The Pilbara
WA rock art expert scolds national counterparts for accepting Woodside donation
A senior WA-based rock art specialist has accused the Australian branch of the International Council on Monuments and Sites of “heritage-washing”.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Pilbara lithium leader’s profit crushed after price collapse
The collapse in lithium prices has crushed full-year profits at Australia’s leading producer, Pilbara Minerals, and denied shareholders any dividends.
- by Marion Rae
Their speed at building railways made them legends. What was their secret?
Brisbane Festival show Straight from the Strait ensures Torres Strait Islander workers of the WA mining boom are no longer unsung heroes.
- by Nick Dent
Australia’s green steel future threatened by lack of speed
If the steel industry was a country it would be the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases after the United States and China.
- by Peter Milne
Mystery buyer of St Kilda hotel – yes, the one with the Mirka Mora murals – revealed
The man who bought the iconic Tolarno Hotel has been a mystery – until now.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Forrest’s Indigenous foes call for inquiry into Fortescue mining
The Yindjibarndi people chasing Fortescue for $500 million compensation now want the independent environment regulator to consider tightening the regulation of the high-grade Solomon mine.
- by Peter Milne
Exclusive
Indigenous culture
Leaked letter reveals internal concerns about science on Australia’s next world heritage site
Rock art monitoring in Western Australia’s north was being done without “integrity, diligence or governance”, a Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation employee wrote.
- by Hamish Hastie and Peter Milne
Paying clean hydrogen’s way in WA will be harder than the hype
A cautionary tale for Australian companies rushing into the clean fuel business: from optimism a few years ago, Yara now finds green hydrogen is a long way away.
- by Peter Milne
Updated
Environmental activism
Whitby removes former Chevron employee from Karratha gas plant appeal
Environment Minister Reece Whitby decided to remove Murdoch University Professor Simon McKirdy to maintain public confidence in the appeal committee’s work.
- by Hamish Hastie
In the remote Pilbara FIFO villages are all about employee experience
If the food disappoints, rooms are not cleaned well or flights are late, management will hear about it – a remote workforce, like an army, marches on its stomach.
- by Peter Milne
Opinion
Gas
WA’s gas shortage is a joke – at the public’s expense
Can you imagine Qatar or Saudi Arabia panicking about a gas or oil shortage? It would be a joke. And in the west, companies are laughing all the way to the bank.
- by Mark Ogge
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