Shanna Crispin

WESTERN Australia’s ‘energy gold rush’ is overshadowing minerals exploration as investment in searching for oil and gas reaches a figure more than double that spent looking for minerals.

THE increasing adoption of cloud-based communication technology has prompted Perth-based telecommunications specialist VoNEX to set its sights on becoming one of Australia’s top five telcos in the

Crown Perth has unveiled La Vie as its new jewel. Shanna Crispin explored the champagne lounge.

ConocoPhillips’ Australian head has warned domestic gas reservation policies and anti-industry activism could threaten the development of a viable market in Western Australia.

WESTERN Australia’s liquor laws are slated to be relaxed regardless of which party wins the state election.

A GROUP of Western Australian oil and gas veterans have invested millions building some of the world’s largest drilling rigs, and are poised to tap into surging exploration in the local onshore sec

GLOBAL resources-focused technology company Outotec is looking to cash in on a Curtin University invention following its acquisition of Perth-based Scanalyse.

A Perth invention enabling 3D viewing is in hot demand from global electronics makers.

THE validity of ‘Western Australia-made’ claims has been called into question as Kirin-owned Lion revealed it has been importing milk from other states but marketing it as locally made.

Former Ernst and Young managing partner in Perth Jeff Dowling has been appointed chairman of nickel-explorer Sirius Resources.

FARMING groups are taking a cautious view of the Barnett government’s promises to make legislative reforms to benefit the sector if it wins the March 9 election, given the lack of action they say h

Theatrical influences have become a point of difference for 1907 Restaurant.

Businesses founded on the North Sea oil and gas industry are looking to replicate that success here.

Listed Perth company AnaeCo has announced plans for a $21.4 million rights issue pitched at lesss than half its current share price, as it seeks to complete its first waste treatment plant in Shent

DELAYS in the rollout of the National Broadband Network may have been the focus of heated discussion in a Senate estimates hearing last week, but Geraldton-based Market Creations has seized the opp

Southern Cross Electrical Engineering is diversifying and partnering up to future-proof the business.

Perth’s five-star Duxton Hotel is focusing on tradition and affordability in its new Firewater Grille Restaurant.

Perth’s entrepreneurial community needs a success story if it’s to secure venture capital, particularly from major players overseas.

THE idea of the Pilbara’s largest miners sharing rail infrastructure looks all but dead and buried, with Fortescue Metals Group failing in its six-year battle to access Rio Tinto’s lines.

MICHELLE Milton is one of a small group of aficionados in demand from big business worldwide to bring a touch of class to product launches or major events.

THE founders of Kinetic IT had little time to learn the ropes when they entered the information technology market almost 15 years ago, immediately facing off against industry heavyweights CSC, IBM

Perth-based miner IronClad Mining claims to have successfully trialled a system loading ore onto ships without the need for deep sea ports.

Former water-proofing company Hydrotech International has turned its attention to resources and overcome tough market conditions to raise more than $6 million to fund its first venture.

Premier Colin Barnett has raised the stakes in the popularity contest in the run up to the March 9th state election by announcing plans to loosen up liquor laws.

Radar Iron is to become a major shareholder in a Northern Queensland magnetite project in a move it hopes will enable progression of its Western Australian projects.

Perth-based biotech company NeuroDiscovery is taking a punt on radiotherapy technology being developed in the United Kingdom.

COFFEE houses have been popular venues for political discussion, artistic expression, and business deals since they came to Europe from the east in the 1600s.

IN 2005, when many oil and gas majors were exploring offshore, a group of Perth-based businessmen took a different tack by entering into unconventional onshore oil and gas in the US.

THE state government has reaffirmed its opposition to raising the landfill levy while announcing that its ambitious recycling targets are becoming increasingly achievable.

The State Government’s plan to increase recycling of construction and demolition waste has been given a boost with the opening of the state’s first holistic processing system.

The upcoming State and Federal elections are adding to the lowest levels of IPO activity seen in years, according to business and financial advisors HLB Mann Judd.

NEW plans have surfaced for a ‘floating’ hotel on the Swan River, 13 years after the original idea was proposed.