Staff Reporters

Olea Australis managing director Chris Perrott has resigned from the company, stating that he has substantially achieved his goal of restructuring the olive oil producer and that he now sought a fresh challenge.

Woodside Energy Ltd has awarded the Transfield Services and WorleyParsons Joint Venture a $700 million three-year engineering and maintenance contract for the WA oil and gas company's Australian owned and operated assets.

Collie business Agmaster was named as the 2005 Australia Post Western Australian regional small business of the year at the weekend.

Amid a hot market for uranium stocks, Leederville-based Fox Resources Ltd has sold its two holdings in this sector to focus on nickel, copper and zinc exploration.

Western Australia may be a beneficiary of a CSIRO decision to sell technology that removes phosphorous from water to Sydney-based IMT Holdings Ltd.

The West Australian finance: Wesfarmers has moved to make top executives across all business units more accessible to other parts of the business.

Siberia Mining called a trading halt late on Friday after telling investors in was in "confidential negotiations with a third party in relation to a significant transaction" after its share price movement was queried by t

Junior explorer Hannans Reward has lodged its prospectus to raise $3 million by way of a rights issue to fund further gold and nickel exploration in Western Australia.

Allied Gold Limited has placed 7,580,000 shares at an issue price of $0.40 per share to DRDGOLD Limited using its 15 per cent placement authority.

Solbec Pharmaceuticals Limited has announced its lead anti-cancer compound Coramsine has received orphan drug designation from the US Food and Drug Administration.

Neptune Marine Services Limited has secured a major upgrade in an existing contract to repair infrastructure at Cullen Bay marina in Darwin.

Orbital Corporation's 50:50 joint venture with Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation, Synerject, has signed a letter of intent with Bombardier Recreational Products US Inc for the purchase of BRP's engine management modules facility in Delavan, Wisconsin, US

Sherlock Bay Nickel Corporation Limited has announced that exploration drilling has commenced at its 100 per cent owned Sherlock Bay Nickel Project.

Workers' compensation changes coming into effect today will have significant and immediate impact on employers and workplace practices, warns the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA.

Western Australian based advertisning agency 303 has been appointed by Queensland Health to implement a new nutrition advertising campaign closely following the strategy implemented in WA.

OM Holdings has reached conditional agreement for Bootu Creek Resources Pty Ltd to acquire Groote Eylandt Mining Pty Ltd's 25 per cent interest in the Bootu Creek Joint Venture, subject to execution of a binding sale and purchase agreement.

Shane Warne has signed a sponsorship deal with to be the voice of Messages on Hold, the Perth-based company which records hold messages for switchboards and has employed ambush marketing strategies to raise its profile.

GBS Gold International has declared its takeover bid for Northern Gold unconditional after the target's major shareholder accepted the offer.

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd advised that it has signed additional sales agreements representing an aggregate of 8 million tonnes per annum with a further six steel mills.

Minerals sampling equipment specialist Essa Australia has warned investors of an expected 31 per cent reduction in half year profit from the forecast released to the ASX in late August.

WA sandalwood company Tropical Forestry Services Ltd has completed sweeping changes to its board, with four directors including the CEO Tom Cullity stepping down to allow an independent majority.

Computer Sciences Corporation announced it had earned a two year extension deal with Alcoa World Alumina to continue to provide the company's computer technology infrastructure services to Alcoa's Australian operations centred in Perth.

Little World Beverages Ltd, the Perth-brewers of boutique beer Little Creatures, debuted on the ASX at a 10 per cent premium to its $1 subscription price.

Financial Resources Limited said its mining contracting subsidiary, FRL Contracting Pty Ltd (previously known as Alljay Contracting) has been awarded the general earthworks contract by St Ives Gold Mining Company Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Goldfields.

Western Australia's demand for workers has remained strong, recording just 4 per cent unemployment for despite an unexpected fall in national employment figures in October.

Perth-based biotechnology company Stirling Products Limited announced that it has signed a collaborative agreement with a Danish company to work on a new drug treatment for horses.

University of Western Australia spin off technology company Advanced Nanotechnology Limited has received recognition for its nanomaterials work with an award win in Miami, Florida.

Perth-founded Australian health systems provider, Working Systems Solutions has been commissioned to create a cell bank inventory database to help track of cryo-preserved cell samples stored at the Australian Stem Cell Centre laboratories.

The West reports on Clough's forecast losses and the closure of Megamart in Northbridge.

Leighton Holdings Ltd is set to buy the contractor mining assets of Henry Walker Eltin Ltd for an estimated $215 million.

Another WA icon has been consigned to history pages after the Federal Court approved the demerger of Foodland Associated's trans-Tasman businesses.

Flagging a drive to cut unnecessary costs due to regulation, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry estimates red tape costs the nation's industry $86 billion a year.