Staff Reporters

THE Note is no stranger to the rising cost of running a car these days, so it’s no surprise to see one Western Australian group thinking creatively by launching a new online car pooling register.

Teacher, academic and curriculum expert, Bill Louden, has been appointed as the next senior deputy vice-chancellor at UWA, the second most senior executive position at the University.

Many Australian small businesses are headed for a cash crisis in the wake of the global credit crunch, a CPA Australia survey has concluded.

EAST Perth-based accommodation and vehicle parts manufacturer Fleetwood Corporation Ltd has posted a 27 per cent rise in earnings before interest and tax to a record $51 million for the 2008 financial

Western Areas NL chairman Terry Streeter has increased his interest in the company through the on-market purchase of 875,000 shares at a total cost of $6.6 million.

Cobie Rudd, ECU head of the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Postgraduate Medicine, has been appointed to the international board of directors for the non-profit organisation, International Associatio

A TRILATERAL agreement between The University of Western Australia, China’s Zhejiang University and Japan’s Kobe University will be used to establish education and scientific links between the three i

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PROMINENT WA director Tony Howarth (pictured) has been appointed deputy chairman of Bank of Queensland.

Geraldton builder David Crothers has been appointed to the council of management of the Master Builders Association of WA.

RECENT articles in WA Business News and on the website about the redevelopment of Perth Airport have claimed that the plans: have been “downgraded”; will deliver a “C Class” airport; will force passen

Senses Foundation Founded in 1856 as the Royal WA Institute for the Blind, the Senses Foundation in Burswood has evolved to suit the changing needs of the state’s deaf and blind.

WESTERN Australian businessman Rory Argyle has been awarded the top honour from the Australian Institute of Company Directors for his wide ranging achievements in business and in the community.

Azure Capital director Geoff Rasmussen (top left) has been appointed chairman of the prevention of youth suicide and depression charity, Youth Focus.

MORE than 75,000 people could be living and working in the Pilbara by 2012, with the number of resource industry employees expected to double and fly-in, fly-out workers expected to triple by 2015, ac

Brenton Rose has been appointed development manager at Cape Bouvard Investments.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has been forced to take a tougher stance on accepting undertakings during mergers following examples of businesses acting in bad faith, commission chairman Graeme Samuel said last week.

Water Corporation chief executive Jim Gill will be awarded the highest honour from the International Water Association in Vienna next month for his 20-year contribution to water sustainability and str

Our recent story on residential voters in the City of Perth rapidly displacing the voice of business struck a chord down at the council.

Rhys Ainsworth has been appointed as senior consultant at Clarity Communications and will lead the consultancy’s growing public relations team.

THE Housing Industry Association has again revised down its outlook for WA housing starts, predicting a 12 per cent drop during 2008-09, according to its market outlook report.

THE Association of Mining and Exploration Companies is on the lookout for a new chief executive after Justin Walawski announced his resignation.

Diversified minerals company, RMA Energy Limited has announced the recruitment of contract geologist Janis Puce for work on the McCauley Creek and Coane Range tenements.

The future of Troy Buswell is in doubt after Liberal leader Colin Barnett refused to say if the former opposition leader will be included in the cabinet if the party is elected.

Higher iron ore prices have driven miner Portman Ltd's net profit up 140 per cent to just over $137 million in its half yearly report for 2008.

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The state Labor Party has sought to capitalise on community concern over uranium mining, promising to introduce legislation banning the controversial practice if re-elected next month.

Uranium miner Paladin Energy Ltd has decreased its full year net loss to $42 million on the back of an improved performance from its Langer Heinrich uranium mine in Namibia.

Babcock and Brown Infrastructure Ltd has reported a full year net loss of $51 million and a cut in distributions, despite acquisitions over the past year including Alinta boosting revenue up 85 per cent.

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Aquila Resources Ltd has taken its share price gains to 30 per cent over the past week as the market speculates on corporate transactions following its appointment of two advisers.

Premier Alan Carpenter and opposition leader Colin Barnett have played it safe in a pre-recorded debate to be aired tonight, with no fiery arguments or any new policies announced.