News Articles for Chris Oughton

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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.

AMTE Power and InfraNomics are planning a 200,000 micro cell battery production line in Kwinana.

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.

BP Australia is ceasing fuel production at its Kwinana refinery and will convert it into an import terminal, resulting in hundreds of job losses.

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

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

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.

South Metropolitan Region MLC Phil Edman has called for an overhaul of the Department of State Development over the allocation of a prime beachfront plot of industrial land to global giant Puma Energy, which is planning to build an $80 million bulk fuel storage depot.

A council representing industry heavyweights including BHP Billiton and Alcoa has thrown its support behind the City of Kwinana's proposal to take over part of the City of Cockburn and assume responsibility for the Kwinana industrial strip.

A $1 million study has been launched to determine the potential for recharging aquifers with wastewater in the Kwinana area to address possible future shortages.