Jack McGinn

Former Victoria Legal Aid managing director Bevan Warner has been appointed as Western Australia’s ombudsman, filling a seat vacated by the resignation of the embattled Chris Field.

The state government has confirmed it will review its Aboriginal cultural heritage settings specific to the state’s mining and exploration sectors, committing to a four-month review.

The state’s Auditor General has warned of serious fraud risks in past land sales by DevelopmentWA, as she tabled the shock findings of an audit into the body’s affairs.

UPDATE: The federal government has conditionally approved Woodside Energy's extension of its North West Shelf project until 2070.

The WA government will review parts of its Aboriginal cultural heritage protection frameworks, two years after a high-profile backflip on a failed attempt to modernise the system.

The environment minister of the small Pacific nation of Tuvalu has called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese not to approve Woodside Energy’s North West Shelf extension request.

The Environmental Protection Authority has opted not to assess a proposal by Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue to build what would be the state’s largest solar farm in the Pilbara.

Raleigh Finlayson’s Genesis Minerals will splash $250 million to buy the Laverton gold project from Focus Minerals, as it tightens its grip on the historic Western Australian gold region.

Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Tattarang has nominated former Credit Suisse Australia chief executive Richard Gibb to join the board of Henderson defence shipbuilder Austal.

Woodside Energy has dodged appeals against its North West Shelf project extension request, setting the scene for an imminent decision on the project by Environment Minister Murray Watt.

Rio Tinto’s global chief executive Jakob Stausholm will leave the mining giant by the end of the year, in a move which will shake up management at WA’s largest iron ore producer.

Fortescue expects production from its Iron Bridge magnetite mine to hit nameplate capacity in the 2028 financial year, as it gradually ramps up off the back of a series of setbacks.

Growth in Perth’s younger adult population last year bodes well for the city’s economic growth in the year ahead, according to recent analysis from KPMG.

Premier Roger Cook and Rio Tinto’s Simon Trott have each weighed in after Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest warned China would look away from the Pilbara in pursuit of greener iron.

Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson has called on WA’s fledgling hydrogen sector to disregard a drop-off in sentiment and push ahead with project development.

WA Electoral Commissioner Robert Kennedy will take leave through to the end of the year, after significant backlash in response to the agency’s handling of the March state election.

Roger Cook has labelled mooted duplication in state and federal environment laws as one of “the challenges of federation”, as he prepares to meet with Environment Minister Murray Watt.

Chris Ellison-founded Mineral Resources has announced that Malcolm Bundey will succeed outgoing chair James McClements from July 1.

Fortescue hopes to build as many as 200 wind turbines across almost 100,000 hectares in the East Pilbara to supply electricity to its mines in the region.

Capricorn Metals chief executive Paul Criddle has resigned from the company, after an assault charge against him was dismissed in court.

Former De Grey Mining chair Simon Lill will lead the board of a gold-focused spin-off from Gina Rinehart-backed Delta Lithium, to be listed as Ballard Mining.

Premier Roger Cook has urged recently re-elected prime minister to address Woodside Energy’s North West Shelf extension request quickly, following a series of delays.

Northern Star Resources added 7.2 million gold ounces to the mineral resource of its flagship Kalgoorlie asset last year, after mine depletion, in a boost to the life of a Goldfields icon.

Previously unidentified environmental and cultural factors have led Alcoa to reassess proposed haul roads at its Darling Range mines in an amended, lower disturbance mine plan.

Woodside Energy will look to sell part of its Louisiana LNG project to Aramco, a move announced the same day as a near trillion-dollar deal between the US and Saudi governments.

The Victorian Socialists political party affiliated with squatter’s rights activist Jordan van den Lamb – known online as ‘Purple Pingers’ – has announced it will branch into Western Australia.

Sussan Ley has become the first woman to lead the federal Liberal Party in its 80-year history, defeating shadow treasurer Angus Taylor by four votes in a party room ballot this morning.

Tim Goyder has made a habit of discovering and bringing mineral assets to production at just the right time – so much so that his paper wealth famously touched $1 billion in 2023.

Justin Fris and Jack McGinn discuss why a prominent industry lobby is calling for legislated coordination of WA's strategic industrial areas.

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 Corruption and Crime Commission has found a former public servant who downloaded highly confidential documents after resigning their job did not engage in serious misconduct.

The high-profile head of Woodside Energy’s sustainability committee has survived a push by super funds HESTA and Aware to oust her – a move which angered chair Richard Goyder.