Julie-anne Sprague

It has been a challenging two years for UWA Business School dean Tracey Horton.

Employment lawyer Maria Saraceni says she would have made her parents proud if she had become a hairdresser, married young and produced plenty of grandchildren.

Whether they are a government minister or a laboratory scientist, women across WA are getting runs on the board. But there are added challenges as they juggle demanding careers with family responsibilities.

Gusto sends a birthday greeting to La Vigna bottle shop proprietor, Michael Tamburi, who celebrated his 50th birthday at the weekend.

Family is such a high priority for the Perth partners of accounting and advisory firm, Pitcher Partners, that the partners included a room specially designed for their children, and the children of their employees, when they moved into their new St George

With an acclaimed science career spanning more than 30 years, Western Australia’s chief scientist, Lyn Beazley, could hardly be criticised for moving into a well paid government advisory job.

Alannah MacTiernan is no stranger to controversy.

It has been about a year since Joel Hubble convinced a friend to part with some hard-earned and back a new online venture focused on providing information on Western Australian restaurants and cafes.

Shares in oil and gas explorer Tomahawk Energy Ltd resumed trading today following a five-day suspension but hit the boards without telling shareholders about a material transaction that triggered the original trading halt.

Ian Love has been a master of the hospitality game for the past 30 years, with much of that time spent at the iconic Coco’s Riverside Bar and Restaurant on the South Perth foreshore.

The Rathbone Group will launch a new Xanadu Wines brand into liquor stores in six weeks, joining several other Margaret River producers in targeting the $15 to $20 price category.

Elmar’s in the Valley plans to broaden its wine list after successfully convincing the Liquor Licensing Authority to change conditions on its liquor licence.

Business may not think investigating the eyesight of a parrot has much to offer them. But for Western Australia’s new chief scientist, Lyn Beazley, there are very real applications for industry.

Yarraman Winery Inc has made a rocky start to its ambitious plan to become a global wine powerhouse after Evans & Tate Ltd last week knocked back the US-listed group’s initial $131m merger proposal.

Evans & Tate have rejected a $131 million takeover proposal from Yarraman Winery Inc following a week of close discussions with senior management from the US-listed wine group.

Alinta has revealed that its chief executive officer, Bob Browning, is stepping down from the top job amid growing criticism of a conflict of interest in the wake of a management buy-out proposal.

The board of Advanced Health Care Group Ltd has advised shareholders to take no action in relation to a proposed takeover bid from Pharmaust and has labelled the move as "opportunistic".

Shares in Atlas Iron Ltd surged more than 15 per cent after reporting exploration results from its Pardoo and Abydos iron ore projects, which are located near Port Headland.

West-Perth based oil and gas exploration company Otto Energy has confirmed a gas discovery at Koyustu-1 in Turkey as a future producer.

Malaysian company Lion Diversified Holdings Berhad has paid $3.9 million for an 8.7 per cent stake in iron ore and goldexplorer Polaris Metals.

Margaret River has lived up to its reputation as Western Australia’s summer holiday boom town, with the 2006-07 tourist pilgrimage easily soaking up the additional beds and dining tables that popped up during a flurry of accommodation and restaurant openi

About 20 stockbrokers turned their backs on their big-name employers last year to establish new firms in a bid to capitalise on WA’s booming resources sector.

The popular South West destination of Margaret River has undergone somewhat of a commercial transformation during the past 12 months.

Amid renewed debate about Western Australia’s retail trading hours, small retailers have quietly scored a major victory by gaining a 30 per cent increase on the number of staff allowed to work on their shop floors.

Investors dumped copper stocks today after the copper price continued to fall overnight amid increasing supplies and fears that the slowing US housing market would dampen demand.

Sydney-based Yarraman Winery has launched a takeover bid for Evans & Tate after striking a deal with former executive chairman Franklin Tate to buy a 19.9 per cent stake in the Margaret River producer.

It may be a challenging time to release a new cabernet, but a gold trophy win at the prestigious National Wine Show of Australia, held in Canberra recently, has provided Capel Vale chief executive Peter Pratten with confidence in his decision to release a

Has the rush to list boutique breweries left investors bloated?

Daniel Chick’s smother, followed by the shepherd that paved the way for Adam Hunter to kick a goal and seal the nail biting grand final for the West Coast Eagles was but one of many spectacular moments on the Western Australian sporting calendar in 2006.

Ben Andrijasevich made an incredible sea change about 12 months ago.

Winemaker Michael Kerrigan has left popular Margaret River and Denmark producer Howard Park to spearhead the growth and development of Hay Shed Hill, one of several assets sold off by struggling wine group Australian Wine Holdings several months ago.

The state government spent most of 2005 trying to win over the public on deregulation.