Special Reports

STAFF turnover is costing Western Australian companies billions of dollars and needs to be addressed to combat labour shortages and improve productivity.

WA companies are still facing a challenge to find staff despite reduced mining construction and a rise in unemployment.

AS careers go, the journey from corporate lawyer and political staffer to heading a new foundation focused on ending what is called ‘modern slavery’ is clearly an uncommon one.

WHEN philanthropy in Western Australia is debated in the context of the wealth created during boom times, the example of the Fogarty Foundation often crops up.

Greater public exposure has helped lift community engagement with, and funding to, the not-for-profit sector.

WE may live in a disposable society, but Western Australia’s builders are increasingly being asked to build homes that will meet their owner’s needs for longer, allowing them to more easily live in

Property experts are divided on the question of how much housing is needed to meet WA’s growing population.

While most media attention seems focused on iron ore and the major operators, there’s a number of smaller players offering plenty of potential across a range of minerals. Here’s the WA Business News 10 mining stocks to watch.

AT first glance, all of Perth’s major stockbrokers posted dismal results for the year to June 2012.

THE 2012 wealth creators’ list would not be complete without acknowledging the fortunes generated by the development of the Little Creatures brewery and subsequent listing of Little World Beverages

IT has been a big week of‘giving’ by Australian directors, with former WorleyParsons CEO John Grill giving $20 million to the University of Sydney and revelations that Rams Home Loans founder John

The value of shares held by some of the biggest names in mining have slumped along with the companies they lead, but there are pockets of good news in what has been a tough year on the markets.

CHINESE investment in Australia may have slowed as uncertainty continues about the value of commodities, but it has not stopped.

WHILE the recent period of engagement with China goes back 40 years in diplomatic terms, and well into the 1980s at a trade level, there are plenty of cautionary tales from those doing regular busi

Our biggest export market has slowed demand, but a new growth phase is under way.

A RECENT investigation by the Auditor General has added weight to state government plans to amalgamate many Western Australian ports, particularly in regional areas.

WESTERN Australia’s agricultural exporters look set for a flat year ahead as dry conditions reduce the state’s forecast crop harvest for 2012-13, and livestock exporters suffer adverse trading cond

THE Western Australian education sector is pinning its hopes on changes to the nation’s visa system to help revive growth in the foreign student market.

ASK the average Western Australian to name the state’s major petroleum export and most would surely answer liquefied natural gas.

THE Perth Mint is reaping the benefits of a silver, or rather golden, lining from the ongoing worldwide economic malaise.

WA has increased its lead as the country’s largest exporter, but the rate of growth has slowed.

THE commercial property market in Western Australia is in a strong position despite recent weakening in industry sentiment flowing from the pullback in resources sector investments.  

FROM Subiaco in the west to Booragoon in the south and Innaloo in the north, more than a dozen mid-sized office developments are either under way or at an advanced stage of planning around Perth.

THE industrial land market in Western Australia has been characterised by consistently strong demand for most of the past decade, which has been good news for investors and developers who bought la

NICK Di Latte is under no illusions about where Diploma Group needs to focus its attention.

PERTH company Finbar has just 13 head office staff yet it is working on property developments worth nearly $1.5 billion.

Development of Australand’s $2 billion Port Coogee development has been reinvigorated by increased sales, $40 million of infrastructure investment and two commercial buildings on the waterfront.

MOST apartment developers have experienced a lean period since the GFC, with investors and banks both wary of putting money into new projects.

A wide range of commercial property developers, from multinationals to church groups, are set to drive future activity in the sector.

THE constrained corporate finance market has improved slightly in the first quarter of the new financial year, with overall Western Australian-related activity rising to $13.72 billion from the Jun

WESTERN Australia’s biggest local stockbroker, Patersons Securities, is the latest to reveal it has felt the chill winds from the tough equity markets, recording a loss of more than $5.1 million af

There may be plenty of cash about, but the IPO market is struggling as investor confidence remains low.