Alcoa Australia has made an unprecedented commitment to pay $55 million to support remediation of its mine sites as it strives for environmental approval for its South West operations.
The multi-million-dollar investment will go towards conservation efforts by Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation to support World Heritage Listing requirements.
More than 20 industry groups have called on Labor and the opposition to work together, while suggesting changes, on the federal government's proposed environmental protection reforms.
Albanese's hopes of reforming environmental laws this year have been quashed after senators blocked a move for an inquiry into the laws to be handed down in the final week of parliament, instead extending it into 2026.
Energy giant AGL has inked an offtake agreement with Tilt Renewables for 100 per cent of the expected 108 megawatts of electricity from the Waddi Wind Farm north of Perth.
Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt has pledged to work with the state government to reduce approvals timeframes by 20 days, as the pair work on a new bilateral agreement.
Federal Communications Minister Anika Wells will "lay down the law" to Optus parent company SingTel when meeting this week, following another weekend of outages which crippled triple-zero services.
Woodside Energy has secured approval for its proposal to extend the life of the Karratha gas plant through to 2070 with conditions, following months of negotiation with federal regulators.
A federal court judge stopped short of forcing the Environment Minister to consider an application over Murujuga but has found the government's three-year delay to be unreasonable.
The Environmental Protection Authority has accepted changes to Woodside Energy's Browse gas proposal, after considering more than 17,000 submissions received over just four weeks.
Lawyers for a Pilbara Traditional Owner told the court the federal government grossly exceeded a reasonable amount of time needed to consider an application to protect Murujuga rock art.
The federal and state environment ministers have lauded the decision by UNESCO to grant World Heritage listing to the Murujuga Cultural Landscape in WA's North West.
An environmental group had lodged a legal challenge against the state's approval of Woodside's North West Shelf extension, claiming the decision was made improperly.
The federal government and Woodside Energy have agreed to push out a period of consultation over approvals for the company's contentious North West Shelf project extension.
A judge has concerns in the timeline of Pilbara traditional owner's legal challenge against newly minted federal Minister Murray Watt, over the controversial North West Shelf extension.
Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation says a new study refutes claims that industry on the Burrup Peninsula is damaging rock art but that has not stopped a traditional owner launching legal action.
Roger Cook has labelled mooted duplication in state and federal environment laws as one of “the challenges of federation”, as he prepares to meet with Environment Minister Murray Watt.
A proposal by the peak retail lobby group to allow employers to buy out retail workers' penalty rates and overtime via a 25 per cent pay rise has been rubbished by the Federal Government.
Eleven MCGs – or 18 Optus Stadiums – worth of jobs have been created by the Albanese government, according to Murray Watt, as new statistics reveal a record high participation rate.
Australia's unemployment rate has remained steady at 4.1 per cent for September, strengthening expectations the RBA will leave the cash rate unchanged this year.
Premier Roger Cook has called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to apologise for rubbing salt into the wounds of the agricultural sector, after a joke about live export angered stakeholders.
Industry voices have praised the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2024, which passed through parliament overnight, but said an industry-specific watchdog needed to be established.
WA farmers have vowed to campaign heavily against Labor candidates during next year's federal election following the government's decision to ban live sheep exports from 2028.
A controversial federal government Bill that would ban live sheep exports in Australia from 2028 has passed the lower house and is headed for Senate scrutiny.
Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the federal budget's mining support, Santos and Quintis job cuts, live sheep exports, property development approvals, NWQ Capital Management, and Clough's journey under Peter Bennett.
The nation's peak farmers' lobby group has rebuffed calls from its WA counterpart to sack Federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt over his handling of a stranded livestock vessel.
Agricultural exports to the Middle East are being thwarted by a lack of space on planes leaving Western Australia and remain well below pre-COVID levels.
Agriculture Minister Murray Watt is not holding out for further tariffs imposed by China to be dropped on Australian products immediately following the prime minister's visit to Beijing.
An Australian team will fly to Indonesia to work with authorities, as a key deadline over concerns around lumpy skin disease in live cattle exports draws closer.
