Beach Energy and Mitsui's Waitsia stage two gas plant is finally ready for start up, more than four years since construction officially started on the contentious Perth Basin project.
A contractor has been selected for the Rockingham Senior High School upgrades after the McGowan government committed $60 million to the works in the 2023-24 state budget.
WA Shadow Treasurer Sandra Brewer says she will introduce a private members bill for the creation of a parliamentary budget office to scrutinise spending.
Roger Cook's name has been a regular feature on the annual list of Western Australia's most influential business and political players published by Business News.
Frontier Energy has appointed former Western Power chief executive Guy Chalkley as its non-executive chair, following an appointment of Mark McGowan that was ultimately never ratified.
ANALYSIS: Labor's plan to buy back the rail freight network adds to multiple moves across the water, roads, health and prison industries to reverse the privatisation of assets and services.
The University of Western Australia will award former premier Mark McGowan, Perron Group director Elizabeth Perron and molecular biologist Sue Fletcher with honorary doctorates.
Frontier Energy has shed light on its bungled recruitment of Mark McGowan as chair, revealing the former premier had signed a letter of appointment but never locked in a start date.
Former Premier Mark McGowan has put some of the onus for the pace of the state's contentious approvals system back on industry, while stressing the importance of relationships in business.
An emotional Bill Johnston has used his valedictory speech to parliament to thank the state's business leaders for their support over his career, while calling out the state of modern politics
Mark McGowan-linked Frontier Energy says a proposed hike to the price paid for electricity supporting the state's grid at peak times will boost the economics of its stalled solar project.
OPINION: Today marks three months since Frontier Energy announced Mark McGowan as its new chair but we still don't know when he will take up the role, if at all.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes Chris Paull, Jo Monery, David Andrew, Charmaine Lamprecht, Nicola Spicer, Meg O'Neill, Tanya Rybarczyk and Bep Uink.
Former WA Premier Mark McGowan has told business leaders to be “relentless” in their pursuit of political influence and backed creation of a new ministerial portfolio
Frontier Energy has kicked off alternate finance discussions on its $304 million Waroona solar project, after a $23 million capital raise and $215 million debt facility collapsed this week.
A Frontier Energy placement to raise more than $23 million has been scrapped after the solar energy aspirant's share price plummeted earlier this week, while uncertainty hangs over incoming chair Mark McGowan's start date.
Former premier Mark McGowan has made one of his first public speaking appearances since his surprise resignation last May, talking US politics alongside his former treasurer Ben Wyatt.
Frontier Energy still expects former premier Mark McGowan to join its board as chair, while the fallout from yesterday's grid access snub appears to have impacted a $40 million capital raise.
ANALYSIS: Incentives from the Australian Energy Market Operator to stimulate growth of the state's battery storage capacity may have dented a renewable project's production vision.
Mark McGowan-chaired Frontier Energy shares have plummeted more than 50 per cent, after its Waroona solar project was snubbed by the operator of the state's electricity grid.
Mark McGowan-chaired renewables aspirant Frontier Energy says rare cockatoos will be front of mind, as it starts environmental work on a 565-hectare expansion area at its Waroona project.
Former premier Mark McGowan has landed another post-political role, taking on the non-executive chairman position at Perth-based renewables aspirant Frontier Energy.
The long-awaited report into the state's domestic gas policy will be tabled this week, a deadline confirmed hours after opposition voices warned of the consequences of further pushback.
Kerry Stokes-backed Beach Energy is on track to deliver long-awaited first production from the second stage of its Waitsia stage two project in early 2025.
ANALYSIS: When Mark McGowan launched the $750 million Resources Community Investment Initiative more than 18 months ago, nobody expected an upgrade of Paraburdoo hospital would be its inaugural project.
The alliance representing the state's largest domestic gas users is ramping up its campaign to keep onshore gas in WA, as the premier's stance on the issue appears to be wavering.
WA Labor has endorsed a suite of fresh candidates vying for a place in parliament at the 2025 state election, with Mark McGowan's former chief of staff Dan Pastorelli confirmed for a tilt.
