Mark Beyer

Resources minister Madeleine King has acknowledged there is an urgent need to clarify consultation requirements after the Federal Court overturned approvals for a second project last week.

Two businesses accounted for nearly half the value of all state government contracts awarded to Aboriginal businesses last financial year.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss the growth of new energy projects across the state of Western Australia.

A comprehensive analysis of the new energy sector in WA highlights its slow progress and points to the Mid West as a leader.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss the big changes taking place at West Australian Ballet and Ingrid Puzey's plans for the organisation's future.

Ingrid Puzey talks about the big changes at West Australian Ballet and her plans for its future.

ANALYSIS: This week’s departure of three senior people from Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group highlights just how different the Perth company is from its ASX peers.

In this podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Fortescue's revolving door, Qantas, Perth house prices, renewable deal, Frank Wilson, Federal IR changes and the Dowerin Field Days. 

Guy Debelle has become the third person to resign from a senior role at Fortescue Metals Group in the space of a week, after CEO Fiona Hick and CFO Christine Morris.

Fortescue Metals Group plans to spend a further $570 million on energy infrastructure in the Pilbara, after recent investments in gas power, batteries and a solar farm.

Three international groups have declared their interest in building vast offshore wind farms between Perth and Bunbury after the federal government kicked off a regulatory review.

South Africa’s Murray & Roberts has foreshadowed a big loss for the past year with most of it attributed to its former Australian subsidiaries Clough and RUC Cementation.

Global consulting giant Accenture has expanded its local presence by purchasing Perth-based ATI Solutions Group in a deal understood to be worth about $20 million.

In this podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the DomGas inquiry, PwC, Alcoa, FMG move, and results wrap up on Wesfarmers, BHP, Pilbara Minerals, Northern Star and Monadelphous.

Kerry Stokes-backed BCI Minerals has secured an increased loan from a federal government agency for its $1.6 billion Mardie salt project as it continues negotiations with commercial lenders.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss the continued growth of renewable project investment in Western Australia. 

New investors and projects are laying the groundwork for growth in renewable energy in WA but a lot more is needed.

Consulting giant PwC has been suspended from two WA government procurement panels as fallout from its tax advice scandal continues but competitors KPMG and Deloitte face no such problems.

ASX company Alumina Ltd has revealed the financial woes facing its partner Alcoa, with their joint venture suffering a $US67 million loss as they battle regulatory issues in WA.

Compass Education and TechnologyOne will supply school management software to more than 800 public schools after a previous contract failed to deliver.

Two special forces veterans have teamed up to bring a fresh approach to risk management for business.

In this podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Roger Cook's agenda, coal power, DomGas, apartment projects, the art sector and more.

Western Australia’s second largest gold miner says turnover among some of the specialist skilled trades in the sector has increased to 50 per cent.

The state government has deferred the closure of one of its coal-fired power stations after a report forecast a big shortfall in energy supply within three years.

Perth investment bank Argonaut has recruited Hayden Bairstow from Macquarie Equities, shortly after the retirement of John Macdonald.

In this podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Aboriginal Cultural Heritage, planning backflip, airlines, road project delays, LNG industrial action, Hancock and more

The state government’s top infrastructure adviser has provided heavily qualified support for the surprise relocation of the $1.8 billion Women and Babies Hospital to a site in Murdoch.

The state government has flagged a reversal of recently announced medium density planning reforms, with many single dwellings to be excluded and other changes to be deferred.

A federal government review of infrastructure projects has delayed progress on numerous roads projects in WA, with contractors and the state government calling for action.

In this podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Woodside boss Meg O'Neill, house prices, interest rates, Geraldton hydrogen and more.

The lobby group for big business has backed up its support for a Voice to Parliament by disclosing its members have substantially boosted their Indigenous employment and procurement.

The record-breaking sale of the mining software company founded in Perth 37 years ago by geologist Graeme Tuder has been terminated.