The lean state of the Liberal Party in Western Australia following its February election loss is reflected in the small group of people wielding influence in the party.
This time last year, Rugby WA chairman Geoff Stooke and cricket legend Dennis Lillee were not regarded as major players in the running of sport in Western Australia; but that changed with a vengeance late last year.
John Langoulant has undergone a big change over the past year, moving from his role as under treasurer to become chief executive of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA.
The property and construction industry has created many powerful and influential Western Australians, none more so than Multiplex founder John Roberts.
The two most influential public servants in Western Australia, newly appointed Under Treasurer Tim Marney and Acting Director General of Health Neale Fong, are both far removed from the traditional image of career bureaucrats.
Between 200 and 300CE, when the Roman Empire was still a superpower, albeit in decline, its citizens complained of two types of bandits – those who were mobile and those who were stationary.
Booming commodity prices mean annual minerals exploration spending in Australia is expected to exceed $1 billion this year for the first time since 1997. See Special Reports for related articles.
“He brought to business the moral passion of an evangelist, and he was the first of the great modern merchant princes to understand that the mass of people is moved less by monetary considerations than by appeals to the imagination.”
Boans city department store was a Perth institution from its opening in November 1895 until 1986 when the doors closed for the last time. See Special Reports for related articles.
Nearly one in every three dollars collected by State Treasury over the coming financial year could be taken in payroll tax – a huge $1.24 billion – making it businesses’ biggest burden.
Dual listings on foreign exchanges by Western Australian-based juniors with an international focus are increasing in popularity, according to a recent Geoscience Australia report.
Exploration expenditure data for Australian Stock Exchange-listed exploration companies has confirmed last quarter’s prediction that expenditure could level out in the March quarter.
Perth company Cool Energy is preparing for field trials of a ‘gas sweetening’ technology that could allow dozens of ‘shut in’ gas fields around the world to be developed.
In universities, in public research institutions, even in the proverbial backyard sheds, vast numbers of inventive, creative types around Australia are looking for the next big breakthrough.
A new technology developed at Curtin University and currently being commercialised by Sydney company, Neuromonics, is seeking to change the widely held view that the medical condition tinnitus cannot be treated.
Gerry Monteiro narrowly escaped family tragedy twice in an eight-month period a few years ago when he almost ran over his son while reversing the family caravan down the driveway.
Embedded Technology Corporation is in many ways an archetypal early stage software company, driven by dedication and enthusiasm but with global aspirations.
Former Orbital Engine Corporation chief executive Kim Schlunke came to some interesting conclusions when he sat down three years ago to ponder the future of recreational transport.
Researchers at the University of Western Australia have licensed a technology that may lead to a new treatment for osteoporosis, the skeletal disorder that affects almost two million Australians.
Home-grown technology developed by private Perth company McRobert Aquaculture Systems has been promoted as having the potential to “revolutionise” the global aquaculture industry.
Perth investors who like the taste of barramundi are currently in the rare position of being able to select from an investment menu with three Western Australian aquaculture companies.
By seizing on opportunities in the market and focusing on becoming a wholesale distribution business, Australian Gypsum Industries (AGI) has cemented a place as one of this year’s Rising Stars.
With interest rates at their lowest levels in 20 years, the Australian mortgage market has never been healthier. But as rates have begun to climb this year, the number of new loan approvals is diminishing.
