THE ripples from the US sub-prime drama continue to lap at Western Australia’s shores, with South Australian stock broking firm Prescott Securities arriving to fill the vacancy left by Lehman Brothers
WESTERN Australia’s food manufacturing industry has been dealt another blow with smallgoods manufacturer Don KRC, which manufactures products under the Watsonia and Don brands, announcing it will clos
Former biotechnology company EQiTX Ltd has completed its transformation into a coal producer and explorer following a name change to Equatorial Coal Ltd.
Liberal member Deidre Willmott has announced she will step aside as the endorsed candidate for the seat of Cottesloe as new leader Colin Barnet indicated he will revisit plans for a water canal from the Kimberley to Perth.
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Former opposition leader Colin Barnett has today put his hand up for the Liberal Party leadership with members of the political party to formally vote tomorrow.
Liberal Party MPs with leadership aspirations should cast them aside for the sake of the party, says Capel MP Steve Thomas, and make way for former leader Colin Barnett to take the helm.
Perth has suffered the biggest drop in house prices, falling 2.4 per cent in the June quarter, as capital city house prices across Australia decline by the sharpest rate in nearly than three years.
Apache Energy Ltd delivered good news on the gas criris today when it said partial production from its Varanus Island gas plant will resume ahead of schedule but the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA said the state is not "out of the woods".
Western Australia is one of two states that have defied the downward path of Australia's manufacturing activity, which sunk to a near three-year low as high interest rates slow the economy.
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HBOS, the UK parent company of BankWest, has recorded a 56 per cent fall in net profits for the first half of 2008 due to credit crunch turbulence while earnings at its Australian arm dipped 12 per cent.
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THE slowdown in Western Australia’s housing sector led to a slight increase in trades availability during the June quarter, in line with the national trend, according to figures from the Housing Indus
THE Australian share market had its largest one-day fall in six months, closing more than three per cent weaker and wiping $38.5 billion from its value, on troubling news from National Australia Bank
Apex Minerals NL Todd Bennett has been appointed non-executive director to the board. Automotive Technology Group Ltd Jamie Scoringe has resigned as joint company secretary.
PROFESSOR of environmental engineering and director of UWA’s Centre for Water Research, Jorg Imberger, has been elected a fellow at Britain’s Royal Academy of Engineering.
ROYAL Automobile Club of WA chief executive Terry Agnew has announced that the not-for-profit organisation has bought Suncorp-Metway Ltd’s 50 per cent stake in RAC Insurance.
WESTERN Australia has moved closer to full grain export deregulation with the Economic Regulation Authority recommending the deregulation of barley, canola and lupin exports.
