Tag: Western Australia

Western Power’s operational plan for 2009-2010 will only be finalised in 2010-2011, giving rise to fears of blackouts in Western Australia.

Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett has reached agreement with BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto over increased iron ore royalties, mocking Kevin Rudd’s proposed RSPT.

The West Australian Liberal Party is campaigning hard on the resource super profits tax, with a new campaign which hopes to win back key seats from Labor.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) increased interest rates yesterday by 25 basis points percent to 4.5 percent as house prices in Western Australia’s Pilbara region continue to soar.

Back to the ex treasurer, Mr Buswell. It is bad enough that we have to bring up the old episode of what he did to that chair (still can’t bring myself to type it or say it) but the whole episode has been like seeing a dead animal on the side of the road. Once you notice it’s there, you can’t turn away…you almost feel compelled to check out how it died, and how badly.

Those with IT skills are picking up significant pay increases in Western Australia as demand for resources pushes up wages and demand in the state for qualified professionals.

The Federal Court in Perth last week handed down its final orders in the long running Western Australian air conditioning cartel case which had involved bid-rigging and price fixing on projects valued at over $100 million.

Hundreds of workers may have been exposed to deadly asbestos fibres at a Kwinana power station, Labor Leader Eric Ripper said today.

Engineering jobs are being filled by overseas workers while Western Australians miss out on work, Shadow Training Minister Ljiljanna Ravlich said today. Ms Ravlich said there was an estimated $140billion worth of projects in the pipeline requiring 47,000 construction jobs and 11,500 permanent jobs. “While the Premier crows about the benefits of the impending boom, […]

Western Australia has become a GM crop state with approval by the State Government to allow the introduction of GM canola to farms across the state. In parliament, the Liberal Government of Western Australia used its numbers to defeat the Labor’s disallowance motion opposing permitting GM canola to be grown in the stat, despite earlier […]