Located on the sand dunes of the Cape Range National Park, just metres from Ningaloo Reef, the new Sal Salis Ningaloo Reef safari camp offers tourists a wilderness experience with a few creature comforts.
Western Australia's two major industry lobbies, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA and the Chamber of Minerals and Energy, have witnessed changes at the top during the past year, with new leadership taking the reins.
Outside of government and business, there is a wide array of people in science, media, the law and other professions who are highly influential in Western Australia.
If opinion polls are any guide, Labor is set to retain power at the next state election, and if that happens we can expect big changes inside the Carpenter government.
The solar industry is pushing the state government to introduce feed-in tariffs to encourage the installation of solar panels, after the federal government's decision to means test the solar PV rebate program.
Rising fuel prices have failed to re-ignite the state’s fledgling biofuels sector, with producers looking to side businesses, such as glycerine production and feedstock, to generate revenue.
Western Australia could be recycling 30 per cent of its wastewater by 2030, with the state government making water recycling a key focus of its water plan.
Perth's popuation is likely to double and a series of infrastructure projects will transform the built environmnet in coming decades, but is there a broader vision for Perth? Emily Piesse reports.
While it's well understood that unique, iconic structures can define a city, there's little consensus as to what such a building would look like in Perth.
Stan Perron is one of the state’s most successful entrepreneurs, having created an empire of immense proportions fuelled initially by his Toyota franchise and then iron ore royalties, and more recently by significant property assets and equities.
A largely hidden side of wealth creation is in the private sector, where successful entrepreneurs have built considerable businesses, in many cases with their families or over more than one generation.
Arts groups and charities in Western Australia have long argued that the state lacks the culture of giving evident in larger capitals such as Sydney and Melbourne.
KARRATHA-BASED Carr Civil Contracting has relied on three cornerstone principles to steer its growth – focus on the end goal, build a strong committed team of people, and grow sustainably.
PERTH’S rapidly developing cuisine and coffee culture has been spun-off into the virtual world, with a small group of food bloggers now posting their personal views online.
WEST Coast Group Corporate Super has achieved a five-fold increase in funds under advice over the past three years and today has a healthy slice of the $1 billion a week Australian superannuation industry.
WHILE there’s a push from some quarters to bring more high-yielding tourists to the state’s South West, I was interested to notice the attitude of the locals towards this on a recent trip to Dunsborough.
Henderson-based shipbuilder, Strategic Marine Pty Ltd, has won the WA Business News 2008 Rising Stars Award on the back of a seven-year growth campaign.
IT’S an exclusive industry reserved for the super-rich, and Western Australia is right in the thick of the action as a supplier of some of the world’s best super-yachts.
Worth a tamper
ACCORDING to Greg Pullman, manufacturer of the Greg Pullman tampers, Western Australia is a very progressive state when it comes to all things coffee.
IN a little more than 12 months, weight loss franchise Kate Morgan WA has taken a leadership role in Western Australia’s competitive weight loss market, signing up more than 50 pharmacy outlets.
WHILE growing numbers of major international fashion labels are making their way into Perth’s most stylish fashion address, King Street, two Perth fashion entrepreneurs are putting their own unique stamp on the strip.
IN just four years, Osborne Parkbased Powertech has become a formidable completions service provider for the oil and gas, power, distribution and mineral resource industries in Australia.
NOW in its sixth year, the Rising Stars Awards is a program aimed at private Western Australian-based companies that are experiencing fast and exciting growth.
