Bauxite miner and aluminium producer Alcoa will spend $15 million on a Forest Research Centre in Western Australia, as it seeks to further its environmental credentials in the state.
The full bench of the Federal Court is due to rule on whether Australia's environment minister must scrutinise climate harms from new fossil fuel projects.
The state’s energy market regulator has pushed back on a request for almost $100 million in additional funds from energy market participants to run the state’s wholesale electricity market.
WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam has defended the state’s resources industry, after federal opposition treasury spokesperson Angus Taylor lashed critical minerals production tax subsidies.
Oil and gas play Santos has revealed it will chop 200 mostly-Perth based jobs, as part of a cost-cutting measure undertaken in response to slow project approvals.
The state government has moved to play down a dramatic decline in the level of funding allocated to state roads across the forward estimates in last night’s federal budget.
The industry has largely welcomed the federal budget’s investment in housing, but say more needs to be done if the country is to reach its housing targets.
Andrew Forrest has led a chorus of industry support for new policies subsidising critical minerals and hydrogen projects, but the measures have failed to garner bipartisan backing.
The Federal Government has unveiled a $22.7 billion price tag for its Future Made in Australia initiative, including a production tax incentive for critical minerals – starting in 2027.
The federal government has poured in billions of dollars to ease cost-of-living pressures, including $3.5 billion in energy bill rebates and tax cuts from July 1.
Shares in Fleetwood regressed on Tuesday, following news the company's anticipated earnings before interest and tax would likely dip below the present consensus of analysis.
