PERTH faces a waste management crisis if authorities do not build infrastructure to cope with increasing populations by 2019, says Perth Waste Authority chairman Barry Carbon.
LEADERS in safety innovation in business and industry have been recognised at the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia's Safety and Health Innovation Awards 2009.
CONSTRUCTION, hospitality and technical industries in the Mid West will get a boost when building of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Project telescope begins in June.
The federal government's bid for the world-class Square Kilometre Array telescope to be located in the Mid West has changed in approach from competitive to collaborative.
Intergrain has withdrawn the $2 per tonne end point royalty imposed on farmers growing Carnamah wheat after WAFarmers warned it would launch a class action over the levy.
Dozens of mining companies are at risk of operating illegally after failing to comply with new security guidelines covering the handling of explosives.
Twenty years after launching its farmer-direct market at Canning Vale, the Perth Market Authority is preparing to relaunch the concept in new, bigger premises.
THE changing face of Perth's jazz music scene was highlighted this month by the approval of redevelopment plans for one historic venue coinciding with the opening of another.
A NEW marina, improved boating facilities, more accommodation and greater eco-tourism options are proposed for Rottnest Island under a management plan extending to 2014.
BURSWOOD Entertainment Complex has become the first major Western Australian employer to sign up to the Australian Employment Covenant, a scheme designed to provide 50,000 jobs for indigenous Australians.
TWO peak mining industry bodies have applauded the state government's announcement of an $80 million minerals exploration incentive, to be delivered over four years.
DOMINO'S chief executive Don Meij says Western Australians feeling the pinch in a slowing economy are looking towards low-cost alternatives to a night out.
FEDERAL schemes designed to increase the uptake of solar panels have created plenty of business for companies like Solar Unlimited, but the rapid expansion is providing a major management challenge for the Western Australian firm.
CONTROLLING all the variables and minimising risk is a big part of any business's strategy, but there's not much you can do when one of those risk factors is the weather.
AS Local Government Minister John Castrilli continues to advocate mergers of local councils, some councils that have already undergone amalgamation say local communities feared the loss of a town's cultural identity.
UNIONS and employer groups have become unlikely allies in jointly resisting the federal government's proposed model for occupational health and safety reform.
The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA with the support of the WA Government's Department of Industry and Resources.
BUILDERS, insulation suppliers and solar hot water providers will be winners from the state and federal government stimulus packages, announced this week.
AS the world's financial woes spread to affect most commodities and industries, gold's status as a traditional safe-haven investment has helped to boost the sector.
The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA with the support of the WA Government's Department of Industry and Resources.
