Price tag revealed for WA’s biggest ever infrastructure project
Fremantle

Price tag revealed for WA’s biggest ever infrastructure project

After two-and-a-half years of planning the Kwinana Westport business case has been handed to the government revealing a cost of $7.2 billion in today’s dollars compared to the $4.7 billion the project was originally slated to cost in 2020.

  • byHamish Hastie

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WA businesses bear the brunt as supply chain crisis hits our shores
Shipping

WA businesses bear the brunt as supply chain crisis hits our shores

From China to Singapore to Freo to Melbourne then back across the Nullarbor by rail – guess how long it took to get one sea container of equine fencing to Perth?

  • byClaire Ottaviano
Revealed:Huge plan for new offices and parks at Glebe Island - but no homes
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Revealed:Huge plan for new offices and parks at Glebe Island - but no homes

A political stoush has erupted over the future of Sydney’s Bays West precinct,with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying housing was a better option.

  • byMichael Koziol
Secret review to decide on removing ports for housing at Glebe Island
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Secret review to decide on removing ports for housing at Glebe Island

The state government has commissioned a secret review from a former Treasury boss into whether the working ports at Glebe Island should be moved to make way for high-density housing.

  • byMichael Koziol
As it happened:WA news on Wednesday,5 June
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As it happened:WA news on Wednesday,5 June

Barely recovered from the last supply chain crisis,WA’s getting a new one;the million dollar club’s got new members;and there’s a new instalment in our People of Perth series.

  • byHeather McNeill
Divers find two bodies in submerged ute near bridge marked as ‘fracture critical’
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Tragedy

Divers find two bodies in submerged ute near bridge marked as ‘fracture critical’

As the recovery continues,a safety official has revealed the bridge was only in “satisfactory condition” and would not withstand the impact if a pylon came down.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
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‘Secret’ deals mean NSW taxpayers liable for port privatisations
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‘Secret’ deals mean NSW taxpayers liable for port privatisations

A potential liability of up to $4.3 billion is contained in previously secret deals that will be revealed by NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey on Thursday.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Terminal boss backs police intervention at ports,says Palestine blockade has hurt economy
Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Terminal boss backs police intervention at ports,says Palestine blockade has hurt economy

Police clashed with pro-Palestine protesters who had blockaded a terminal at the Port of Melbourne for four days to prevent ships reaching the Middle East.

  • byAlex Crowe
DP World wants workplace overhaul for ports
Industrial relations

DP World wants workplace overhaul for ports

Representatives of the Dubai-based company warned recent multi-employer bargaining reforms would drag other stevedores into widespread strikes.

  • byAngus Thompson
Union boss invokes slavery,oppression and water slides in Instagram attack on Dubai
Industrial relations

Union boss invokes slavery,oppression and water slides in Instagram attack on Dubai

Days after accusing Dubai without evidence of trying to bully the government into intervening in the wage dispute,Sally McManus appeared in a video to talk about human rights.

  • byAngus Thompson
Victorian treasurer to lobby federal Senate crossbench over IR changes
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Industrial relations

Victorian treasurer to lobby federal Senate crossbench over IR changes

Tim Pallas’ intervention comes as federal Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke refuses to get involved in stevedore giant DP World’s pay dispute with wharfies.

  • byAngus Thompson andJessica McSweeney