Key themes

Global perspectives and implications for energy sector in WA

WA’s energy future amid a disorderly global transition fron an international and local perspective

Delivery gap: ambition vs execution

Approvals, connections, slow progress, risk appetite

Optimising system design, market structure and investment signals

Market settings, policy changes, capital attraction, private–public partnerships and investor confidence

Infrastructure, grid transformation and storage

Transmission bottlenecks, system build‑out, batteries and “virtual transmission”

Leaning in to WA’s unique structural context: isolation, mining and Pilbara

Capitalising on the innovation that arises out of isolation, de- fragmentating the Pilbara and managing industrial load

Talent, capacity and global positioning

Workforce, skills, brain drain and WA’s international competitiveness

Social licence, First Nations and community outcomes

First Nations ownership, social performance, equity and public understanding of the energy sector

Exploring the role of gas as indispensable transition fuel

Gas for reliability, looming shortfalls, debate about how much and for how long