The state’s booming residential property market brought widespread recognition for those at the helm of the industry, with several receiving state and even national awards.
The WA Association for the Blind is approaching the final stages of building a new $15.4 million facility for the blind or vision impaired, to be located on the organisation’s existing land in Victoria Park.
With the resources industry providing the foundation for WA’s booming economy in 2006, accolades for companies associated with the industry were plentiful.
A broad cross-section of Western Australian companies were recognised for their innovative work in the fields of medical research, technology design and environmental sustainability science, information technology and the environment last year.
Export earnings from Australia’s mineral resources hit a record $26.5 billion in the September quarter, according to a release from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
While the current skills shortage in the mining and manufacturing industries has been well-documented, labour shortages in the rural sector are reaching crisis point.
Ngala is a name that resonates with parents around Western Australia, having a brand recognition quality that many corporate organisations can only aspire to.
Mobile coffee service Cappuccino Xpress has found a niche in the competitive coffee industry, evolving from a successful small business to a national franchise since its establishment in 2003.
Western Australia’s wheat and cereal growers may be expecting a drop of almost 50 per cent on last season’s production, yet the outlook in WA is better than that for most other states, according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Econom
Rebranding may be an expensive exercise for many in the not-for-profit sector, but some organisations have recognised a clear cost benefit for doing so.
A new, $9 million wood mill and processing facility will be built near Manjimup after the state’s Forest Products Commission and Great Southern-based Australian Craftwood & Timber Pty Ltd signed a seven-year deal worth an estimated $22 million.
A charitable foundation estab-lished in memoriam can be a valuable way to raise community awareness of a particular disease or issue, while also commemorating an individual’s life.
Amid fierce competition for graduates in the current marketplace, employers are increasingly going directly to the source and promoting themselves on university campuses.
Having conquered local and national wine markets since he purchased Yallingup winery Wills Domain in 2000, Darren Haunold has set his sights on capitalising on global opportunities.
The state government has taken steps to bring Western Australia’s broadband network into line with those of leading developed nations following the recent launch of its Statewide Broadband Network Strategy.
For the thousands of Western Australian university students who have just completed their final exams, there’s no need to look far for work – job prospects in this state are among the best in the nation.
While walking down the high street of Fremantle in 2001, David Cooke came across a street performance by a local theatre company and was immediately inspired to investigate further.
Western Australia is outperforming the rest of the nation in terms of wages growth despite overall wages failing to keep pace with rising inflation, according to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Western Australia’s booming economy has delivered some handsome returns for companies associated with the resource sector over the past year, and these big players have, in turn, increased their commitment to the arts in this state.
A five-way partnership between the Art Gallery of WA, Curtin Uni-versity and three mining companies has been recognised for its contribution to arts development in WA.
A three-year partnership between Woodside Energy and the West Australian Music Industry Association (WAM) has provided students in regional and remote areas access to contemporary music.
Competition for the fundraising dollar is fierce in Western Australia’s prosperous economic climate, with not-for-profit organisations having to think creatively in their fight for a piece of the pie.
Every year, in the historic settlement of Cossack, about 1,600 kilometres from Perth, a major art exhibition draws national and international attention to Western Australia’s remote north-west.
Television advertising can be prohibitively expensive for not-for-profit organisations, a hindrance that AWESOME Arts has managed to overcome through its partnership with three useful entities – a television station, an advertising company and a film comp
The role of theatre as a vehicle for education and communication is not a new one, but it’s certainly something the Department of Environment and Conservation has utilised to its advantage.
The federal government's win last week in the High Court over the constitutional validity of its Work Choices legislation marked a major shift of power in an area traditionally the domain of state governments.
