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InfrastructureCommentsPremiumWhole loader trouble at Kwinana port leaves exports in limbo

Exports through Kwinana Bulk Terminal have been stalled for months because the equipment used to load ships is out of action.

Matt Mckenzie

EnergyPremiumWhitby says Horizon Power breaches “disappointing”

Regional energy supplier Horizon Power is in hot water after auditors found the Government-owned utility did not comply with rules designed to protect competition.

Matt Mckenzie

ContractingPremiumDecmil tasked with $61m Marble Bar Road upgrade for HanRoy

Macmahon’s newly-acquired subsidiary Decmil has landed a $61 million contract to deliver much-needed upgrades to part of a critical freight route in the Pilbara.

Simone Grogan

InfrastructureCommentsPremiumShip hits the fan in crazy Fremantle Ports traffic jams

WA businesses are paying close to $900,000 of ‘parking fees’ every time a ship visits Kwinana because of huge delays at the port.

Matt Mckenzie

Commercial PropertyCommentsPremium$420m for three regions that can ease Perth’s housing crisis

Housing supply could be boosted by about 90,000 homes in three key Perth growth corridors through a $420 million infrastructure program, according to the Urban Development Institute of Australia in WA.

Kim Macdonald

AviationCommentsPremiumTake off as super fund giant swoops on Perth Airport

Giant industry fund AustralianSuper is set to become the third biggest shareholder in Perth Airport in a $500 million sale.

Neale Prior

MiningPremiumTaps on! BCI Minerals’ $1.4b Pilbara project worth its salt

Australia’s first salt project in over two decades is well on the path to production in a massive coup for both the State’s north and efforts to diversify the WA economy. 

Simone Grogan

WaterCommentsPremiumVysarn taps into $50b pipeline of east coast water works

Perth-based Vysarn will tap into what it calls a ‘once-in-a-generation water infrastructure boom’ on Australia’s east coast with the purchase of a Victorian consulting business.

Daniel Newell

WA newsCommentsPremiumMajor Perth Airport makeover a headache for passengers

Travellers at Perth Airport are being warned about delays as a $5 billion project to give it an overhaul to allow for the growing tourism industry begins.

Lisa Thomas

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Driven crazy: The 20 intersections that make Perth see red

Sitting in the car, waiting for a green light. It’s frustrating. It’s rage-inducing. It’s still costing WA’s economy more than $2 billion annually. It’s congestion. 

Dylan Caporn

InfrastructurePremiumRoe 2.0: Battlelines set for Westport road link

The State Government has been urged to rethink the Westport outer harbour project as conservationists warn the impact could be ‘worse than Roe 8’.

Matt Mckenzie

EconomyCommentsPremiumWestport: Sign new Kwinana harbour won’t open until 2042

The huge proposed Westport outer harbour development may not open until 2042 — 25 years after plans to build the Roe 8 road link to Fremantle Port were shredded.

Matt Mckenzie

AviationCommentsPremiumFlying high! Perth Airport hits huge new passenger record

The return of international airlines has propelled Perth Airport to a record year, with the hub cracking 16 million passengers for the first time last financial year.

Sean Smith

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Reason dozens of train stations need huge upgrades

About 35 stations across Perth will need works, costing hundreds of millions of dollars.

Matt Mckenzie

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IGO and Wyloo press pause on $1b Kwinana battery venture

The battery metals downturn has induced IGO and Andrew Forrest's Wyloo to put grand plans for a processing plant nestled in the Kwinana industrial strip on ice.

Adrian Rauso

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Been to Kwinana lately? It’s got quite a few surprises

I was quite pleased to get a phone call last week from someone offering me a guided tour of Kwinana. And, yes, that is the first time that sentence has ever been published.

Ben Harvey

Ben Harvey

InfrastructureCommentsPremiumConcerns for concrete supply as local manufacturers booted

A multibillion-dollar pipeline of inner Perth construction work has been dealt a blow after a key planning body voted to boot two manufacturers from Claisebrook.

Matt Mckenzie

PoliticsPremiumBillion-dollar boost to ease housing squeeze

Western Australia will share in $1 billion for infrastructure such as roads and sewerage to allow housing developments to be constructed as part of a federal scheme.

Andrew Brown

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Fremantle Port strike on ice as workers wait for new offer

Fremantle Port has won a last-ditch reprieve, with key workers threatening to strike over unmet pay demands expected to put industrial action on hold until a new offer can be presented next Friday. 

Josh Zimmerman

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Freo Port shutdown imminent as workers snub pay offer

Container trade through Fremantle Port is at risk of grinding to a complete halt next week after a key group of workers unanimously rejected a pay offer.

Josh Zimmerman

WA NEWSCommentsPremiumCouncils hold concerns over infrastructure ahead of AUKUS

A group of Perth councils hold serious concerns about the impact AUKUS will have on their communities, including the potential for vulnerable residents to be displaced due to the lack of housing. 

Kimberley Caines

Iron oreCommentsPremiumMinRes closure deals huge blow to Port of Esperance

Southern Ports chief Keith Wilks has lamented his ‘extreme’ disappointment in the closure of MinRes’ Yilgarn iron ore hub, saying losing the major customer will wipe out half of the Port of Esperance’s trade.

Simone Grogan and Carwyn Monck

MiningPremiumMinRes reveals more details on decision to close mining hub

Rising costs and logistical headaches ultimately pushed MinRes to call time on its Yilgarn hub, says iron ore boss Chris Soccio, who says ‘conversations need to be had’ about the infrastructure left behind.

Simone Grogan

EnergyCommentsPremiumMiners cheer as Dutton pushes button on nuclear option

Miners have given Peter Dutton’s plan to build seven nuclear power plants across Australia their seal of approval, hailing it a ‘crucial’ cost-effective pathway towards the nation’s net-zero ambitions.

Daniel Newell