Jack McGinn

A group of WA aged care industry leaders have signed a memorandum of understanding with Yokai to improve culturally appropriate services for Aboriginal elders.

A controversial federal government Bill that would ban live sheep exports in Australia from 2028 has passed the lower house and is headed for Senate scrutiny.

A proposal by Gina Rinehart-backed Senex Energy to develop and run as many as 151 new coal seam gas wells in Queensland was ticked off by the federal government this week.

City of Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas has formally unveiled the selected site for a $1.5 million, seven-metre statue of a spaceman to be donated to the city.

Jodie Ransom will take the reins as full-time chief executive of Fremantle Ports, as successor to the late Michael Parker.

Neurotologix, REX Ortho, VeinTech and CoraMetix were among the big winners of a $5 million round of grant funding under the state’s Future Health Research and Innovation Seed Fund.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss John Van Der Wielen's top tips for business transformation.

Synergy has revealed it breached its licence almost 100 times between February last year and April 2024, by failing to properly handle contact details for 68 customers using life support equipment.

Westgold Resources has backed its move for Karora Resources, with the pair working towards finalising the deal by the end of July despite a rival’s request for Takeovers Panel intervention.

Strike Energy has unveiled a plan to build and operate a gas power plant in a bid to support the state’s main electricity grid, tapping its gas reserves at South Erregulla in the Perth Basin.

A group of southern suburban local governments has laid bare serious defence infrastructure and population growth concerns ahead of AUKUS’s arrival in Rockingham.

Hour-long work stoppages at bulk liquid handler Quantem’s North Fremantle facilities will not have a significant impact on operations, according to the facility operator.

Strike Energy has refinanced and secured additional funding to support its Perth Basin gas acceleration strategy, agreeing to terms on a $153 million Macquarie Bank funding package.

Woodside Energy’s Perth-based head of new energy initiatives, Shaun Gregory, will step into an advisory role after a C-suite shake up at the LNG producer.

Justin Fris and Jack McGinn discuss the business of WAFL.

Alcoa Corporation has tapped a BHP veteran to lead its Australian division, as it draws closer to its acquisition of JV partner Alumina Limited.

The Nationals WA have accused the state government of playing politics over gun laws, after reforms labelled the “strictest in the nation” were pushed through parliament today.

Woodside Energy says it paid $4.35 billion worth of tax in Australia in 2023, with data released amid sustained criticism over the economic contribution of LNG producers to the WA economy.

The gap between contractor and company delivery deadlines is closing at the Waitsia gas project in the Perth Basin, but Beach Energy says the long-awaited development remains on track for production in early 2025.

The Australian Energy Market Operator has substantially eased immediate forecasts of a looming shortfall in the state’s major electricity grid but warned of the need for continued investment in capacity.

Premier Roger Cook says a lift to the Chinese trade ban on western rock lobster would be a logical move, ahead of Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Perth this week.

Byte Construct will build Marine Rescue headquarters and facilities for the Ocean Reef Sea Sports Club and Joondalup City RSL, as part of the state’s $272 million Ocean Reef marina redevelopment.

KPMG’s Australian arm will shed around 200 staff from its consulting business as part of a comprehensive restructure, in a move expected to save it around $80 million a year.

Jack McGinn speaks with Nadia Budihardjo about the state of carbon capture projects in WA and beyond.

Proving the technology works is the first step in efforts to develop carbon capture projects.

Hastings Technology Metals says it has shaved around $30 million off the price tag of its Yangibana rare earths project.

Fortescue global growth director Julie Shuttleworth has left the organisation after more than a decade, the latest high-profile departure from the Forrest empire’s group of businesses.

The handing down of the report into the state’s contentious domestic gas market has been delayed until August.

The state government has drafted amendments to the Mining Act to offer security of tenure over exploration tenements, following a 2017 High Court judgment which cast doubt on the system.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit Tianqi’s lithium hydroxide refinery in the Kwinana industrial area next week, as part of the first visit to Australia by a Chinese premier since 2017.

The Minderoo Foundation will invest in Fortescue-developed security gates to help deliver aid into Gaza, according to founder and chair Andrew Forrest.

Resources and Northern Australia Minister Madeleine King has told an audience in Perth that the world’s path to net zero begins in WA, while praising the decisions of former Liberal premiers.