More than $6 billion is likely to be invested in Western Australia's energy infrastructure over the next four years to meet growing demand for electricity and improve reliability.
The biggest investment will be the progressive upgrade of Western Power's
Most of Western Australia's major shipping ports have undergone major expansion projects in recent years, as they endeavour to cope with rapidly growing demand for their services.
The aged and community services sector in Western Australian has established an taskforce with private sector participants to develop strategies to deal with labour and building issues.
Some employers still appear reluctant to adopt flexible hiring strategies to attract new mothers back to the workforce, despite the state's evershrinking and increasingly competitive talent pool.
Israel's former chief scientist, director of Industrial Research and Development, Dr Orna Berry, to speak at the first event of the AICC (WA)'s Curtin Zernike DoIR Innovation Series, Rabbitnomics on M
A new name and modern premises are the more visible signs of the change undergone by Subiaco-based financial planning firm, JVA Financial Services, in recent months.
But things are also changing behind the scenes, too.
Ongoing concerns with the temporary 457 visa program have prompted the Australian Mines and Metals Association to submit a report to the federal government requesting a number of changes.
WESTERN Australia's second Australian Technical College, ATC Pilbara, has reached maximum capacity in its first student intake, with 60 students having started school-based apprenticeships last month.
The state government has agreed to invest $600,000 to help Western Australian medical research institutes gain access to a $30 million commercialisation fund backed by local superannuation fund Westscheme.
The claim that Western Australian shoppers pay less for food and groceries than those in other states where trading hours are not restricted is wrong, says Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief economist John Nicolaou.
A joint venture involving engineering and construction company Clough Ltd has been selected as the preferred proponent for the $200 million Wivenhoe Cressbrook pipeline project in Queensland.
Energy giant Chevron has announced plans to develop its wholly owned Wheatstone gas field offshore from Karratha as a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, and says it is still pursuing plans to develop its long-delayed Gorgon LNG project nearby.
Five new names have emerged in the contest for four directorships of WA Newspapers Holdings in the wake of Seven Network Ltd's move to spill the board, pushing the field to 11.
Aspiring iron ore miner Gindalbie Metals Ltd has disclosed that it may need to modify its start-up mining plans because of environmental issues associated with its $1.8 billion Karara project in the Mid West region.
Parker Centre chief Mark Woffenden has been appointed executive director of Curtin University of Technology's new Resources and Chemistry Centre, due for completion in 2009.
West Perth-based nickel producer Nickelore Ltd has released the results of its scoping study for the Canegrass Nickel Cobalt project, which shows the project may have the potential to begin production in 2011.
Combining a simple idea with a calculated entrepreneurial flair has led the owners of Wembleybased cafe, Mooba, to grow their business concept with the opening of a new store in Subiaco.
While the ambitious $120 million redevelopment proposed for Scarborough's landmark Rendezvous Observation City site is tipped to be the catalyst for further development in the area, a long-awaited planning amendment is still proving to be a stumbling bloc
ONE of the biggest brands to emerge from Western Australia is to disappear from building sites across Australia and New Zealand, with construction giant Multiplex Group changing its name to Brookfield
It's evident we're well into a period best described as the ‘era of Liberal demise'.
Although it started at least as early as 1996 – when then prime minister John Howard shamelessly dumped his party's longstanding federalist commitment and adopted Labor'
Visiting WA Former coach of the Essendon Football Club, Kevin Sheedy, to speak at the HIA event, An Audience with Kevin Sheedy, where he will discuss “Positive and Lateral Thinking” and “Thinking and
One of Western Australia's major technology projects died a quiet death last week, two days before the Carpenter government cranked up support for the state's next big technology project.
The wealth of entrepreneurial talent in Western Australia has resulted in a very close race at the top end of this year's WA Business News 40under40 Awards.
A large number of Western Australian furniture manufacturers have gone to the wall in recent years, but those that have survived and flourished, Fremantle Furniture Factory among them, have done so by adapting to the changing marketplace.
We all know someone who can't help throwing chillies in everything they cook or always asking for a side serve of chillies when they order at the restaurant.
ENVIRONMENT Minister David Templeman and Environmental Protection Authority chairman Dr Paul Vogel have announced a wide-ranging review to streamline the state's environmental approvals processes.
Population growth and rising incomes in South-East Asia and the Middle East are expected to support increased demand for live cattle and sheep exports, a report by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics has concluded.
