WA Government promises to work with industry to achieve zero emissions target
The new policy pledges to work with all sectors of the WA economy as it strives to achieve the net zero target by 2050.
Education pioneer Rod Jones receives Lifetime Achievement Award
The founder of Navitas as recognised for 'unwavering commitment to education while working outside the safety of public education.'
Prepare to engage – choosing between digital and traditional consultation tools
Stick to the basics, go for the new and shiny or do bits of both?
More than 25 years on, environment still inspires Dr Paul Vogel
The common theme through Dr Paul Vogel's career has been a love for the landscape of Australia as a whole – and WA’s natural surrounds in particular.
Millennials are more interested in news than you think
If you think about millennials as a generation uninterested in the world around them, it's time you thought again.
Meet Cannings Purple’s new Stakeholder Engagement team
The ever-growing importance of community and stakeholder engagement has led to us creating the biggest in-house team in Perth.
What is ‘branded journalism’ and how The 268 is leading the way
Our news and thought leadership hub has been shortlisted for a major global content award.
Developers told to get creative to combat constraints
A prominent developer has told an Australian Property Council forum that there is a real danger of over-supply of unsuitable apartments.
All that glistens is not gold in Kalgoorlie-Boulder
The record gold price should be a huge boost for Kalgoorlie-Boulder - but a visit to the capital of our Goldfields reveals a town approaching a turning point.
Lots to talk about, deals to be done as Diggers draws curtain on 2019
As the gold price rose to above $2200 an ounce, Diggers & Dealers has closed with a sense of optimism - for a wide range of commodities.
Rain on the golden parade can’t dampen Diggers spirits
A shower that hit delegates working outside wasn't nearly as impactful as the carnage on the sharemarket.
Miners need to talk to us, ‘not just among themselves’
Former Australian Army chief David Morrison AO has given some frank but important advice at the Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
How good is Diggers? – an ex-PM, the gold price, Trump and greenfields exploration
As far as opening days go, day one at Diggers & Dealers in Kalgoorlie-Boulder delivered in golden spades. The sun was shining, the coffee machines withstood testing conditions and John Howard proved the most popular keynote speaker here since …. the last time an Australian Prime Minister completed a full term. Which, of course, was John Howard, a point made rather well by Diggers & Dealers’ outgoing chairman, and gold industry doyen, Nick Giorgetta. Giorgetta hands over to Jim Walker on Wednesday night. “How good is the gold price?” Howard, channelling the current PM, asked an estimated near-record crowd of 2400 miners,
Mining industry shouldn’t apologise: John Howard
The appearance of former Prime Minister John Howard meant Diggers & Dealers started on an unusually political note.
Why disability services sector boards need more diversity
There are concerns the lived experience of disability is not being adequately reflected at decision tables.
Gold will glitter at Diggers…but that won’t be all
Nothing sparkles as bright as a good gold story. And what better place to be than Kalgoorlie-Boulder when Aussie gold is trading above a jaw-dropping $2100 an ounce. Welcome to this year’s rendition of the Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum, a miners and investors convention founded on gold but regularly taken over by fad commodities. Sign up to our newsletter to stay up-do-date with all the Diggers & Dealers news A bumper crowd likely to exceed 2000 has descended on the Goldfields capital ahead of today’s opening day proceedings, when the key presenters list will include former PM John Howard, South32 chief development
Stories told (and sold) in Noosa point towards Diggers
Know your story. Own your story. Tell your story. Those are non-negotiables for any mining company in the modern investment environment.