More than 700 hectares of land in Perth's southern suburbs has been rezoned for residential development, creating new opportunities for housing near the Perth-Mandurah Railway.
HBOS subsidiary BankWest will launch a financial planning arm in March next year with plans to recruit more than 100 financial advisers over the next three years.
Western Australian small business owners are generally not a happy bunch when it comes to the performance of the state government, according to the latest MYOB Australian Small Business Survey released today.
Western Australian canola growers are reaping early benefits of the Victorian and New South Wales Governments' decision to lift their moratorium on the commercial production of genetically modified crops, WA agriculture and food minister Kim Chance said.
Australian commodity export earning are forecast to increase by 1 per cent to more than $140 billion in 2007-08, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economic's Australian Commodities publication.
The Nationals WA leader Brendon Grylls says regional WA has been well-served by Agricultural Region MLC Murray Criddle who today announced his intention to retire from the WA Parliament early in the New Year.
When Coogee Chemicals boss Gordon Martin addressed a WA Business News breakfast last month, he said one of his golden rules was that there was no room for politics in running a business.
The state government has responded to the acute shortage of industrial land in and around the Perth metropolitan area by allocating $1million for the development of an industrial land planning strategy.
Playing an Xbox computer game at work in the middle of the day may sound like some university students’ fantasy job, but for employees at Como-based online flower company, Ready Flowers, it’s all part of the culture.
Curtin University of Technology is hosting the tenth annual Australian Technology Network of Universities Conference from January 29 to 31 at the Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre.
Prominent restaurateur Nic Trimboli has previously told Gusto he is a big believer in retaining talented staff by providing them with opportunities at new venues.
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 I
The resources sector is again at the forefront of community initiatives, with BHP Billiton Ltd committing $5 million to fund resources research and education at the University of Western Australia Business School.
State opposition leader Paul Omodei has proposed the development of “major sustainable cities” at Karratha and Derby as part of a long-term plan to foster development in the north of Western Australia.
The Real Estate Institute of Western Australia has highlighted the tight supply of commercial and industrial land in Perth, questioning the number of potential industrial lots, which reportedly stands at around 1,500.
The Economic Regulation Authority will undertake an inquiry into operation and effectiveness of the grain marketing system in Western Australia, as part of a five-yearly review of the Grain Marketing Act.
Minara Resources Ltd has successfully completed the largest and most comprehensive shutdown in the company's history at the Murrin Murrin nickel and cobalt project.
Shares in Perth-based minerals explorer Wolf Minerals Ltd made a big return to trading today, soaring more than 90 per cent to $2.55 each after it revealed it had acquired an advanced Hemerdon tungsten and tin project in the United Kingdom.
Nedlands-based Helix Resources Ltd has raised more than $8.2 million before costs through a share placement of 17 million shares at 48.5 cents per share to institutional investor clients of Wilson HTM.
Western Australian chief executives are the second hardest working, behind South Australia, with 60 per cent working more than 50 hours a week, according to the latest survey of Australian chief executives released today by TEC.
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Western Australia's Economic Regulation Authority has called for the establishment of a new government agency to faciltate private sector investment in the development of new water sources.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Ministry of Health in Mongolia have sought the help of Curtin University of Technology's Professor Jeffrey Spickett to manage an environmental disaster in a rural Mongolian village.
Magellan Metals Pty Ltd believes the state government's response to a parliamentary inquiry report into the cause and extent of lead pollution in the Esperance area was "fair and balanced".
