The state government has launched a $7.7 million North West Shelf environmental study today, to help planners better manage Australia's marine ecosystems.
ARC Energy Ltd managing director Eric Streitberg has been awarded the gas industry's highest award, the Reg Sprigg Medal for outstanding service to the industry.
Bibra Lake, Jandakot and Kwinana are expected to be among the strongest performing surburbs in Perth's industrial land market over the long term, according to a report from Jones Lang LaSalle.
More than 20 years after it was established in WA, Burswood-based town planning and project management firm, Koltasz Smith, has been bought by UK-based environmental consultancy RPS Group plc.
The votality that has characterised the financial markets this year has bred anxiety across the country, but caution may be a more apt term for WA, where its largely business as usual.
THE management of Perth Airport has committed to releasing its redevelopment plans by the end of the month after Premier Alan Carpenter criticised the private owners for failing to respond to congesti
Regarded by many as a prime spot to house one of Western Australia's biggest arts organisations, the former ABC studios site on Adelaide Terrace instead appears likely to be sold to property developers.
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
After years of deadlock with the state government, the proponent of a private port in Cockburn Sound is hoping a management change will restore life to the project.
Visiting WA; Dave Snowden, founder and chief scientific officer, Cognitive Edge, UK, to speak at Global Convergence: Answers to Management and Compliance on May 1.
In an effort to combat an industry shortage of metallurgical technicians, Central Tafe has introduced a cadetship program offering on-the-job and formal training.
Kerry Stokes' Seven Network Ltd today continued its attack on the performance of West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd, arguing that WAN's improved quarterly results did not mean the company was "back on track".
The three major farming organisations representing rural water users in Western Australia, are estatic with the news that the second set of water licence fee regulations have been knocked back.
West Perth-based clean coal technology developer Metex Resources Ltd, through its Joint Venture with CSIRO and Carbon Energy Pty Ltd (CEPL), has announced today that it had received all necessary approvals to proceed with a large-scale A$20 million Underg
The state government has announced plans to turn High Street in East Fremantle into a four-lane divided road, the latest step in its efforts to cope with heavy truck movements to and from Fremantle port.
Lead miner Magellan Metals Pty Ltd has responded to criticism of its role in cleaning up lead contamination in Esperance by asserting that the Esperance Port Authority should take the lead role.
The state government plans to introduce a $780 million subsidy scheme to limit increase in electricity prices, after rejecting a recommendation to lift prices by about 60 per cent over two years.
One of Australia's most senior mining lobbyists says the nation's gold sector cannot ignore the range of high profile issues facing it or put at risk their social licence to operate.
West Perth-based office equipment financing company ThinkSmart Ltd has announced the extension of its PC World and PC City contracts in UK and Europe to the end of 2013.
Small companies listed on the Australian stock exchange today continued to reveal details of their exposure to the collapse of stockbroker Opes Prime, including Perth-based Blackham Resources, Hodges Resources, Catalyst Metal and Conquest Mining.
African mahogany plantation manager Kimberley Timber Corporation Ltd is gearing up for an initial public offering on the Australian Securities Exchange with a pre-IPO raising of between $1 million and $3 million.
There seems to be a competition developing amongst finance journalists, along with some economists and market analysts, to be the first to call a base to the current bear market phase on stock markets.
The starter's gun has been fired for reinvestment in university education as our leaner and hungrier tertiary institutions prepare for the new federal landscape.
The conversion of North Fremantle's light industrial area to residential development appears set to continue, with plans for a 12-storey apartment complex on the former OneSteel site soon to be released, and a rezoning of the Matilda Bay Brewing Company s
The skills shortage and changes to the makeup of the nation's workforce are adding further pressure on companies to provide more comprehensive employment packages for their employees.
Western Australia is best known for its mining and agricultural exports, but in the past month a handful of local companies and institutions have announced deals that will widen the state's export profile.
Western Australia remains the driving force behind the nation's economy and is predicted to sustain strong growth rates despite higher interest rates, a weak stockmarket and the United States' economic downturn.
