This Month
The seafood trend challenging prawns this Christmas
Sashimi is proving a new popular alternative on Australian holiday platters this year, though one traditional English product remains king.
Mining rivals join forces on green iron project
BHP, Rio Tinto and BlueScope have all agreed to develop Australia’s largest iron-making electric smelting furnace, the NeoSmelt pilot facility, in Western Australia.
‘Negative and wrong’: Green hydrogen players rebut Coalition claims
Green hydrogen advocates have pushed back on assumptions the industry won’t exist by 2050, which is a central premise underpinning the Coalition’s nuclear modelling.
WA government green lights Woodside’s North West Shelf extension
The West Australian government has given Woodside the green light to extend the life of its North West Shelf gas processing facility.
The human factor holding up wind power project
A bottleneck is emerging in Western Australia’s transmission infrastructure pipeline, an industry source has warned.
Greens the worst political performers of 2024: AFR readers
The Greens have been judged the worst-performing party by readers of The Australian Financial Review, who criticised its MPs for obstructing parliament.
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- Critical minerals
Iluka lands $400m taxpayer loan to get rare earth refinery on track
But investors are worried that the cost of the Eneabba project in Western Australia will make it hard for the company to make a return once it is operational.
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Plibersek’s EPA a threat to mining, claims WA premier
An unapologetic Roger Cook said: “We’ve made our position in relation Nature Positive absolutely clear.”
Calls for review of WA airfare subsidies after blowout revelations
A multi-million dollar blowout to a state government scheme subsidising regional travel has prompted opposition calls for a government review of the program.
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- WA Parliament
Govt has helped pay for more than 100k flights to one FIFO town in WA
A West Australian government scheme designed to subsidise regional flights to Perth for country residents has ballooned to quadruple its original cost.
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November
Northern Minerals narrowly fends off mystery board appointment
The miner has avoided a relatively unknown director being elected, just weeks after Treasury flagged it could put new shareholders under the microscope over suspected links to China.
Zempilas’ campaign manager quits after stoking WA Liberal crisis
Cam Sinclair has stepped down after he was revealed to have commissioned polling that triggered a furore for Liberal leader Libby Mettam.
WA unveils $150m lithium rescue package
The West Australian government has unveiled a $150 million rescue package for the state’s struggling lithium sector.
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- Liberal Party
Zempilas’ ex-campaign manager linked to Liberal crisis poll
A marketing firm run by Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas’ former campaign manager commissioned polling on behalf of an unknown local business person that has triggered a Liberal leadership crisis in Western Australia.
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- WA Parliament
The man who would be the new king of WA
Basil Zempilas is now the most high-profile name in WA politics, and he hasn’t even been elected to parliament.
Why this billionaire’s flying people in to watch cricket in Perth
Soft diplomacy between India and Australia surrounding the Test series has never been higher, according to Cricket Australia.
WA Liberal leader slaps down speculation over her future
Libby Mettam has vowed to lead the party to the next state election amid renewed speculation that Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas might swoop on the position.
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- Energy
Why the outback could become home for Asian data centres
Paddocks in the middle of Western Australia could become home to a new kind of shed: high-tech data centres offering computing power to cities throughout Asia.
Albanese hopes to persuade China, US against a trade war
Ahead of world leaders’ meetings in South America, the PM says Australia’s middle-power status gives it influence with the two superpowers.
Perth’s plan to raid east coast for tradies with lure of $10,000 cash
The West Australian government is considering offering a one-off payment to tradespeople to move from interstate to build more homes.