Mark Pownall

Public transport users ought to be wary of complaining too loudly about squeezing onto packed trains during increasingly busy peak travel times because history has a habit of repeating itself.

Western Australia-based health fund HBF has offloaded its general insurance business to national giant IAG’s subsidiary, CGU, for an undisclosed sum as part of a strategy to focus on its core business.

CONSTRUCTION giant BGC is in the early stages of developing an offshore cement production capacity as it looks to offset the risks of manufacturing in Australia amid rising costs, notably the potential for a carbon tax.

THE common perception of the resources sector may be one of hum drum processes such as digging and drilling, but Belmont oil and gas services business Velocious proves that there are plenty of intellectual challenges in this sector for local players who p

The northern cattle industry has been hit hard by the suspension of the cattle trade with Indonesia.

LOCAL industrial giant Wesfarmers’ move to commit $45 million to further develop its plans for a massive upgrade of its ammonium nitrate plant at Kwinana further muddies the waters surrounding the future of Western Australia’s fast-growing explosives mark

While the public spotlight on the offshore ill treatment of animals bred for slaughter is commendable, why does the RSPCA shirk such action when it comes to our own backyards, literally?

PERTH’S prominence on the corporate services radar has been highlighted again with a move by the private equity arm of major UK investment bank Lazard to take a 41 per cent stake in independent oil and gas consultancy RISC.

AN alliance of major mining companies is seeking a reduction in the royalty rate for magnetite iron ore exports, which will commence this year.

Opinion on the carbon and mining taxes vary, and depend on how one views ‘reform’.

Interest in biodiesel is increasing again as the technology’s usage broadens and business becomes confident in adopting it, according to local fuel distributor and retailer Gull.

The consortium behind the proposed James Point port at Kwinana has stepped up its campaign to get the infrastructure project up and running.

Three recent Baldivis land deals signal a key development is being revisited.

THERE are plenty of residential developments that have a golf course as their focal point – and the Mandurah area has its fair share.

Mandurah’s developers are still waiting for the market to turn after three hard years.

We take the provision of goods and services for granted, but few of us seem willing to pay full price for them.

THE property market around Mandurah may be in the doldrums, but major land developers have taken the breathing space provided by the global financial crisis to prepare for the next wave of growth in the sector.

The Laurance family-run Axiom Properties plans to exit its Gepps Cross bulky goods centre in Adelaide as it focuses on other developments in the city of churches.

Perth property developer Peet has expanded its presence in Queensland, paying MTAA Super $45 million for a half interest in a 1,244 hectare site in the state’s south east.

The feel-good benefits of the state’s investment in rooftop solar power could give way to political pain and higher costs.

ANKETELL is a location on the Pilbara coast few Western Australians could pinpoint.

LAST week’s standoff between the federal and state governments over mining royalties overshadowed the news from Shell that it had given the green light to its $11 billion Prelude floating LNG project.

Colin Barnett is riding high and consistently outpacing Canberra. But he faces some major challenges to maintain his trajectory.

SERCO is a company that Western Australians are becoming increasingly familiar with, since it became preferred tenderer to supply non-medical services to the giant Fiona Stanley Hospital project rising near the Kwinana Freeway at Murdoch.

DON Voelte’s departure from Woodside comes at a time when the business face of Perth is changing rapidly, and quite literally.

LAST month, a heavyweight crowd attended the opening of an exhibition of Jeffrey Smart’s work at the new high rise on the Bishop’s See site.

Governments from both sides of the political divide have failed to address the issue of housing affordability.

BUILDING giant BGC has started legal action against Perth Airport in a battle over land at the end of a proposed runway development.

After a hectic six years at FMG, Russell Scrimshaw has eyes for a new challenge.

THE departure of professors John Yovich and Alan Robson from the ranks of Western Australia’s university leadership may well put a dent in the likelihood of any of the state’s tertiary sector CEOs hitting the $1 million salary level attained by at least o

The CEO of state superannuation fund GESB, Michele Dolin, is to step down next month after eight years at the helm, a period which included an aborted plan to privatise the $13 billion group.