Jim Power

Australia’s mining sector enters 2026 with a mature and increasingly robust safety regime. Across the country, work health and safety (WHS) regulators are sharpening their expectations, providing clearer lines between ‘paper compliance’ a…

First Nations partnerships are central to Australia’s clean energy transition, with new Commonwealth and WA policies emphasising genuine, equitable engagement.

WA’s ‘new’ Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 has been introduced to Parliament.  Many questions remain unanswered. However, the key issue is the extent to which the WA Government’s position on heritage protection has…

Today the WA Premier announced the repeal of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021 (WA) and a return to the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 (WA).

Disclaimer: The DPLH released some further draft ACH Regulations on 17 April 2023 relating to a variety of matters. Material omissions still remain. This article will be updated once more substantive information has been released. To ensure…

We set out key takeaways & underlying theme of parties needing to be well-prepared for the commencement of Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021.

We outline the new changes to Western Australia's Work Health and Safety Act 2020 (WA) and its accompanying regulations.

We outline the Greenhouse Gas Storage and Transport Bill and its role in carbon capture and storage in Western Australia and its wider effects.