Projects in Port Hedland are progressing as the state government allocates $78 million for Lumsden Point and awards a $21.4 million dredging contract for Spoilbank Marina.
The big iron ore miners exporting out of Port Hedland will have to pay up to $220 million to property owners in the town's West End, under a buy-back scheme announced by the state government today.
Public relations may not immediately spring to mind in terms of business sectors likely to experience ongoing demand amid the COVID-19-driven economic downturn.
Western Australia's resources sector has evolved a long way from the perception, erroneous or otherwise, that its biggest and most profitable players are only interested in removing minerals from the ground and selling them to the highest bidder.
SPECIAL REPORT: Business News spoke to green advocates to explore how the petroleum industry might find common cause with the environmental movement, as pressure builds on billions of dollars of projects.
Platform Communications director Kirsty Danby has joined the board of SolarisCare, a community-based charitable healthcare organisation that runs cancer support centres.
