Alison Birrane

Telstra's current price control arrangements have been put under the microscope at a public hearing held by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in Perth last week.

Western Australia is often touted as a sound test market for companies with bigger long-term plans.

A rising oil price, increased production, good drilling results and expansive exploration programs have meant strong profit earnings for the smaller oil and gas producers.

The applications of an underwater modem may not be immediately apparent for those outside of the defence industry, but a small Perth-based firm has developed such a product that it says has a range of uses in industries from aquaculture to recreation.

FORRESTFIELD-based Beacons Consulting International has revealed details of its $250 million plan to use logging waste to provide energy in Western Australia.

ONLINE real estate multimedia firm aussiehome.com has added another string to its bow with the launch of a division targeting the boating market.

A management restructure and boardroom fallout at B Digital has culminated in the departure from the company of managing director Sean Gentry.

Information technology incubator Entrepreneurs in Residence EiR has secured a share of the latest round of Federal Government funding under the Building on IT Strengths incubator program.

Fluctuations in Australia’s diplomatic relations with Malaysia, particularly during the Hawke and Keating eras but even through the Howard Government years, are claimed as a contributing factor for the relatively low level of Australian business interest

Alphawest's announcement of a partnership deal with Optus to deliver Voice Over Internet Protocol services via satellite has coincided with a rise in the company’s share price to

Australia’s largest owner of gas pipelines, Australian Pipeline Trust, has signed an agreement to purchase CMS Energy Corporation’s Parmelia and Goldfields pipeline assets for $206 million.

All of Australia’s ambassadors to China since 1985 have hailed from Western Australia. With China emerging as an economic powerhouse, Alison Birrane and Jim Hawtin examine China’s recent history and the State’s place in it though the eyes of the men who h

Recent fears of an overheating Chinese economy has stifled the plans of some wanting to do business in China’s expanding market.

Former technolgy company Natural Intelligence is about to emerge from its cocoon as a telco.

The past six Australian ambassadors to China have come from WA. They are listed in order of their term (most recent first).

Kwinana-based water pipe manufacturer Tyco Water has secured an eight month, $50 million contract to supply 10,000 steel water pipes to the Middle East.

Subiaco-based firm Stenning Group has reinvented itself in a bid to tackle the emerging needs of public sector markets in Australia and overseas.

Engineering firm RCR Tomlinson his shipped two large iron ore scrubbers worth $5.5 million to a Hamersley Iron Pilbara operation.

The launch later this year of Becca Cosmetics’ first store in London will mark a new phase for the Perth-based cosmetics company.

Plans to establish Western Australia as the world’s centre for excellence in minerals and mining education is a step closer with the launch of the Minerals Institute this week.

Telstra has announced it will develop a new exchange in Malaga to deliver Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) to businesses previously unable to access it.

Pilbara Mines Limited has announced the contract tender for relocation of the Cadjebut treatment plant to the Jaguar Project has been awarded to Minesite and Industrial Relocation

Western Australia was the best performed State in a national survey measuring the number of job advertisements in the past 12 months.

The gas industry’s peak body has called into question claims made by the coal industry regarding the respective cost of the two fuels, adding to the public debate over the future viability of ‘coal versus gas’.

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At long last salaries in Western Australia’s information technology sector are increasing, as is the number of jobs.

Technology services firm CSC has signed a new agreement with the State’s Department of Justice worth up to $40 million over three years.

About 30 years ago, the Ellendale diamond prospects in the West Kimberley launched Australia’s first diamond boom.

Kimberley Diamonds’ spin-off exploration company Blina Diamonds is hoping to raise $10.4 million through an initial public offering.West Perth-based Blina is looking to issue 34.

With Argyle’s future at the crossroads new players are providing some junior sparkle to WA’s third biggest royalty generating sector, diamond production. Alison Birrane and Jim Hawtin report.