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FOREIGN INVESTMENT REVIEW BOARD APPOINTMENT

The Coalition Government is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Margaret McDonald as a part-time member of the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB). The FIRB is a non-statutory advisory body...

New climate change policy for WA

The West Australian Government will develop a new, co-ordinated climate change policy for the State. Western Australia’s previous climate change strategy, Adapting to Our Changing Climate, was...

BHP says likely to quit global coal lobby group

Global miner BHP Billiton said this month it had taken a preliminary decision to leave the World Coal Association (WCA) over differences on climate change and might also withdraw from the U.S...

MINERALS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA CEO TO STEP DOWN

Brendan Pearson will step down as the Chief Executive of the Minerals Council of Australia next month after more than nine years in senior roles with the organisation. Brendan has been Chief...

Labor admits their gas policy increased power prices

To cap off a day he would rather forget, Labor’s Energy Spokesman Mark Butler has finally admitted Labor knew when in government that the approval of gas export projects would increase power prices...

URANIUM PROJECTS TO PROCEED

The Minerals Council of Australia Uranium Forum has welcomed the WA Labor government’s confirmation in the parliament that the four approved uranium projects will be allowed to proceed. This is...

Australia’s electricity system confidence crisis

Powering through: how to restore confidence in the National Electricity Market says the state-wide blackout in South Australia last September and a series of smaller outages and incidents over the...