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West Perth-based iron ore explorer Atlas Iron Ltd will pay $15 million in port facilities charges to the Port Hedland Port Authority as an up-front contribution for the planned $225 million upgrade of the Utah Point public access facility.

Australian stockbroker Patersons Securities Limited has announced that Rod Evans, Shaun Duffy and David De Loub have joined the firm to head up the newly created Patersons Capital Partners.

State Environment Minister David Templeman has toughened some of the conditions of Robe River Mining Company Ltd's planned development of mine pits at its Mesa A and Warramboo sites in the Pilbara.

The Federal Labor Party will fund a third of an estimated $180 million upgrade to road and rail networks in Esperance to improve access to the port, Opposition Transport spokesman Martin Ferguson announced today.

The State Government has flagged plans to allow public sector workers aged over 55 to access their superannuation entitlements while continuing to work, in an effort to retain experienced employees.

Perth-based biodiesel producer Mission Biofuels Ltd, which acquired a 20 per cent stake in its Indian subsidiary on Monday, has increased its holding in the company to 97.6 per cent, after the minority partner chose not to participate in a rights issue.

The State Government will introduce a bill establishing Extended Producer Responsibility Schemes, where producers of consumer goods could be required to establish recycling programs for those goods, Environment Minister David Templeman has announced.

Prime Minister John Howard and his Liberal Party hold a commanding lead over Kevin Rudd and the Labor Party in a poll that has successfully predicted the outcome of the Federal Election since 1996 - Miss Maud's Coffee Bean Poll.

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Some charitable organisations in Western Australia could be forced to pay rates to Local Governments after the Supreme Court overturned a rates exemption decision by the State Administrative Tribunal.

Western Australia is the only state in Australia where financial incentives overshadow flexible work options with almost 75% of employers highlighting financial rewards as the key staff engagement tool, according to the latest Hudson Report released today

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Australia's planning profession has given the Western Australian planning system, and those of most other states and the ACT, a ‘C' rating in the Planning Institute of Australia's annual report released last week.

The Environmental Protection Authority's new chairman, Dr Paul Vogel, plans to overhaul the way the agency manages the approvals process to avoid “drowning” in a sea of applications as the wave of resources activity continues to gather momentum.

With the volume of freight within Western Australia likely to double in the next five to 10 years as major resources projects come on stream, an innovative new training program is aiming to attract more young people into the industry.

There may not appear to be much upside for tourists from the surging demand for air services by resources companies, unless of course they've always wanted to take a break to the Pilbara, kick around the red dirt, and get a glimpse of some heavy machinery

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

Skills shortages may have beset the corporate sector in Western Australia for several years, but not-for-profit organisations, some argue, have had to cope with added pressures.

The Housing Industry Association has warned that Western Australia's housing affordability crisis will intensify, with the likelihood of two further interest rate rises this cycle.

Engineering and project delivery firm, Sinclair Knight Merz, will open a custom-designed safety training centre costing more than $1 million at the Perth domestic airport business precinct early next year

MINING giant BHP Billiton Ltd believes a merger with Rio Tinto Ltd would accelerate the development of the Pilbara iron ore industry.

With Western Australia's growing population and economy, retail investors and developers are looking at the state's neighbourhood shopping centres in a new light.

One month ago, WA Business News published an in-depth report on Western Australia's export boom, which highlighted the prominence of three giant resources sector producers.

What started out as a small gardening service for elderly Bayswater residents has become a 25-year commitment to aged and disability care from Bayswater Extended Community Help Organisation.

For almost 20 years Cable Beach Club Resort has been the only luxury resort to offer its guests the famous Cable Beach strip at their doorstep, but that is set to change.

Joondalup-based industrial relations consultancy Workplace Professionals has closed its doors after 14 years in business, a direct result, according to founder Tony Thompson, of the federal government's fairness test for Australian Workplace Agreements.

A new report from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA has highlighted the scale of labour shortages facing Western Australia if current economic and demographic trends continue.

Charities in Western Australia are taking advantage of strong growth in retail sales, with many expanding their retail outlets or ‘op shops'.

Several Perth-headquartered mining companies operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing an uncertain future, following the Congolese government's recommendation that 61 mining contracts with foreign companies be renegotiated or terminated.

By most people's reckoning, 89 kilograms of paperwork is a lot; yet that's how much a recent tender put together by community services agency, Anglicare, weighed.

A MASTER plan to transform the Brookdale area over the next 15 years with sustainable urban development has won two prestigious awards from the Planning Institute of Australia (WA).

Fremantle is a city divided over ING Real Estate's plans to redevelop the Victoria Quay heritage precinct into an office and retailing development.