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Federal resources minister Madeleine King has told the state’s Energy Transition Summit that industry must take some of the blame for a lack of timely project development.

The federal government has tipped $70 million into bp’s proposed Kwinana green hydrogen hub as the development enters the front-end engineering and design phase.

Forward works on Western Australia’s film studio, expected to cost almost $22 million, are scheduled to start later this month.

A $575 million investment in WA’s major electricity grid is designed to facilitate energy opportunities in a state “up to its guts” in the energy transition, according to Premier Roger Cook.

Fortescue Metals Group deputy chairman Mark Barnaba has opened up about his time with the Reserve Bank, sacking Ben Cousins, and working with Alan Bond and Andrew Forrest.

Major players in the homebuilding industry are focusing on training future generations of construction workers.

A Senate inquiry into a 12-hour Optus outage that affected millions of Australians has revealed hundreds of triple-zero calls were unable to go through.

Fortescue Metals Group has revealed plans to establish a major manufacturing facility in the US state of Michigan, just a day after it unveiled a New York-based capital business.

Optus CEO Bayer Rosmarin considers stepping down

The Department of Planning has recommended refusal of Satterley Property Group’s plans for a major subdivision in Perth’s hills.

Tom Zaunmayr and Jack McGinn discuss the return of a biofuels sector in Western Australia.

Metronet will receive a $1 billion boost from the federal government despite other Western Australian projects being scrapped.

The local share market started higher but finished 0.7 per cent lower after a strong labour market report raised fears of more rate hikes next year.

Battery mineral explorer Galan Lithium has struck an offtake deal and potential financing package worth up to US$100 million with global miner Glencore.

Sandfire Resources has been fined half a million dollars over a rock fall incident that left one of its operators “lucky to be alive” at the DeGrussa underground copper mine.

Fortescue Metals Group will establish a New York-based capital office, Fortescue Capital, in a move designed to attract broader outside funding to its green energy projects.

The state government has changed its proposal for the $280 million Fremantle Traffic Bridge after community feedback, more than a year after unveiling the designs.

The WA government will step in to fill a $300 million funding gap for regional road projects left by the federal government’s exit from 50 funding partnerships nationwide.

Described as a 'misery tax', insurance duty is hitting businesses and homeowners hard while generating a windfall for state coffers

Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison has labelled SQM's takeover of Azure Minerals as “dead in the water” while also shedding light on his lithium acquisition strategy.

Being bankrolled in the hundreds of millions is no guarantee of startup success.

Premier Roger Cook has conceded WA's emissions may rise as the state backs industry to facilitate the region’s energy transition.

Adrian Fini’s Fini Group has launched a membership-only wine cellar in Nedlands as a spin-off to the State Buildings hospitality precinct.

Global law firm MinterEllison has lost five senior partners to rival HFW, including four of its Perth partners and its chief representative in the Beijing office.

IGO will proceed with plans to employ Ivan Vella as chief executive despite the shock news that Rio Tinto sacked him over a confidential information breach.

A policy exemption will allow renewable energy aspirants to secure a Crown land lease option in WA before their projects have received EPA approval.

Potash explorer Reward Minerals has struck an agreement to potentially pluck Kalium Lake’s Beyondie project out of receivership under a $20 million proposal.

Biofuel gained a foothold in Australia in the mid-noughties, but it wasn't to be. Today a second wave of projects hopes to cement the industry in WA

Funding for four major regional WA road projects is among 50 infrastructure deals scrapped by the federal government due to cost blowouts.

Anthony Albanese has arrived in the US for the APEC summit which will focus on trade and climate but a US-China meeting is attracting the most attention.

King swings the axe on road, rail

Departmental concern over the planning process for an expansive marine park in the state’s south has been brushed off by state fisheries minister Don Punch.