Special Reports

Networking and becoming a known commodity is one of the key elements to success in business, according to Heather Zampatti.

Learning to adapt to changing circumstances is a key component in long-term professional survival, according to former teacher, lawyer, barrister, and

While women remain a minority in senior management and around boardroom tables, Western Australia has produced several leaders in their fields. Marsha Jacobs talks to some of this State's top performers.

Penny Flett has the passion and enthusiasm for her work more often associated with a recent graduate than a 20-year veteran in the field.

Some of last year's WA Business News 40under40 winners share their thoughts on being young women in business.

DIRECTORS

It takes a perspective from outside the square to find comparisons between raising children and running a company, but that's how one of Western Austra

FARMING electronics developer and electronic display sign manufacturer Computronics is a significant investor in research and development in Western Au

Developing research into a marketable product or service can be complex but the returns are great if all the right systems are in place as Julie-anne Sprague and David Gibson report.

IT was the expertise of two Edith Cowan University researchers that prompted PanoramaFLAT to make Perth a major base for a planned global roll-out of i

ISA Technologies, the company that invested $5 million in a supercomputer in 2003, is providing access to that infrastructure, free of charge, to what

A LACK of pre-seed funding is the most common complaint from those involved with the State's innovation sector.

PROVIDING a big pool of in-house pre-seed funding is not the only path to commercialisation, according to The University of Western Australia Office of Industry and Innovation director, Andy Sierakowski.

TWO decades ago the staff at emerging technology company Poseidon Scientific Instruments were tinkering away on radio technology for cray fisherman.

THAT simple ideas can take significant amounts of money, time and research effort to bring to market readiness is not news to the team at Intierra.

A LACK of research and development funding is the principal reason Western Australia is falling behind the R&D powerhouses of New South Wales and Q

THE University of Queensland made nearly four times more money from licence income in 2002 than the next best performing university and had more than $40 million equity in 34 spin-out companies.

CANADIAN engineering giant Hatch appears to have won the biggest share of major contracting work in Western Australia in a year that was dominated by oil and gas, resources and the Perth to Mandurah railway.

THE boom conditions on the Australian stock market in 2003 laid a solid foundation for 2004, with most broking firms reporting improved totals in the WA Business News 2004 equity capital raising survey.

THE $1.86 billion sale of the Dampier to Bunbury natural gas pipeline has been judged by WA Business News to be the top business deal in Western Australia in 2004.

PERTH was home to Australia's largest private equity transaction of 2004 when heavy equipment supplier Emeco International was sold to GS Private Equity and Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) for a price believed to be about $450 million.

FOR the second year running, Alinta was one of the most active companies in Western Australia, completing a series of deals that added to the size and diversity of its operations.

SOME of Western Australia's best-known companies were fundamentally changed as a result of the big corporate deals of 2004.

MICHAEL Chaney's philanthropy rated highly in a recent survey undertaken by WA Business News.

MINING and stock broking veteran David Reed has a long track record of giving both time and money to support not-for-profit and charitable causes.

MANY of us seem aware of the importance of ‘giving' only when those closest to us are in need, or on special occasions throughout the year, such as Christmas.

ENERGY reform is likely to be a key issue for Neil Hamilton in 2005, whichever party wins the State election.

WITH or without her flamboyant hairstyle, Patti Chong still makes an impact. The general counsel for the Corruption and Crime Commission is well known for her colourful clothes and personality, and so it came as no surprise that after hearing a radio

OFTEN those who have experienced tragedy first hand are the most passionate and dedicated when it comes to committing their time, energy and money to charitable causes.

SPORT is rarely far from business in the world of Neil Hamilton, who is a huge fan of Australian Rules and Rugby Union football.

Neil Hamilton unexpectedly found himself at the centre of two of the biggest business crises of 2004. He spoke to Mark Beyer about the year that was and his plans for the future.

RAY Della-Polina sold his farm businesses to move to the ‘big smoke' in his 20s and bought into a Perth small-parts business called Marlows.