Dan Wilkie

GAGE Roads Breweries has cancelled its distribution agreement with VOK Beverages, marking a significant shift in strategy for the Palmyra-based brewer.

PERTH technology firm Antaria expects a licensing agreement with global pharmaceutical firm Merck will see its products make an impact on the international market.

A federal government report released today has recommended the establishment of a national offshore petroleum industry regulator to streamline the approval process for oil and gas projects.

MURDOCH University researchers have contributed to a breakthrough that could help water utilities and waste treatment facilities deal with odour problems, which currently require multi-million dollar investments.

Andrew Carter is inspired by his unique creative niche in the world of visual arts.

ONE of the biggest challenges for export businesses in Perth is finding an effective way of getting their product to a global market.

THE state government has launched two initiatives to boost apprenticeships and training, but the opposition says the government's plans are short-sighted and inadequate.

IN the near future, a well-aged chardonnay or shiraz may not be the only vintage attractions on your wine tour through the Swan Valley.

A PERTH-BASED inventor has used $80,000 in government grants and some of his own money to develop an award-winning safety line he says would be on the market by year's end.

Chamber of Minerals and Energy president Kim Horne has supported the concept of a national amalgamation of mining industry bodies but has not accepted the detail of current proposals.

A PERTH charity has demonstrated it's not how much you have that counts, it's what you do with it.

Peter Hickson has catered to all types of people in his 40 years in the industry.

THE state government has released the fourth instalment in a series of housing initiatives to address acute housing shortages in the Pilbara.

INVESTMENT in mining and heavy industry in Western Australia will nose-dive by $9 billion in 2010-11 but will then steadily recover to the current boom levels, according to new construction industry forecasts.

FARM chemicals company Imtrade Australia believes its new sales management team is poised to build on its 25 per cent per annum growth and challenge its major competitors.

TWO decades of research has taken Osborne Park software firm Stochastic Simulation to what it believes is the brink of revolutionising the oil and gas reservoir simulation industry.

City and rural business groups have lined up in their traditional opposing corners as Western Australians prepare for a six-week campaign ahead of the daylight saving referendum on May 16.

THE development of a specialised harvester has been hailed as a crucial breakthrough in creating a commercially viable oil mallee industry.