kwinana industrial strip has changed drastically during the past year after a series of project closures and delays.

Industry groups representing the state's largest heavy industrial operators have warned the WA government is not moving fast to address congestion issues in Perth's south.

BGC has started construction on tens of millions of dollars' worth of infrastructure in a bid to start producing “green cement” after inking a deal with a lithium heavyweight.

Key industrial players along the state's western trade coast south of Perth remain concerned at a lack of government planning, as they gear up to spend billions in the region.

The state government has committed $273 million towards the Westport proposal, which has been projected to cost $7.2 billion to deliver.

The WA government has approved a new scheme for Mandogalup in hopes to solve uncertainties over the controversial area developers have eyed for housing for more than a decade.

An agreement between the state and federal governments will begin the process to develop a consolidated defence precinct at Henderson, with millions committed and billions of investment forecast.

The state government has committed $20 million to kickstart delivery of an infrastructure strategy for Kwinana but the total bill is likely to run into the billions.

Kwinana's major industrial players are calling for action ahead of a critical election year in 2025.

Careful management is needed when heavy industry and residential areas are in close proximity.

The total investment into the planning phase of the multi-billion-dollar Westport project nears $70 million after the federal government matched its state counterpart's funding.

Detail of Australia's long-awaited response to the US Inflation Reduction Act will soon be made public, with domestic advanced manufacturing and a clean energy incentive scale-up on the cards.

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The proposed multi-billion-dollar Westport development has been referred to the Environmental Protection Authority.

The Kwinana Industries Council has recruited university executive David Harrison to replace its long-serving director Chris Oughton.

The Kwinana industrial strip is going through major change as foundation businesses shut down and new, largely unproven, operations move in.

A Perth-based startup will chart out a study to sequester carbon from Kwinana's industrial plants offshore in a bid to reduce environmental impact from the 7 million tonnes of emissions generated in the area each year.

Business groups are calling for a more holistic response across all tiers of government to infrastructure and supply chain pressures.

Planning Minister Rita Saffioti supports the inclusion of a disclaimer on title documents amid continuing debate about Mandogalup's future.

Perth's growing pains continue to cause tensions between residential and industrial development.

One of the state's leading industry councils is lobbying the state government to ban political donations from property developers, mirroring similar regulations implemented in Queensland and NSW.

About $2.5 billion of projects are likely or under way near Kwinana as the industrial precinct gains a greener tinge.

Wesfarmers and SQM are progressing a sharpened up lithium refinery project in Kwinana, with a $600 million proposal heading to development assessment next week.

Free to read: From resources projects to rooftops, the technological revolution under way in energy will have a lasting impact on Western Australia.

Opinion: Local branch members got their man when David Honey won the recent Cottesloe by-election.

SPECIAL REPORT: A move to secure federal cash for road upgrades ahead of a new outer harbour port development is one possible funding fix for a state government battling budget issues.

Satterley Property Group has welcomed advice from the Environmental Protection Authority that confirmed there were no health risks over its landholdings in Mandogalup, but uncertainty still hangs over whether part of the southern suburb is appropriate for residential development.

A national initiative that promotes sustainability and community collaboration will return to the streets of Western Australia on October 22.

SPECIAL REPORT: Amid controversy surrounding Roe 8 and the privatisation of Fremantle Port, a shift to an outer harbour in Cockburn Sound is a question of when, not if, according to proponents.

Developers say the extension of a buffer around industrial areas near Kwinana has the potential to set a dangerous precedent over the erosion of the rights to develop land.

The state government has released plans to formalise a ‘protection area' around the Western Trade Coast industrial area, pleasing existing industry but disappointing land developers.

Transport Minister Dean Nalder said today the government was still working out how it would handle an expected doubling in truck movements around Fremantle, but has ruled out one option – sinking a tunnel under the Swan River.