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A delegation of leading Australian solar companies, including Welshpool based Solco Ltd, have taken their concerns about the Rudd Government's means test on the Solar PV (photovoltaic) Rebate Program directly to Environment Minister Peter Garrett, Shadow

The Liberal Party today offered qualified support for an ambitious $10 billion development project at Fremantle's North Quay.

A national government funded parental leave scheme should not be committed to without first undertaking a comprehensive investigation into the impact on business, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia said today.

People today expect to live longer, yet look younger, according to Western Australia's Essential Beauty master franchisor, Angus Forrest.

West Perth-based power minnow Perth Energy has signed a $30 million-a-year deal to buy energy from generator Verve Energy.

Visiting WA: Robin Sharma, organisational and leadership coach and best selling author of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari and The Greatness Guide, to present his full-day leadership workshop, ‘Lead Wit

The skills shortages of the past few years have forced businesses to adopt a range of strategies to keep their best and brightest, and attract new staff.

Four major developments this month have highlighted the strength of Western Australia's resources sector, with projects extending beyond traditional mining provinces to areas like the Great Souther

THE Federal Court last week ordered the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and two of its organisers, including assistant secretary Joe McDonald, to pay $35,000 in fines following industr

Perth's popuation is likely to double and a series of infrastructure projects will transform the built environmnet in coming decades, but is there a broader vision for Perth? Emily Piesse reports.

Political autobiographies, memoirs and authorised biographies are invariably highly selective products and can therefore be quite misleading, by deliberate omission if nothing else.

Marylyn New is something of a Western Australian enigma. Raised to be a homemaker, Ms New has instead ended up as one of Perth’s most colourful business people.

Western Australian businesses carry about $251 million of the tangible costs of tobacco, a study commissioned by the Cancer Council of WA has found.

The federal government has restructured its support for the small business sector, announcing plans to fund a network of field officers, enterprise centres and manufacturing support centres.

Anna Moreau chats with Rosemarie Lenzo, Deckchair Theatre general manager.

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

To management afficionados, the name Argenti is synonymous with Wesfarmers Ltd's success during the reign of Michael Chaney.

THE state government’s Keystart home loan scheme approved 341 loans in April, which was a four-year high for the program.

When Central Park was completed in 1992, Perth's commercial building industry operated under a substantially different planning code.

THE members of Western Australia’s new statutory waste authority, Waste Smart WA, were formally announced last week, with Barry Carbon to be chairman.

The two companies battling for the right to develop potentially lucrative port and railway infrastructure in the Mid West region are set to hit the airwaves as they seek community support for their proposals.

Entrepreneur Garrett Walsh is an ideas man.Credited with launching small businesses including Café Greco, Hot Box and the Matilda Bay Kiosk, the hospitality veteran is always on the lookout for a new concept.

Western Australia could be just a few years away from delivering geothermal power, according to one of the state's emerging geothermal exploration companies.

Employment in the already buoyant minerals sector is set for even stronger growth with a 70 percent increase forecast by the year 2020, in new research commissioned by the Minerals Council.

West Perth based Dwyka Resources Ltd has completed a capital raising of $21.3 million to finance exploration and development of its Daguma and Bonanza coal projects.

Former Liberal Party and independent politician Philip Pendal has died at the age of 61, from a suspected heart attack.

The Australian Institute of Management today relased its annual national salary survey for 2007/08 which shows that Western Australia has the highest average pay increase in the country at 6.4 per cent, well above the national average of 4.7 per cent.

Nedlands-based software company ISS Group Ltd has signed a major new international marketing agreement with global oilfield services company Schlumberger, that could lead to a big boost in ISS's revenue.

IAG chief sees writing on wall; RBA wants ' borrowed' trades declared; Grocery supply method hampers fair fight; Midwest merger puts Sinosteel on back foot; Great Southern eyes tree focus

The demand for fixed rate loans among West Australians fell to 17 per cent of all approvals, its lowest level in over two years, Mortgage Choice's April 2008 loan approval data has found.

Wesfarmers has successfully completed the final phase of its fully underwritten Entitlement Offer, raising in total approximately $2.5 billion to help fund its purchase of Coles Group.

The Federal Court today ordered the militant construction union and two of its organisers, including assistant secretary Joe McDonald, to pay $35,000 in fines following industrial action at BHP Billiton's Ravensthorpe nickel project during 2005.