Jack McGinn

The pathways to access power supply on new residential subdivisions will be simplified by the WA government, in a move designed to accelerate project delivery and shorten a growing waitlist.

Union-affiliated Network Aviation pilots will double their strike action from three days to six, as their dispute with parent company Qantas over an enterprise agreement escalates.

The strong performance of Seven Group Holdings’ industrial segment outweighed a substantial fall in media business earnings and asset write-downs at Beach Energy in the first half of FY24.

Jack McGinn and Isabel Vieira discuss the jobs lost in battery and materials processing in WA in January.

Project scale-backs and mine closures have put jobs in the spotlight but the headline figures only tell part of the story.

Roger Cook has backed business in and reiterated the need for environmental approvals overhaul in his speech to open the first sitting of parliament in 2024.

A Rio Tinto autonomous train has derailed in the Pilbara this week, with the incident currently under investigation by the iron ore miner.

Premier Roger Cook has urged Qantas and the union representing pilots at its WA subsidiary, Network Aviation, to resolve their differences ahead of planned strike action later this week.

Perth-headquartered Woodside Energy has mobilised the floating production storage and offloading facility to its Sangomar field in Senegal as it prepares for first oil production.

Perth Basin gas producer Strike Energy says it is disappointed with well testing results from its South Erregulla project, but will use the data gathered to guide the project’s modelling.

Further disruption could hit air routes servicing the state’s mining and resources sectors this week, as an industrial dispute between unions and a Qantas subsidiary escalates.

Western Australian senator Linda Reynolds will not contest the 2025 federal election.

More than 400 TAFE lecturers undertook industry placements in 2022 and 2023 as part of a program costing $10 million to the state, the government has revealed.

Asset write-downs pushed Beach Energy to record a statutory half-year loss of $345 million, as new managing director Brett Woods committed to undertake a review of business strategy.

Sandra Brewer has sensationally defeated the incumbent member for Cottesloe, David Honey, in the battle for Liberal preselection in the blue-ribbon state seat.

Business groups have slammed the nation’s new industrial relations laws, which they say will weaken the economy and negatively impact productivity.

Premier Roger Cook has defended the state’s trade relationship with Indonesia, despite recent concerns over the nation’s impacts on local nickel markets.

Health Minister Amber Jade Sanderson says the planned closure of a mental health clinic after less than a year of operation shows the private health funding model needs to change.

Flights on Western Australian Qantas subsidiary airline Network Aviation are disrupted today as strike action organised by the Australian Federation of Air Pilots goes ahead.

Canadian firm TransAlta is seeking environmental approvals for a 150-megawatt gas-fuelled power station to support processing at BHP Nickel West’s Mount Keith operations.

Woodside Energy has ruled out a mooted merger with fellow LNG producer Santos following a due diligence period across December and January.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss the future of the Kwinana industrial strip.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has held the cash rate steady at 4.35 per cent, in its first meeting of the new year.

The rules which help track the state’s natural gas supply-demand balance were breached almost 110 times in the last two years, the Economic Regulation Authority has revealed.

Sydney-based private construction company St Hilliers, which has carried out a range of defence related work over several years in Western Australia, has entered voluntary administration.

Jack McGinn and Tom Zaunmayr discuss the positive aspects of activism.

Pilots working for Western Australia-based Qantas subsidiary Network Aviation could walk off the job later this week as part of an ongoing enterprise agreement dispute.

Premier Roger Cook has reminded his federal counterparts of Western Australia’s economic importance, in response to mooted employment law changes that could affect local business.

The state government has brought the Great Southern and South West road maintenance workforce in-house, as part of its statewide transition to grow Main Roads.

Roger Cook has conceded a policy that requires 100 per cent of onshore gas to be used domestically will mean little if it stifles investment, as his government explore its domgas settings.

Stevedore giant DP World has reached an in-principle four-year agreement with the union, ending a protracted period of disruptive industrial action at ports including Fremantle.

Jack McGinn and Nadia Budihardjo discuss the career transition of Julie Bishop.