A recent study has gone some way towards clarifying what makes the ‘typical’ businesswoman in Australia as well as uncovering some of the potential barriers they face due to their gender.
Stretch marks are the bane of all women unlucky enough to develop them, but Fariba Fanaian has turned hers into a successful enterprise, marketing the natural stretch mark oil her mother and grandmother specially formulated for her, through the family bus
When Western Power formally split into four separate businesses on April 1, it marked the end of a long-established reform plan by the state government.
Big corporate collapses such as Sons of Gwalia, EG Green Group, Henry Walker Eltin and most recently Westpoint Corporation have provided plenty of work for insolvency lawyers, but a much smaller deal has been hailed as the best restructuring of 2005.
The establishment of new firms, some prominent partner moves and a plentiful flow of new work have characterised the past year in Perth's legal fraternity.
The abolition of restraints on the expanded production of Australian uranium could clear the way for an enrichment business worth $20 billion a year by 2020.
A booming economy, militant construction unions and the biggest regulatory change in a century have combined to make workplace relations one of the busiest practice areas for Perth’s law firms.
Law firms Clayton Utz and Blakiston & Crabb have been at the forefront of one of the major trends in the mining industry in the past two years: the move to Canada by miners looking to raise large amounts of money.
Most people know of Pacman as an early computer game, but for takeover lawyers the term has been applied to the unusual circumstances surrounding the battle between Alinta and The Australian Gas Light Company.
Perth company Arafura Resources NL is to spin-off its Northern Territory uranium projects into a new, as yet unnamed, company. The move will leave Arafura as a gold and rare earths company based on its substantial Nolans Bore rare earths, phosphate and ur
The rapid expansion of Western Australia’s iron ore industry and the emergence of several aspiring producers have prompted the negotiation of an increasing number of joint venture agreements.
The pressure on the Australian Labor Party at a state and federal level to allow expanded uranium mining is building as fast as the uranium price is rising and new explorers are pouring into the market.
They started life as ‘organisation men’ and have seen incredible change, including the WA Inc era. They are Western Australia’s corporate elders identified in a new book by Professor Leonie Still.
Booms like the one we are experiencing come and go, but they can have a lasting effect. With treasury's coffers overflowing, we thought it was time to explore some new ideas for our great state and remind our government about some old ones.
In 1979, 53,000 people attended the WAFL grand final at Subiaco Oval. Now, 27 years on, the state’s population has grown by around 800,000, WA is in the middle of an economic boom, and the same venue holds nearly 10,000 less.
As part of the celebrations to mark Qantas’s inaugural Sydney-San Francisco flight last month, the airline officially signed for up to 115 Boeing 787s to be used extensively from Perth.
Emirates is one airline that uses MedLink services and has recently introduced the passenger health monitoring system, Tempus, from UK-based Remote Diagnostic Technologies Ltd (RDT).
Last week marked the end of an era in Western Australian education when Curtin University of Technology vice-chancellor Lance Twomey retired after nine years in the position and 37 years at the university.
If you haven’t set foot on a cruise ship and just want to put your toe in the water to test the experience, then Captain Cook Cruises may be a good option.
With Western Australia’s resources boom exceeding all expectations, the three big manufacturers of portable accommodation are enjoying unprecedented demand.
Production of caravans, camper trailers and transportable homes has grown rapidly over the past decade, creating plenty of opportunities for industry players such as Fleetwood but also posing some big challenges.
The success of Perth company National Lifestyle Villages has played a notable part in the growth of Fleetwood Corporation’s manufactured accommodation business.
Investors looking for Fleetwood Corporation to make a quick return to its halcyon days as a booming stock should not hold their breath, though people looking for dividend income and a solid growth outlook should be happier.
