News Articles for Colin Barnett

Great artists of the 20th and 21st centuries feature in the third exhibition to come from New York's Museum of Modern Art.

Premier Colin Barnett is keeping a tight lid on how much has been spent on the government's failed attempts to revive the Muja coal-fired power station in Collie.

Premier Colin Barnett is pressing ahead with plans to acquire land at James Price Point for a gas processing precinct – without having a proponent lined up to build one.

WA's newest lobbying firm, Barton Deakin, makes no secret of its political ties.

THE near certainty of a Coalition government being elected in September, and the single-handed control of state leader Colin Barnett, have reshaped Western Australia's 2013 Most Influential list –

A big population centre at Lake Argyle has been proposed by a Fremantle consultancy as the winning entry to an international competition. The objective was to balance the nation's development with a northern capital.

The Barnett government has added to its ambitious list of major projects but questions remain over how it will fund its promises.

Barnett threat to Browse lease

While Woodside's decision on James Price Point is a disappointment, it doesn't mean economic development of the Kimberley should be put in the too-hard basket.

The state government has short-listed three consortiums of the “world's top stadium builders” for the Burswood football arena.

Woodside Petroleum has held out the hope of proceeding with an alternative gas project in the Kimberley after spiralling costs forced it to terminate plans for a gas processing plant at James Price

Industry groups have strongly criticised today's shock announcement that the state government is planning to merge energy utilities Verve and Synergy.

Having won a big victory at the state election, Premier Colin Barnett is looking to widen his influence, within Western Australia and elsewhere.

Premier Colin Barnett has used the official opening of the $2.6 billion Karara iron ore project in the Mid West to announce a royalty rebate to support magnetite developments in Western Australia.

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STEVE Carre has walked both sides of the business street - in big and small firms - and believes there's a touch of arrogance about the former's failure to recognise the value of the latter.

FARMING groups are taking a cautious view of the Barnett government's promises to make legislative reforms to benefit the sector if it wins the March 9 election, given the lack of action they say h

BOTH major parties have committed to big-spending projects in their bid to secure votes ahead of the upcoming state election.

With just over a week to go until the state election, the business community was eager to interrogate the treasurer and his key rival.