WA contractor,jobs saved as creditors back lifeline bid

WA contractor,jobs saved as creditors back lifeline bid

One of WA’s biggest Aboriginal-owned and run contracting services companies has been handed a lifeline after creditors backed an eleventh-hour bid to pull it out of administration.

  • byJesinta Burton

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FMG’s Pilbara actions ‘like kicking a dog when it’s down’,court hears

FMG’s Pilbara actions ‘like kicking a dog when it’s down’,court hears

A remote Aboriginal community’s long and poisonous battle with Fortescue Metals Group over its iron ore-rich Pilbara land has reached the Federal Court.

  • byRudi Maxwell
Australia’s own ‘special’ sea turtle at stake with nests under threat

Australia’s own ‘special’ sea turtle at stake with nests under threat

Australia’s north is the only place you can experience the wonder and awe this species inspires. But scientists say their nests could become dangerous places.

  • byPeter Milne
Qantas FIFO subsidiary pilots to resume strike over pay row

Qantas FIFO subsidiary pilots to resume strike over pay row

More than 200 Network Aviation and QantasLink pilots in Western Australia say they will walk off the job for three days on Wednesday over a long-running pay dispute.

  • byAaron Bunch
Pilots’ strike cancelled as cyclone threat gathers strength off WA coast

Pilots’ strike cancelled as cyclone threat gathers strength off WA coast

The cyclone,anticipated to be a category 2 system,is expected to make landfall on Saturday.

  • byHamish Hastie
Woodside begins quest for compensation from activists who set off smoke bomb at Perth office

Woodside begins quest for compensation from activists who set off smoke bomb at Perth office

Woodside wants to compel three Disrupt Burrup Hub protestors charged over a 2023 smoke bomb incident at its headquarters to reveal details of any others involved as it chases compensation for the cost of an evacuation of the building.

  • byPeter Milne
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No love lost as Qantas FIFO pilots to strike for two days starting Valentine’s Day
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No love lost as Qantas FIFO pilots to strike for two days starting Valentine’s Day

Pilots who connect far-flung WA mines say they are sorry for the public who will suffer from their second day of striking,but that Qantas has forced their hand.

  • byPeter Milne
Australian ‘green’ steel a step closer as iron ore rivals BHP and Rio team up

Australian ‘green’ steel a step closer as iron ore rivals BHP and Rio team up

The world’s two biggest miners are teaming up in a bid to develop Australia’s first electric-smelting furnace.

  • byPaul-Alain Hunt
Qantas pilots strike to clip FIFO wings on Thursday

Qantas pilots strike to clip FIFO wings on Thursday

Network Aviation will cancel about 35 flights carrying workers to WA’s north on Thursday as pilots strike after 18 months of negotiation for improved pay and conditions.

  • byPeter Milne
Northern Australia swelters with one region forecast to reach 50C

Northern Australia swelters with one region forecast to reach 50C

The meteorological phenomenon of “enhanced warming” could see parts of the north-west break temperature records for the entire country this weekend.

  • byTara Cosoleto
Sandfire lashed for ‘disrespect’ in destroying Australian cultural heritage

Sandfire lashed for ‘disrespect’ in destroying Australian cultural heritage

Sandfire admitted in a statement it had destroyed Yugunga-Nya artefacts on several occasions dating back to 2017 at its Monty project north-east of Meekatharra.

  • byRudi Maxwell