WESTERN Australian sailing legend Skip Lissiman hopes increased corporate support for an event he says is the “Melbourne Cup of match race sailing” will help elevate Perth’s international reputation
TWO significant feature film projects progressing towards production in Western Australia highlight the growing international prominence of the state’s film and television industry.
THE change management program implemented during John Akehurst’s time as Woodside Petroleum chief executive broke new ground both inside the company and for McKinsey as a consulting firm.
FOR Victorians eyeing Western Australia’s resources boom with envy, oil and gas giant Woodside Petroleum must represent the most frustrating case of the one that got away.
NDUSTRY has praised the state government for attempting to streamline the planning process, but is concerned reform won’t come in time to avert a land supply shortage.
REGARDLESS of the rhetoric of corporate responsibility and the greater good, most corporations and business people become involved in arts bodies and foundations due to a personal interest in the arts.
DID you read the weekend paper a fortnight ago?
Page three featured an article quoting Peter Forrestal, who had some derisive things to say about wine labels. He described how the trend away from traditional, conservative labels towards those that were
REGARDED by purists as the true ‘sport of kings’, polo has undergone something of a resurgence in Western Australia in recent years, with five significant events in six months entertaining the sport’s local supporters.
WITH Perth on the cusp of a population boom, the city’s urban planners are mindful it is not just the central business district that is required to grow.
LAST year, the leadership at Aboriginal-owned BYAC Contracting learned a very big business lesson when the global financial crisis hit – the dangers of its over-reliance on a long-term customer.
LISTED companies Western Areas and Coretrack are two businesses that raised capital during the March quarter, both effectively needing the funds to help with long-term growth strategies.
A FAMILY-OWNED, custom-built caravan manufacturer primarily servicing the resources sector recently secured its first export deal with one of the world’s largest mining outfits.
CHALLENGES abound for any company interested in pursuing opportunities in Africa, and must be clearly recognised, understood and addressed before taking the plunge, according to local business leaders with business dealings on the continent.
INCREASED use of public private partnerships has become a defining feature of the state government’s infrastructure program, but behind that label sits a wide range of procurement models.
