Rio Tinto funds foundation for traditional owners of Juukan Gorge

Rio Tinto funds foundation for traditional owners of Juukan Gorge

The undisclosed financial backing from the London-headquartered miner was not compensation for its destruction of Aboriginal heritage,according to the Puutu Kunti Kurrama people.

  • byPeter Milne

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Watchdog stops Santos’ risky drilling off WA coast

Watchdog stops Santos’ risky drilling off WA coast

Santos has had three serious safety incidents in WA waters in 18 months and the latest,in a worst-case scenario,could have resulted in oil reaching beaches near Ningaloo.

  • byPeter Milne
BP forges ahead with WA green hydrogen despite ‘high complexity’

BP forges ahead with WA green hydrogen despite ‘high complexity’

The UK oil and gas major will prioritise sales to Pilbara miners ahead of exports as it gets the ball rolling on the $US36 billion Asian Renewable Energy Hub.

  • byPeter Milne
Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest cops surprise blast at his own press event

Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest cops surprise blast at his own press event

Nyamal woman Doris Mitchell-Eaton gave a welcome to country greeting and then immediately began levelling criticism at Andrew Forrest and Fortescue.

  • byPeter Milne andHamish Hastie
Feds launch inquiry into WA gas plant,rock art clash

Feds launch inquiry into WA gas plant,rock art clash

A national inquiry will examine the uneasy coexistence of Woodside’s two vast gas plants with ancient engravings on the Burrup Peninsula outside Dampier.

  • byPeter Milne
As WA mining death toll rises,courts yet to rule ‘industrial manslaughter’

As WA mining death toll rises,courts yet to rule ‘industrial manslaughter’

WA now has tougher laws,but investigation and prosecution rate is lagging far behind the death rate in workplaces subject to severe skills shortage pressures.

  • byPeter Milne
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Spearfisher attacked by 3 metre shark off WA coast
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Spearfisher attacked by 3 metre shark off WA coast

The 38-year-old father of three was fishing off a boat with two friends and his young son when he was attacked,his arm ‘almost severed’.

  • byCameron Myles
Record number of people employed in WA’s resources sector
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Record number of people employed in WA’s resources sector

The new figures reveal the unsurprising fact that the sector is one of Western Australia’s biggest employers.

  • byHamish Hastie
Major green hydrogen project takes shape in WA’s Pilbara

Major green hydrogen project takes shape in WA’s Pilbara

Australia’s biggest renewable hydrogen project will go ahead in the Pilbara,with the backing of federal and state governments.

  • byMarion Rae
Plibersek orders independent check on Burrup Indigenous rock art

Plibersek orders independent check on Burrup Indigenous rock art

An independent review will shine a new light on a decades-long dispute about whether WA’s gas industry threatens a million Indigenous rock engravings up to 40,000 years old.

  • byPeter Milne
Federal government dragged into Palmer-WA stoush

Federal government dragged into Palmer-WA stoush

The lawsuit marks the next chapter in Clive Palmer’s ongoing legal battles over the development of the Balmoral South iron ore mine in WA’s Pilbara region.

  • byMiklos Bolza