Special Reports

Potatoes for breakfast? That’s just one of the ways Western Australia’s food producers are fighting fad diets. Julie-anne Sprague reports on the implications for consumers and retailers.

Consumer demand for low-carbohydrate bread has prompted the bakery division of Action Supermarkets to develop a range of low-carb bakery products.

Engineering firm Murray & Roberts last week joined a long list of South African companies making major acquisitions in Australia. Mark Beyer reports on their patchy track record.

South African firm Murray & Roberts is planning to increase its stake in Clough to at least 50.1 per cent but insists Clough will remain an indepen

THE development of new and improved infrastructure will account for a big chunk of investment spending over the next few years.

THE potential investment in Western Australia’s iron ore industry could top $10 billion, with at least three aspiring producers seeking to break the domination of Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton Iron Ore.

WA Business News’ inaugural survey of resource and infrastructure projects has found that China and energy are the two common themes. Mark Beyer reports.

The 2004 Trudo WA Business News Total Shareholder Return survey has highlighted the strong recovery of the sharemarket.

Total Shareholder Return is a well-recognised tool for analysing the high-level performance of listed companies.

The strength of the State’s resource sector has been reflected in the companies that dominated the top-performing stocks over the past 12 months to June.

Concern about Western Australia’s skills shortage is growing as industry finds it increasingly difficult to recruit the people it needs. Mark Beyer reports.

After a couple of tough years, the fourth annual Trudo WA Business News Total Shareholder Return survey reveals positive market conditions for many of Western Australia’s listed c

The number of people undertaking apprenticeships in Australia has gone through a long-term decline, driven in part by the privatisation of government utilities, a national study h

The Women Lawyers of WA (Inc) celebrated a milestone this week – 100 years since Edyth Haynes’ application to practise law was denied. Marsha Jacobs reports on that decision and profiles some of the State’s top legal minds.

A determination to take nothing for granted and to move outside her ‘comfort zone’ has paid off for Anna Liscia, who co-founded Liscia and Tavelli Legal Consultants 11 years ago.

Although not an exhaustive list, the following women are noteworthy for their contributions to the State’s legal profession.  

Crown Prosecutor Patti Chong is an individual who rarely conforms or complies with others’ opinion of what she should be or how she should behave.

For many women in the legal profession a largely inflexible workplace and management structure has proved a barrier to a long-term career.

 1901: Western Australian women vote for the first time in State elections.

The single largest investment in Western Australia’s timber industry is about to start bearing fruit at a vast factory at the Neerabup industrial estate, north of Wanneroo.

A multi-million dollar Federal Government assistance package for WA’s timber industry just before an election has raised questions about the process, reports Mark Beyer.

The Federal Government has claimed its $15 million assistance program for Western Australia’s timber industry will create 900 new jobs.

All of Australia’s ambassadors to China since 1985 have hailed from Western Australia. With China emerging as an economic powerhouse, Alison Birrane and Jim Hawtin examine China’s recent history and the State’s place in it though the eyes of the men who h