Dan Wilkie

Western Australia’s business community has lashed out at the Barnett government’s plan to re-merge electricity utilities Verve and Synergy, calling it poor policy that would have a negative impact

The federal government has created a fast-track pathway to make it simpler for employer-sponsored workers to gain permanent visas.

Perth-based engineering firm Clough’s joint venture with BAM International has been awarded its third major jetty or near shore marine contract since the beginning of February, winning a $370 milli

GGG Resources and Auzex Resources have appointed former Thundelarra boss Brett Lambert to guide the Bullabulling Gold project back to production, following completion of the merger between the two

The Tourism Council of Western Australia has called on the state government to continue investing in marketing WA to China, after Chinese visitors increased by 57.5 per cent over the past 12 months

Stocks in Perth-based coal explorer ZYL have tumbled on the ASX this morning, despite the company releasing a feasibility study that confirms its Mbilam coal project in South Africa’s “attractive,

Western Australia’s oil and gas industry has welcomed the state government’s rejection of four appeals against fraccing in the onshore gas sector, calling it a win for companies advocating science-

Kentor Gold says production is set to commence at its Murchison gold project after appointing Minepower as open pit mining contractor.

Western Australia’s property development, retail and residential building sectors are set for an increase in corporate insolvencies over 2012, despite a falling trend in the total number of company

Middle Island Resources has announced a $10 million share placement to accelerate exploration at its gold projects in Liberia and Burkina Faso.

Construction and development company Diploma Group has blamed a $3.9 million first half loss on delays at one of its city apartment developments and a downturn in sales across its completed project

The United States Navy will buy two more high speed catamarans from Western Australia-based shipbuilder Austal for $US321.7 million, taking total work on the firm's order book to more than $2.2 bil

Mission NewEnergy says Europe is no longer a viable market for its biodiesel products, after a global oil major opted out of the last four months of a six-month biodiesel supply contract.

The Perth Wildcats have signed a six-figure, multi-year sponsorship deal with Ascot-based truck engineering and design specialists ConstructaTruck.

Atlas Iron has announced a shuffle of chairs in its boardroom, with David Flanagan set to become non-executive chairman by August, while Ken Brinsden has been appointed to take over Mr Flanaga

Uncertainty about the European debt crisis and the introduction of a carbon tax in Australia is hampering the confidence of small businesses, while the number of small firms going bankrupt jumped b

Strength in Western Australia’s resources sector has boosted the bottom lines of local engineering and construction contractors Monadelphous, Macmahon and LogiCamms, with Monadelphous being the pic

BC Iron has reported a significant boost in interim net profit, on the back of a maiden operational profit from its Nullagine iron ore joint venture with Fortescue Metals Group.

FOR some businesses, timing really is everything.

Perth-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine’s aim to enter the burgeoning European offshore wind farm crew transfer market has received a major fillip, with the firm receiving orders for eight new ves

Two long-awaited and much-debated marina proposals have inched closer to becoming reality, with Cedar Woods’ Mangles Bay getting an environmental thumbs-up, and the state government committing to a

Minerals explorer Sheffield Minerals has launched a $10 million capital raising to fund drilling and exploration programs at its Dampier Zircon and Enneabba mineral sands projects.

Doray Minerals has announced an in-principle native title agreement it says will pave the way for the company to be granted a mining lease over its Andy Well gold project in the Murchison.

AUSTRALASIAN Property Investments and Automotive Holdings Group say they have created a new class of investment property with the establishment of a $66 million property syndicate involving five ca

The building and construction industry and retailers have expressed disappointment with the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to keep interest rates on hold today, saying the nation’s centr

Open pit mining is set to commence at Gindalbie's $2.57 billion Karara iron ore project in the Mid West, after Downer EDI signed a $570 million mining services contract.

New home sales in Western Australia posted their second consecutive month of growth in December, but transactions are still significantly lower than where they were 12 months ago, according to new

Business groups have raised their concerns over today’s decision by Fair Work Australia to increase pay for community and disability service workers by up to 41 per cent, saying it creates huge ris

DESPITE the national 2.1 per cent fall in home prices in the December quarter painting an unflattering picture for the sector, property industry leaders remain optimistic about the year ahead.

Talk of a turnaround in Perth’s property sector after prices rose slightly in November has been all but quashed by new data out today, with home values falling 2.1 per cent over the December quarte

A LACK of supply will be the big issue for Perth’s office market in 2012, with record-high office take-up figures sending the CBD vacancy rate spiralling to its lowest level in three years.

PERTH’S western suburbs have emerged as an indicator of the general malaise experienced in the residential property market in 2011 with properties taking upwards of two months to sell, according to