Perth Airport has unveiled an ambitious vision for its future, setting out a multi-billion-dollar investment program that promises to transform it into one of WAs most important economic assets.
Perth Airport is smashing records with more than 1.56 million passengers travelling through its terminals in January, delivering the airport's busiest month ever in terms of passenger numbers.
US engineering giant Bechtel, best known in WA for its work on big resource projects, has been appointed to lead the $5 billion redevelopment of Perth Airport.
Perth Airport has begun chipping away at the $5 billion worth of planned infrastructure upgrades, as international passenger numbers continue to rebound from border closures.
Improved technology and accessibility were highlighted as key tourism trends at the first session of the world's biggest tourism summit, which kicked off in Perth today.
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Tourism Western Australia has appointed five new board members, including Perth Airport chief executive Jason Waters and Oolin Sunday Island Cultural Tours owner Rosanna Angus.
Perth Airport has settled a long-running tiff with Qantas over the relocation of its airport terminal, striking a mammoth 12-year agreement worth around $3 billion – the largest in the airline's history.
Kate Holsgrove's year as acting chief executive of Perth Airport came at a critical juncture for the institution, as it sought to bounce back from the pandemic's effects.
The Perth Mint has kept its spot on the London Bullion Market Association's ‘good delivery' list following an investigation launched into the organisation's historical conduct.
Premier Mark McGowan says he only became aware that the Perth Mint's biggest client had raised concerns about the quality of gold it had been sold by the state-owned organisation on Monday night.
Perth Mint chief executive Jason Waters has admitted that at least ‘some' parts of the gold sold to the Shanghai Gold Exchange breached specifications, in response to the latest scandal facing the organisation.
Acting Synergy boss David Fyfe has been appointed chief executive, with the state enterprise set to work through coal closures and a lift in government funding.
Jason Waters will be chief executive at The Perth Mint after the departure of Richard Hayes, while Ralph Addis will leave his role at a government department to lead Lotterywest.
A freeze on disconnections, compliance rules for renewable energy generation and a court dispute have affected Synergy, as it posted a $27 million loss.
Power utility Synergy has taken a $446 million impairment and reported a loss of $656.9 million in the year to June, which the state government-owned business said was driven by higher fixed costs as revenue fell.
The state government will shut two more generating units at the Muja coal power station, in October 2022 and October 2024, much earlier than scheduled.
Electricity retailer Synergy hit an after-tax profit of $24.3 million in the year to June, an improvement of $36 million, aided by about $140 million of state government subsidies, while increased uptake of household solar continues to put pressure on revenue.
The state government has today announced that two private investors will co-invest with Synergy in a joint venture that is planning to build up to 210 megawatts of renewable energy projects in the South West Interconnected System.
Across the state's major government-owned utilities, more money goes in through subsidies than out through dividends, according to the latest batch of annual reports.
State-owned power generator and retailer Synergy has recorded a loss of $12.6 million for the 2017 financial year on the back of lower sales revenue and a large impairment due to the early closure of its generation capacity.
Competition among developers of renewable energy projects in WA's South West is hotting up, with two solar farms starting construction this year and a further eight major projects hoping to join them.
Certainty around the state's domestic gas supply received a boost today, with the Chevron-led Gorgon project delivering first domgas to Synergy and AWE taking the next step towards the development of stage two at the Waitsia gas field.
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State-owned electricity provider Synergy has declared itself to be at the ‘leading edge' of energy management and storage technologies, after selecting a Perth contractor for a trial electricity battery storage project in Perth's north.
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