The concerns of one of Australia's leading actuaries regarding the transfer from the state of about $330 million in assets may have stopped the mutualisation of $9 billion fund manager GESB, which claims about one quarter of Western Australia's workforce
Western Australian mining and mining service industries have experienced a huge rise in the demand for skills and equipment which, along with higher fuel costs, has driven up their costs of doing business.
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
An air of uncertainty still surrounds the $2 billion Oakajee Port project, despite the state government selecting Oakajee Port and Rail Pty Ltd as the preferred developer.
Although they are at the heart of Western Australia's resources boom, regional communities are only just starting to receive the downstream benefits from the state's strong economy.
Iconic Perth music store 78 Records is about to undergo a major overhaul, and get some unlikely neighbours, as its home of 12 years undergoes extensive renovations.
Perth-based green energy firm Eden Energy Ltd has established a new US subsidiary to lead the production and promotion of its 20/80 hydrogen/natural gas fuel blend.
When prominent Perth accountant Frank Cooper was asked to join the WA Opera board, his initial reaction was: "The fat lady with horns? Not my cup of tea".
Of Western Australia's 32 premiers, only two - Sir John Forrest and Sir Charles Court - are likely to ever get within cooee of challenging Brian Burke in the most-written-about stakes.
The development of Coral Bay has been stalled for the past few decades, but the wheels of change have now started to turn, with site works for a village housing up to 400 people due to start in the near future.
Property developers in Western Australia are likely to face higher costs for water connections to projects in regional areas if changes to developer contributions, put to the state government by the Economic Regulation Authority, are adopted.
Players in Australia's uranium industry have renewed calls for the federal government to take control of the future of the country's rich uranium deposits.
WESTERN Australia has moved closer to full grain export deregulation with the Economic Regulation Authority recommending the deregulation of barley, canola and lupin exports.
Developers of the Gorgon gas project are looking to invest more than $1 billion on carbon capture and storage designed to reduce the project's emissions by up to 40 per cent.
Murchison Metals Ltd's equal joint venture partner for the Oakajee port development and Jack Hills iron ore mine in Western Australia, Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation, says it could be interested in taking a controlling stake in the ventures.
Western Australia has recorded a 6.5 per cent drop in building approvals for the month of June as approvals across the country slump to their weakest reading in over two years.
Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has cautioned that the development of the $2 billion Oakajee port and associated rail infrastructure is some time away, after today selecting Oakajee Port and Rail Pty Ltd as the preferred bidder.
Embattled Structural Monitoring Systems plc said it is in ongoing talks with two global companies over a potential deal for its patented aircraft fuselage technology, two weeks after sacking staff and executives.
The Murchison Metals Ltd and Mitsubishi Corporation backed Oakajee Port and Rail Pty Ltd has been selected as the preferred developer of the $2 billion Oakajee Port in the state's Mid West region.
Higher fuel prices and deteriorating economic conditions have forced Skywest Airlines to suspend its Kalgoorlie to Melbourne service, nearly one year after flights began.
Perth-based small-medium enterprise investor Greencap Ltd is set to bolster its reach in South Australia and the Northern Territory after agreeing to acquire Adelaide consultancy AEC Environmental Pty Ltd for $3.8 million.
While much of the state focus has been on the Varanus Island gas crisis, operator Apache Energy is forging ahead with its Devil Creek gas development project which is open for environmental submissions from the public.
Opposition leader Troy Buswell said a Liberal state government would provide additional funding to the Royal Flying Doctor Service under a five year, $68 million country health plan.
The availability of trades in the state may have marginally increased over the June quarter but the skills shortage in the sector persists even as housing activity falls, according to a recent report.
