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With the 2025 Western Australian election decided and Premier Roger Cook’s Labor firmly back at the helm, the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies CEO Warren Pearce says the State’s approvals processes must move faster.

In the wake of the vote, HotCopper invited AMEC’s Mr Pearce for an interview to lay out what the industry needs and expects in this new term of State Government.

Top of the must-do list, according to AMEC: A reduction in red tape.

In the interview, Pearce talks about the need for faster approvals for companies working through environmental and cultural heritage approvals processes in WA.

He also discusses the need for moves on renewable and gas energy project pathways; urges Australia-wide acceptance of uranium; and, discusses the likely impacts of a unionised workforce on Rio Tinto’s (ASX:RIO) Pilbara mines.

Pearce also shares his opinions on U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff regime.

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