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Carbon cutPremiumRinehart’s Roy Hill battery trains a Pilbara first

The next generation of transportation for the iron ore miner will adopt advanced technologies that improve energy efficiency, lower operating costs and improve its rail and mining network.

Stuart McKinnon

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The West Australian exclusive
Builder’s disputeCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Stadium construction stoush to cost taxpayers $22m

More than $22 million in WA taxpayers’ money has been set aside in the State Budget to settle a long-running contract dispute with the Optus Stadium builder.

Peter Law

Take offAirports need strong jab rollout: Moody's

Moody's Investors Service believes Australia's airports are set for a sustained recovery as long as the national vaccination plan is adhered to.

Colin Brinsden

Price improvesPremiumSydney Airport to open books after sweetened bid

Sydney Airport said it will open its books to a group of suitors after they sweetened their takeover offer.

Angus Whitley

on trackPremiumJohn Holland to double WA rail workforce

Engineering contractor John Holland plans to double its WA rail workforce in the next three years as projects ramp up, but is bracing for a challenge to secure top talent.

Kate Purnell

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The West Australian exclusive
Empire growsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Retail plans keep Perth Airport flying high

Planes are relatively few and far between at Perth Airport amid the hard border but its property portfolio is flying high with plans for a neighbourhood shopping centre.

Kim Macdonald

Bold visionPremiumBig ideas to revive failed Yagan Square market hall

Industry players have begun the autopsy on what killed the venue — and have turned discussion towards how to best use the space to activate the city.

Kim Macdonald

Green hydrogenPremiumBP eyes renewable energy hub at Kwinana

Oil and gas giant has flagged a study into the production of green hydrogen and other renewable fuels at its decommissioned Kwinana oil refinery site.

Stuart McKinnon

All aboardCommentsPremiumMetronet control centre to get $50m

The upcoming State Budget will contain up to $50 million for a new Metronet operations control centre in East Perth.

Charlotte Elton

Cash bonusesPremiumWA companies unveil incredible perks to attract FIFOs

Companies such as Perenti Global and Monadelphous have revealed their efforts to attract and retain workers amid the State’s ‘unprecedented’ labour shortage.

Stuart McKinnon & Sean Smith

‘Opportunistic’Sydney Airport rejects ‘undervalued’ revised bid

Sydney Airport has rejected a revised $22.8 billion takeover bid from a consortium of infrastructure investors.

AAP

Last hurdlePremiumWoodside gets green tick of approval for Scarborough

The oil and gas major has received environmental approval for its long-awaited Scarborough gas project off WA’s North West coast, subject to a number of conditions.

Danielle Le Messurier

Price hikePremiumCosts grow for Woodside’s Scarborough gas dream

Woodside has upped the capital cost of its long-awaited Scarborough gas project off WA’s North West coast as it closes in on a final investment decision.

Daniel Newell

Quieter streetsPremiumNew station a game-changer for Ellenbrook

FIRST PICTURES: Ellenbrook may be a sleepy suburb now but by 2031 it will have transformed into the busiest public transport hub in the north eastern corridor.

Kim Macdonald

Pindan collapsePremiumPindan ‘may have been insolvent’ months before collapse

However, the building company’s administrators say directors were of the belief that support from Pindan’s Singapore parent would keep the company alive.

Sean Smith

Long-term plan?CommentsPremiumPut hospital revamps ‘on backburner’: WA roadmap

The long-term plan for the State’s future infrastructure recommends punting major projects further down the track, with the Premier lauding its focus on ‘does something need to be built at all?’

Josh Zimmerman

Troubled watersPremiumShipping delays big risk to mining and agriculture

Delays began during the pandemic last year but continued to snowball in 2021, made worse by the Suez canal blockage in March and the more recent COVID outbreak in China.

Jenne Brammer

Getting betterPremiumDirt cheap solar power is set to get even more powerful

The solar industry has spent decades slashing the cost of generating electricity direct from the sun. Now it’s focusing on making panels even more powerful.

Dan Murtaugh

Major investmentPremiumChevron green lights new $US4 billion WA investment

The energy group has kicked off a project to improve gas recoveries from the huge fields feeding its Gorgon LNG project.

Sean Smith

investor windfallTelstra offloads 49pc of towers business for $3b

Telstra shareholders can look forward to the return of more than $1 billion after the group sold 49 per cent of its mobile towers infrastructure business.

AAP

Remit expandsPremiumNAIF open to more ideas to fund growth in northern WA

Emerging projects in WA’s north are well placed to secure a sizeable chunk of the $2.1 billion still left in the kitty of the Federal Government’s Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility.

Stuart McKinnon

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Under PressureCommentsPremium
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WA skills shortage sees massive projects delayed

The completion of several multi-million dollar State Government road and rail projects could be pushed back by up to a year in the wake of a severe skills and labour shortage.

Joe Spagnolo

Idea sunkCommentsPremiumCity of Perth may torpedo $151 million pool plan

Plans for the highly anticipated WACA pool — which would cost Perth ratepayers $151.5 million — look set to sink after a draft business plan found ‘no unmet need’ for an aquatic centre in the city.

Briana Fiore

Burrup hitPremiumYara slashes $276m from value of new Burrup plant

The Norwegian group is partnering with Orica in an ammonium nitrate plant outside of Karratha that is still powering up after entering production two years late.

Sean Smith