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Nickel
PM disappointed with BHP nickel shutdown: ‘We’ll be holding them to account’
BHP has promised to offer redeployment to 1600 front-line staff after closing its WA nickel despite help offered by the state and federal governments.
- by Simon Johanson and Peter Milne
Latest
More than guts: Four checkboxes for small business to make it in WA
A banker who sees numbers for 775,000 enterprises nationally “wouldn’t have the guts” to do it – but for the determined, she recommends ticking these four boxes.
- by Peter Milne
No more empty nests: Downsizing a major key to unlock WA housing
Here’s how many spare bedrooms there are in WA – and what’s stopping their owners from moving into something that fits their needs better.
- by Peter Milne
Woodside’s Australian workers hit with job cut news
Woodside workers face an anxious wait to see who has a kept their job from a reorganisation that takes effect next week.
- by Peter Milne
WA jarrah forest clearing given green light for Worsley bauxite mining
The OK for South32 to clear 39 square kilometres of jarrah forest near Boddington has been slammed as disgraceful by environmental groups.
- by Peter Milne
Future Kwinana industry and jobs ‘choked’ by state government inaction
WA’s heavy manufacturers have come out early with their wish list from the next state budget and a request to quash the dreams of some powerful property developers.
- by Peter Milne
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Gas
The Gorgon deal that could up the stakes on WA’s looming gas shortage
Western Australia’s biggest gas plant may be able to export for 30 years with no obligation to supply the state, thanks to an agreement struck two decades ago.
- by Peter Milne
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Hotels
Hyatt Regency brand to disappear from Perth
The monolithic 1980s brick building represents WA’s aspirations following the 1983 America’s Cup win, Premier Roger Cook has reflected.
- by Peter Milne
No prosecution after two workers nearly killed at Santos facility off WA
WA’s safety regulator has let companies off the hook, says the union for offshore oil and gas workers.
- by Peter Milne
Rescue practise goes wrong at BHP’s Leinster nickel mine
A rescuer needed rescuing after a safety drill went badly wrong at BHP’s Leinster underground mine, leaving a miner dangling over a 150-metre deep shaft.
- by Peter Milne
Exclusive
Alcoa investigation
Worries of ‘irreversible’ damage to jarrah forest by Alcoa revealed
Water Corporation concluded that contamination of Perth’s dams is “certain” but the state government heavily watered-down its recommendations to reduce the risks from bauxite mining.
- by Peter Milne