A SHORTAGE of qualified tradespeople is one of the downsides of Western Australia's mining boom for many small businesses, which struggle to compete with the mining sector in attracting and retaining staff.
Providence can mean different things in the resources industry, but to a junior miner looking for a start-up project, it can be a very important first step on the ladder to success.
THE standout feature of Saturday's panic-driven premature election was that neither Alan Carpenter nor Colin Barnett pulled their party over the line to govern Western Australia in their own right.
Rising energy, steel and labour costs, and the added burden of investors snubbing the industry has led to a spate of casualties in the gold sector in recent years.
The final results of votes placed in crucial seats in the state election will not be known before Sunday as representatives from the major political parties met with the Western Australia Electoral Commission today.
A major boost in the amount and value of iron ore exports has helped lift the nation's export earnings from mineral resources to a record $116 billion in the 2008 financial year, a commodity forecaster has reported.
Western Australia faces a period of unprecedented political uncertainty after the major parties failed to win a majority of seats in yesterday's state election.
The National Party has resisted overtures to form a governing coalition with the Liberal Party, vowing to deal with whichever party offers the best deal for its supporters in the bush.
Mineral production in Australia will slide by 210 million tonnes by 2020 if a 10 per cent reduction in emissions is set, according to the Minerals Council of Australia, while conservationists have labeled the target as "laughable".
The leaders of the Labor and Liberal parties made a final pitch for voter support today as another opinion poll suggested the result of tomorrow's state election is too close to call.
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The Labor Party says it has exposed a shortfall in the Liberal Party's costings for the Princess Margaret Hospital with Labor saying the opposition has only allocated $8 million in its budget as opposed to its $640 million promise.
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When a high-profile business leader like Michael Chaney chooses to devote a major address to Perth's business leadership to the topic of schoolteachers, it's worth sitting up and taking notice.
While the federal government's proposed emissions trading scheme has become a major worry for many industries, a growing number of companies are seeing the carbon offset credit market as a big opportunity.
The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI) with the support of the WA Government's Department of Industry and Resour
Wheat accreditation for the Grain Pool WESTERN Australian-based Grain Pool, the wheat-marketing arm of grain handler CBH Group, is among the first companies in Australia to be accredited to export whe
West Perth-based Automotive Holdings Group Ltd has reported a record underlying net profit for 2007-08 on the back of a 4 per cent increase in new vehicle sales.
A new plan to shift state government agencies out of the CBD into the suburban office market has attracted the interest of the Town of Vincent, which is hoping to secure a large share of any potential move.
Uranium mining, nuclear waste dumps and genetically modified foods barely rated as significant political issues when the state election was called last month, yet they have become major issues as the campaign has unfolded.
The state's major political parties go to the polls this Saturday with very different election promises for Western Australia's businesses and industry.
Data released last week by the Housing Industry Association showed new home sales in Western Australia fell 24.5 per cent during July – the largest fall of all the states.
