Adam Orlando

West Perth-based Globe Metals & Mining has announced the commencement of a pre-feasibility study on its 100 per cent-owned multi-commodity (niobium, uranium, tantalum and zircon) Kanyika Project in Malawi.

Western Australia's state opposition is threatening to penalise BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto if they merge, saying that a Liberal government would wipe out vital royalty concessions now enjoyed by the mining giants, The Australian reported today.

Australia's economic downturn is starting to bite Western Australian businesses, according to the August Sensis Business Index released today.

For more than 150 years, the Royal WA Institute for the Blind has supported visually impaired people throughout Western Australia.

There's been a lot of interest in Como-based carbon steel resources producer and developer Aquila Resources Ltd in recent times.

The underserviced and ageing rail infrastructure in the eastern states has created an attractive market opportunity for niche wagon and rail maintenance player Gemco Rail Pty Ltd, based in Forrestfield.

If you ask Chris Godwin about his business, Flowers Design School, he is definitely not coy about its origins.

A number of mining services companies have posted record profits for 2007-08, reinforcing the state's position as an emerging global centre for high-calibre mining services companies.

Gage Roads has posted a net loss after tax of $3.62 million for fiscal 2008 compared to $3.07 million in 2007, reflecting increased marketing and personnel expenditure against a background of flat sales growth.

With the state set to go to the polls on September 6, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA has issued an election policy blueprint it wants the elected government to take on board "to secure WA's long-term prosperity".

The Fresh Start Recovery Program in Subiaco has survived 11 years of minimal government funding and private sector support.

Australia Post has denied there is a backlog of mail across Western Australia after it emerged this week that documents sent by Burswood financial advisers Empire Financial Group were taking up to three weeks to reach fund managers.

An unplanned pregnancy in 2006 caught former marketing consultant Claire Burke off guard, especially with regard to the challenges of nursing a newborn.

When 29-year-old Tanya Steinbeck started her home business in March this year, finding the time to care for daughter Ava and manage domestic chores was not an issue.

It's an age-old debate that still rages - beer versus wine.

People with sedentary occupations have a greater propensity to become overweight and obese, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

Western Australia's fledgling private equity market is gaining traction, with a growing number of transactions this calendar year coinciding with a downturn in stock market listings.

The Passages Resource Centre in Northbridge says guiding marginalised Western Australians out of homelessness means overcoming the cycle of unemployment, health problems and, in many cases, substance abuse.

The timing of the state government's announcement of Oakajee Port and Rail Pty Ltd as the preferred developer of the $2 billion Oakajee port project was impeccable, according to Geraldton mayor Ian Carpenter.

Boutique private equity firm InGlobo Asset Management Pty Ltd is looking for more acquisitions in the mining services sector after its debut purchase of Integrated Industrial Mining Supply Pty Ltd.

A wave of new office projects in West Perth and the western end of the city will provide some much-needed supply to the area, which has the tightest office market in the country and a vacancy rate of zero, according to the Property Council of Australia (WA)'s office market report.

The state's second largest skydiving facility has experienced a 30 per cent drop in skydives since an inquiry into the sport was launched by Coroner Alastair Hope in 2006 - a process that many in the industry feel has done little to improve things.

The growing rate of homelessness in Western Australia is a by-product of the state's mining boom, according to the Community Housing Coalition of WA.

The wages dispute between the LHMU and St John Ambulance WA took a turn for the worse today when the state's paramedics voted in favour of taking industrial action.

Players in Australia's uranium industry have renewed calls for the federal government to take control of the future of the country's rich uranium deposits.

An air of uncertainty still surrounds the $2 billion Oakajee Port project, despite the state government selecting Oakajee Port and Rail Pty Ltd as the preferred developer.

The state's aged care sector has echoed calls by the Australian Council of Trade Unions for urgent action to avoid a work-care collision as the nation's population ages.

Plans by the state's long distance truck drivers to begin a two-week strike were aborted this morning after only 20 of the expected 300 disgruntled owner-drivers turned up to the rally in Kewdale.

Jani-King has emerged as one of the fastest growing franchises in Western Australia, measured by number of outlets.

A lot can happen in a year. Just more than 12 months ago, Western Australia franchises were concerned about the difficulties in finding new areas of growth, with the sector subject to the same labour market pressures as other industries.

The federal government is expected to complete its review of the franchising sector by the end of the year, following a state government inquiry into the sector handing in its final report in April.

Malaga-based Cool Clear Water Beverages Ltd said it has "no intention to imminently list" on the stockmarket, despite reports at the weekend that a successful capital raising had paved the way for an IPO.