Mark Beyer

What is art, what is business, and who should pay for the state’s cultural infrastructure like sporting stadiums and museums?

Property developer Luke Saraceni and his business partner Hossean Pourzand have struck a funding deal with IMF (Australia) to support their legal action over the Raine Square development.

Health minister Kim Hames today announced details of extra staffing for St John Ambulance, following a review of the agency's performance as the outsourced provider of ambulance services in WA.

Equinox Minerals has recommended shareholders accept a C$7.3 billion (A$7.1 billion) takeover offer from Barrick Gold Corporation, which trumps an earlier offer from China's Minmetals Resources.

Rio Tinto has struck an agreement over its giant Simandou iron ore project in Africa that will see the company pay US$700 million to the government of Guinea and hand 15 per cent of the project to the government at no cost.

A Navitas-led consortium has signed a three-year federal government contract to provide English language courses in six regions in Sydney.

Among the many big policy issues facing government, workplace relations could have the largest impact on business.

Getting the right strategy, the right staff and the right funding options are critical for businesses aiming to sustain growth.

THE state government has achieved one win and suffered a loss in its long-running battle to encourage amalgamations among the state’s 150 local councils.

The issues surrounding the oil and gas industry in WA almost rival the scale and complexity of the sector itself.

INTERNET service provider Eftel has announced an acquisition deal under which majority ownership of the Perth business will pass to the shareholders of Melbourne-based Club Telco Pty Ltd.

The country’s biggest grain exporter, CBH Group, has awarded a United States-based corporation an $80 million contract to build a new locomotive fleet.

The state government is considering the establishment of its own not-for-profit housing company as part of the affordable housing strategy due for release in coming weeks.

Western Australia's newest wind farm has opened on a sheep property near Mt Barker, after gaining 50:50 government funding.

THE two commercial arms of the Churches of Christ, led by Neale Fong and Barry Honey, have split over the future of Claremont’s Bethesda Hospital.

The Barnett government has been criticised by one of its own advisers for failing to show commitment to the fields of science, technology and innovation.

The Bethanie Group Inc and Community First International provide powerful case studies on how smart not-for-profit groups can meet both commercial and social goals.

Many not-for-profit organisations are rethinking their business model as the lines between the public, private and charitable sectors become more opaque.

A review into the distribution of state grants is encouraging but it could end up like reviews of the mining tax and carbon tax.

BANKS don’t understand small business, accountants are too focused on the past and never leave the office, and lawyers’ fees always end up higher than first quoted.

LESS than five years after being established, Perth-based GR Engineering is pursing a stock market float that values the mining services business at $150 million.

A new report on domestic gas prices suggests there are no easy answers on energy policy.

Cloud computing remains an obscure concept for most people but it’s sufficiently tangible to be the driving force behind increased investment in data centres in Western Australia.

Sydney-based Vocus Communications has expanded its national network with the purchase of data centre operator PerthIX for up to $7 million.

Perth entrepreneur Rod Jones, best known as the founder of listed company Navitas, is behind plans to build a $90 million diesel-fired power station at Merredin.

A parliamentary committee has recommended WA establish a gas market monitor to improve the operation of the market, after finding wholesale gas prices in WA are now at levels double that of the eastern states.

THE perennial vision of harnessing the abundant water supply in Western Australia’s far north is likely to stay a dream, even though the Ord Dam at Kununurra is full and overflowing.

Government spending still dominates infrastructure provision in WA but private projects just keep on growing.

Delivery of WA’s economic and social infrastructure comes in many forms, which is a good way to evaluate different contracting options.

CONTRACTORS in Western Australia have a problem, and its one that many other businesses would like to have.

FIVE years after buying private Perth business ComputerCORP and renaming it Synergy Plus, the directors of the listed IT services company have called in the administrators.

Cedar Woods Properties disclosed today that it has rejected a takeover proposal from an unnamed third party pitched a $5.05 per share, a small premium to its recent trading price.