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Premier Colin Barnett has looked three years into Western Australia's future and sees a looming gap in new construction that needs to be filled with the next generation of big resources projects.
Mystery surrounding Verve Energy's troubled $250 million bid to resurrect the Muja coal-fired power station in Collie has deepened, with senior executives from its joint venture partner resigning en masse.
Construction giant Leighton plans to name new board members within weeks following an upheaval earlier this year.
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of four more workers from a collapsed underground room at a giant gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to nine.

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