Special Reports

THE use of social media platform Yammer, a growing fly-in, fly-out workforce, and Big Brother-style analysis are tools increasingly in use by human resources departments across Western Australia.

LAST year is likely to be one of the more forgettable years in terms of capital raisings and IPOs for the metals and mining sector.

Competition in the state's investment banking sector is hotter than ever despite a fall-off in takeover deals and capital raisings last year.

There have been plenty of highs and lows in state politics as the major parties turn for home in the race to the state election next March.

The upheaval of recent months has obscured the record investment in the resources sector and the big growth in production coming in future years.

Western Australia has an abundance of gas and explorers are looking for more, both offshore and onshore, but there are questions over how much growth the industry can sustain.

UNDERSTANDING the growing complexity of remuneration packages is a challenging exercise for investors seeking to determine the value, or otherwise, offered by a company's management team.

SENIOR Western Australian bureaucrats have received pay rises as high as $100,000 during the Liberal-National government's first term in office, research undertaken for the WA Business News Book of

LOOKING at the remuneration packages negotiated by newly appointed chief executives in Perth, there is a common pattern -5 size equals money.

Tougher economic times and increased scrutiny have put a cap on the growth of executive remuneration.

COMPETITION in the recruitment market is becoming more intense as the heat comes out of the resources construction boom, and employers increasingly have their pick of workers and the agencies they

THE use of migrant workers to bolster the workforce in Western Australia is becoming more commonplace, with a 12 per cent increase in the number of temporary visa holders in the state.

RETAIL giants Wesfarmers and Woolworths continue to employ more people in Western Australia than any other private sector employers, with the introduction of Sunday trading boosting part-time and c

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.