Daniel Chick’s smother, followed by the shepherd that paved the way for Adam Hunter to kick a goal and seal the nail biting grand final for the West Coast Eagles was but one of many spectacular moments on the Western Australian sporting calendar in 2006.
It was a year of highs and lows in Western Australia’s property game, with a record 46 per cent surge in Perth’s housing prices in the year to September and stellar commercial gains.
With local government coming under close scrutiny, WA Business News invited some of the leading figures in the sector to discuss key challenges and propose solutions.
The amalgamation of local councils is a topic of debate that generates a lot of heat, but outside of Geraldton and Northam there is no immediate prospect of real change.
A review of the local government sector has called on the state government to provide $25 million in new funding to help the sector boost its services and capabilities.
The shortage of skilled planners and the lack of long-term strategic planning have been identified as two of the major issues facing the local government sector.
The City of Cockburn’s first joint venture development is expected to deliver the city a new $6 million library at Cockburn Central and a share of the project’s profits.
Nigel Satterley mingles with WA's business elite and with prime ministers, but it wasn't always so glamorous for the man who leads the nation's largest independent residential development company.
As the New Year approaches, property pundits are hedging their bets on where the market will head in 2007 while reflecting on a year during which the price of an established house rose by 46 per cent in just nine months.
A five-way partnership between the Art Gallery of WA, Curtin Uni-versity and three mining companies has been recognised for its contribution to arts development in WA.
The average age of the residents in standard retirement villages in Australia is 79 years, but at National Lifestyle Villages the residents’ average age is 59 years.
A three-year partnership between Woodside Energy and the West Australian Music Industry Association (WAM) has provided students in regional and remote areas access to contemporary music.
Specialising in information technology services, ZettaServe was formed by Dr Nathan Harman in 2003 following his departure from Marconi Australia, which dissolved its desktop management division in late December 2003 to refocus on its core telecommunicati
Every year, in the historic settlement of Cossack, about 1,600 kilometres from Perth, a major art exhibition draws national and international attention to Western Australia’s remote north-west.
Walking along Fremantle’s Market Street in 2002, business manager Richard Poulson and his wife, designer Kylie Radford, had a clear vision of their future business, clothing and retail company Morrison International Pty Ltd.
Owned and managed by the Di Virgilio brothers, Maddington-based DVG Automotive sells new and used vehicles and related services to the general public and fleet customers.
Television advertising can be prohibitively expensive for not-for-profit organisations, a hindrance that AWESOME Arts has managed to overcome through its partnership with three useful entities – a television station, an advertising company and a film comp
The resolute determination in 2001 to build a world-class office furniture manufacturing facility in Perth has brought freestanding office furniture manufacturer Designtec substantial growth in the marketplace.
The role of theatre as a vehicle for education and communication is not a new one, but it’s certainly something the Department of Environment and Conservation has utilised to its advantage.
The growth of niche marketing opportunities in the financial services market has been a vital part of ThinkSmart’s growth in Australia and Europe, and targeting of other overseas markets.
While walking down the high street of Fremantle in 2001, David Cooke came across a street performance by a local theatre company and was immediately inspired to investigate further.
Standing the test of time, TCC Group, formerly known as Total Corrosion Control, has grown to become the largest industrial painting facility in the Southern Hemisphere, with turnover increasing more than 150 per cent since 2000.
Wesfarmers chairman Trevor Eastwood sits at the blue chip end of the business spectrum, while Reg Gillard is a veteran mining promoter at the more speculative end of the market. What they have in common, however, is a big income from their directors’ fees
