Grinding conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East show no signs of ending. China’s growth — for so long the driver of WA’s economic success — has slowed. Despite those challenges, the global energy transition continues at pace.
The State Government has touted another year of strong jobs growth in the mining sector, despite the State’s lifeblood industry copping a $16 billion fall in overall mineral and petroleum sales for the year.
Opposition energy spokesman Ted O’Brien says business leader Ryan Stokes is right in suggesting communities earmarked to host nuclear power plants must be offered lucrative incentives.
The boss of a $10 billion gold major has demanded legislative changes to stop a repeat of the now infamous McPhillamys mine snub, or risk tarnishing Australia as a mining destination.
Hancock Prospecting has deferred part of its plans to tap into the WA magnetite market and delayed a final investment decision on its proposed Ridley mine, pinning the move on approvals uncertainty and water supply.
Reforms of IR, tax, energy and red and green tape would lift growth.
Earlier this week Ms Plibersek cited a mural on a post office in Bathurst as proof of the existence of the blue-banded bee Dreaming story, one of the central reasons she killed the Blayney goldmine proposal, despite evidence from the local land council that the story is not Wiradjuri tradition.
Startup Kairos Power plans to build small reactors to help supply electricity to the tech company’s data centers, in first-of-its-kind deal in U.S.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has cited a mural on a central NSW post office as proof of the existence of the blue-banded bee dreaming story, one of the central reasons she killed the Blayney goldmine proposal despite evidence from the local land council that the story is not Wiradjuri tradition.
Too much red tape is stifling productivity in hard-pressed enterprises.
