The federal government has flagged changes to its skilled migration program, including the temporary 457 visa, which it says will give the states greater control in recruiting overseas workers.
National company Abigroup Contractors Pty Ltd has secured its first major contract with the state government, having been selected to design and construct stage two of the Geraldton Southern Transport Corridor.
Perth miner Straits Resources Ltd has been dealt a blow with the state's environment watchdog recommending against a proposal to build a $200 million solar salt farm in the Exmouth Gulf.
Nearly $93 million worth of contracts have been awarded by both the federal and state governments to improve road infrastructure in the Kimberley region.
West Perth-based intellectual property company ipernica Ltd has entered into a $16 million agreement to acquire geospatial media company NearMap Pty Ltd, which has selected Perth for its initial prototype testing.
Fortescue Metals Group is considering a number of finance options to fund expansion plans at its Chichester Range iron project, with a control estimate expected to be released within a few months.
First production at Atlas Iron Ltd's Pardoo project has been delayed by to December after it lodged an appeal over conditions recommended by the Environmental Protection Authority.
Australia's corporate watchdog has launched civil Federal Court proceedings against several companies and individuals linked to Firepower Holdings Group Ltd, claiming shares in the fuel technology group were sold without a prospectus.
While new motor vehicle sales rose by 1 per cent across the country over the month of June, Western Australia was near the head of the pack of states and territories to record a decline.
Western Australia's chances of being selected as the host of Inpex's $12 billion liquified natural gas plant have been put at risk after the Northern Territory today called an early August election.
South Perth-based bamboo flooring products company Style Ltd will write down the value of its assets by $1.3 million after exiting from its obligations at the Wanzai plantation in China.
The state Liberal party has revealed a leaked document from a government agency that had grave concerns about the condition of Apache Energy Ltd's Varanus Island pipelines last year.
Three Western Australian companies have been selected by the state government to install factory-built houses worth over $280 million in the Kimberley and Pilbara regions.
Employers should be encouraged to recruit more overseas workers as permanent migrants, rather than relying on 457 visas, and a state-based approach to migration should be adopted, according to Immigration Minister Chris Evans.
THE Note has always been cautious about throwing stones in glass houses, but a missive from Liberal environment and climate change spokesperson Robyn McSweeney left us with no choice.
The Western Australian business success story that everyone has been talking about in the past twelve months, Fortescue Metals Group, has topped the emerging brands list.
The rapid increase in membership at the not-for-profit WA Sustainable Energy Association is evidence of the growing acceptance by industry of a carbon-restrained future, according to chief executive Ray Wills.
A new system for calculating developer contributions to the Water Corporation may be introduced by the state government, if recommendations by the WA Economic Regulation Authority are adopted.
Carbon trading is still inconvenient and opponents, including many export industries, want no inconvenience, according to West Perth-based lobby WA Sustainable Energy Association.
Because Western Australia's resources boom springs largely from China's economic expansion there's a danger that, in Australia at least, China will be judged solely on its economic performance.
The Perth Convention Bureau has engaged advertising agency Marketforce to develop a business events brand for Western Australia to promote better the state as an international meetings, incentive and convention destination.
A wages stoush with the Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union has shone the spotlight on the operations of the not-for-profit St John Ambulance Australia WA.
Total capital raised in the agribusiness managed investment scheme industry over the 2008 financial year has dipped 5 per cent, with the wine grape category suffering the biggest fall.
The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies has congratulated the state government in reducing the backlog of mining tenement applications by 20 per cent but has urged the resources minister to do all he can to trim it down further.
