Special Reports

SPECIAL REPORT: Among her many talents, Glenda Kickett is drawing on her sports experience to boost school attendance rates for indigenous girls.

Fortescue Metals Group’s recent awarding of $179 million in contracts to Aboriginal businesses highlights two different approaches to indigenous development.

SPECIAL REPORT: Innovation is a continuous focus for solar power provider Regen Power as part of its ongoing growth mission.

SPECIAL REPORT: Illuminance Solutions is a Perth-based advisory and consultancy service delivering information technology-based solutions to clients in the non-profit sector.

SPECIAL REPORT: A focus on managing operational costs and detailed long-term planning has earned Mosaic Community Care a Rising Stars award in the not-for-profit category.

SPECIAL REPORT: A spike in revenue of more than 450 per cent over a four-year period would be welcome news for any organisation.

SPECIAL REPORT: Magellan Power has grown from a sole trader business to a widely recognised manufacturer with more than 50 staff since it started out 28 years ago.

SPECIAL REPORT: Growing demand for battery metals has created a golden opportunity for MSP Engineering, with contracts for two big projects helping the business grow revenue by 6,000 per cent in three years.

SPECIAl REPORT: When Teck Global founder David Zucaro lost his job due to the collapse of his former employer, Forge Group, he saw an opportunity to fill a niche in the power systems and electrical engineering market.

In the past five years, Rochelle Masters has seen her small psychology clinic in Perth’s northern suburbs grow through her unique approach to community engagement.

SPECIAL REPORT: Maker of The West Winds gins, The Tailor Made Spirits Company, prides itself on providing a point of difference in the craft distilling space.

SPECIAL REPORT: In just its third year of operation, Plumbing Bros has embarked on an ambitious plan to rollout its business model across the country.

SPECIAL REPORT: A strong network has developed in WA to help local businesses gain access to defence opportunities across the country.

SPECIAL REPORT: Defence work is providing opportunities for businesses with oil and gas prowess such as Matrix Composites & Engineering.

SPECIAL REPORT: A Belmont-based business is connecting military installations around Australia and across the world.

SPECIAL REPORT: Local businesses are already winning ongoing defence work as WA positions itself as a sustainment hub. Click through for our list of 25 deals won by WA contractors in the past year.

SPECIAL REPORT: As land and population pressures drive the need for more productive farming, WA finds itself at the centre of a new mining race.

The price rebound this year has sparked renewed mining interest in at least eight previously mothballed projects.

High-level iron ore, lithium and gold projects set pace for more than 50 developments in fresh commodities boom.

Higher promotional funding and a lift in the state’s share of new international students are encouraging signs.

Widespread government reviews are causing a headache for Western Australia’s major universities.

Hydrogen is the most abundant element and WA could play a role in making the gas a big part of the world’s energy supply.

WA’s commercial construction bosses remain cautiously optimistic, even as the industry reels from the longest and largest contraction of activity ever recorded.

Our gallery of Perth's biggest construction jobs and who is doing the work, click through to view.

Security of payments has been a hot topic of debate in WA construction, as the state government considers options to protect subcontractors.

Following in the footsteps of Stan Perron, some key names in philanthropy have increased their funding distribution, but many charity recipients are struggling to measure the impact of these donations.

Philanthropist and former mining entrepreneur Kerry Harmanis has narrowed the focus of his donations in recent years, and now primarily funds his passion project, Mindful Meditation Australia.

Three prominent Perth businessmen are proving the importance of individual connection to motivate sustained financial backing.

Wayne Martin’s time as a judge has informed his new career as a mediator and arbitrator, and board member.

A flurry of hostile takeover deals has provided a boost for corporate lawyers, with an expectation there are more on the way.

The ranking of Perth’s major law firms has changed substantially over the past two years.

Major WA agribusinesses plan new investments to create scale and efficiency, while smaller operators are cooperating to access new markets with niche products.