Shanna Crispin

The state government’s failed shared services scheme will be completely decommissioned and its managing office shut down by the end of 2013 at a cost of $90 million.

Australia Post has failed to sell its General Post Office Building in Forrest Place and has, instead, reverted to trying to find tenants to fill the vacant retail space.

The Western Australian Police, Micromine and industry veteran John Stockbridge were among the winners at the annual Western Australian Information Technology and Telecommunications Awards, which we

The construction industry wants miners to pay to help maintain apprentice subsidies in the state.

After 14 years spent building a recognised vehicle hire business in the north-west, Sean and Lisa Clarke – owners of McLaren Hire – have decided it’s time for a change.

Environmental consultancy Outback Ecology is eyeing expansion into Queensland as it recruits its first chief executive and devolves more ownership to employees.

The Southern Metropolitan Regional Council is to fight a directive from the state government ordering it to shut down its waste treatment operations at Canning Vale.

Western Australia’s largest IT company Kinetic IT has taken out two industry awards for developing WA Police’s new State Command Centre.

WESTERN Australia has been singled out as a ‘shining light’ for reforms made to its planning assessment system, but the industry believes there’s room for further improvement.

THE federal government department that oversees the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act is reassessing how it handles development applications after losing a court case to LandCorp.

SEVEN years of aggressive expansion firmly established HHG Legal Group in the Perth legal scene, but the firm says it’s in a better place now after two years of consolidation.

Labour shortages have intensified in the automotive, electrical, engineering and food trade sectors while the situation has improved in construction, according to new data.

The federal government plans to establish a scheme to simplify the process by which hospitality and tourism operators employ foreign workers.

Plans for a medical school and a new law program in Western Australia herald a major change for those professions.

THE federal government plans to establish a scheme to simplify the process by which hospitality and tourism operators employ foreign workers.

BELMONT-BASED engineering company Velocious has doubled production capacity to accommodate actual and expected demand for its specialist tools and services.

A MAN considered a leader in Western Australia’s biotechnology arena has faced the Perth Magistrate’s Court on charges of defrauding a Perth-based company.

SEVERAL key issues and concerns with the Fair Work Act have come to light as a review of the federal legislation gets under way.

IT and communications consultants in Western Australia appear to be thriving – a trend which Perth-based company Conducive claims is in response to strong demand from the resources industry.

THE dedication 19-year-old Matt Bartels has for his job is impressive; often, he’s too busy preparing and scanning documents to talk.

A MAN considered a leader in Western Australia’s biotechnology arena has faced the Perth Magistrate’s Court on charges of defrauding a Perth-based company.

Europcar has formed a partnership with a small car rental business based in Esperance in an attempt to increase its share of Western Australia’s mine-specific vehicle rental market.

IT’S almost five years to the day since Pilbara Access began as a five-man operation, providing specialist-scaffolding services to the mining industry based out of Newman. 

EUROPCAR has formed a partnership with a small car rental business based in Esperance in an attempt to increase its share of Western Australia’s mine-specific vehicle rental market.

A PERTH recruitment agency has secured federal government approval to ‘employ’ overseas workers on temporary 457 visas.

The Barnett government has lifted the lid on its long-awaited waste strategy, pledging to improve recycling and regulation but has held off on increasing the landfill levy.

The revitalisation of Fremantle’s city centre is one step closer to becoming a reality after the council backed a change to its planning scheme.

The scramble for skilled workers in the state has intensified as the economy improves and training falls short of demand.

Bunbury’s Giacci family has sold its trucking and bulk haulage business Giacci Group to listed company Qube Logistics for $119 million.

ONE of Western Australia’s most highly regarded economists passed away last week, just a fortnight after his 60th birthday.

IRON ore companies operating in the Port Hedland regionwill fund a $6 million study to establish whether water from the West Canning basin is fit for industrial use.