Mark Pownall

It’s fascinating how newspaper journalists find whistle blowers so important for their best breaking stories. As a reporter, these kinds of sources are invaluable for obvious reasons.

Kerry Stokes knows how to fire-up imaginations; right now, he’s got the whole of Western Australia and a fair bit of the rest of the country speculating on what he’s really up to with his high-profile push to spill the board of WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd.

Could the breakneck speed of development in the Pilbara end up costing producers and the state through inefficient duplication of power plants?

The Len Buckeridge-backed James Point Pty Ltd has signalled its intention to press ahead with a private port in Cockburn Sound, appointing two high profile players from the sector to head the company.

When we think of battles between industry and residents we often think of static sites.

The starter’s gun has been fired for reinvestment in university education as our leaner and hungrier tertiary institutions prepare for the new federal landscape.

Radical plans for a thriving mini-CBD at Bentley have been revealed by the state government.

Distribution is the Achilles heel of WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd as identified by its biggest shareholder, Seven Network Ltd, which has sought to spill the publisher’s board.

Across the Mitchell Freeway from City of Stirling offices, the new Ikea store stands like a monolith.

The need for industrial expansion to capitalise on the resources boom is causing conflict with residential land needs. Mark Pownall reports.

The collapse of Melbourne stockbroking outfit, Opes Prime, and its ripple effect this week in Western Australia will no doubt have repercussions.

Rarely do you hear a Margaret River winemaker pine for what the Swan Valley has. Despite the valley’s long history of viticulture, almost as long as European settlement in Western Australia, and Margaret River’s comparative youth in that respect, the So

In the 1970s, one of the quietest jets landing at Perth Airport was the popular Boeing 727. These days only a couple still come to Perth, operating as freightliners.

Media magnate Kerry Stokes stepped up his attack on WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd today, telling nearly 1,200 Western Australian business people that the publisher had lost focus to its customers.

The collapse of stockbroker Opes Prime has ensnared shareholders in at least seven WA resources companies, including high profile mining identity Nathan MacMahon and the biggest stakeholder in Gindalbie Metals Ltd.

Explorer and aspiring potash producer Reward Minerals Ltd has reached what is being touted as a ground-breaking native title deal to potentially give the Central Western Desert's Martu people more than 10 per cent of the company.

You don’t have to be born here to be accepted.

Beaumonde Homes has lost a battle.

Listed property companies in economic slow point.

Could a big outback utility be created by the merger of Horizon Power with the regional operations of the giant Water Corporation?

Seven Network Ltd has denied it was involved in heavy buying of WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd shares last week which resulted in a small spike in the publisher's share price.

The Seven Network Ltd has drawn in some of the big names in local advertising - such as property developer Nigel Satterley and car dealer Brian Gardner - to help deflect conflict concerns its bid for board seats at WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd.

HBOS, the parent of Western Australia's biggest retail bank operator BankWest, was forced to deny it is in financial difficulty after rumour-fuelled selling hit the UK banking giant in trading overnight.

The impending mutualisation of GESB, the Government Employees Superannuation Board, has allowed me to dig into a few areas that I haven’t touched before.

A two-speed economy may be starting to emerge in Western Australia.

1.FLASH THOSE AMBERS At WA Business News, we are very conscious of safety issues, but there has to be a point where enough is enough.

From the satellite imagery it looks almost as big as the town it takes its name from, but the proponents of the 264 hectare Margaret River Estate insist the development will be in keeping with the area.

The imminent restructuring of Western Australia’s government superannuation administrator has barely rated a ripple in the financial circles as the state prepares to let loose a giant new local player.

The directors of WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd have highlighted Seven Network Ltd's riskier investment profile, as they have sought to repel the rival media company's boardroom moves.

Business partners Dean Scook and Carol Hardie were today acquitted in Western Australia's District Court on charges stemming from $1 million in payments made by the now collapsed MIS company Southern Wine Corp Ltd.

A couple of weeks ago, a leading Perth business person rang me with some views on the WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd stoush between the existing board and Kerry Stokes’ Seven Network Ltd.

The merger of St Georges Terrace-based design agency Blake Thornton-Smith with national player Geyer is as much about the emergence of Perth’s economy as it is about office interiors.