The choice of Fremantle harbour as a venue for the WA Business News 40under40 Awards gala event reflects the port's long and vital role in the commercial world of Western Australia.
Former Orbital director Ken Johnsen is leading the revival of little-known Balcatta company SafeEffect Technologies, which is aiming to relist on the Australian Stock Exchange this month after a two-and-a-half-year suspension.
Now in its fifth year, the WA Business News 40under40 program continues to amaze and astound all those involved with the diversity and calibre of talent that is uncovered each year.
His role as an WA tech leader was well-known when Michael Malone was last night crowned 40under40 1st Amongst Equals, but when he graduated from university in the early 1990s few knew anything about the internet.
Orbital Corporation's latest results gave investors a glimpse into its colourful past when it wrote-down the value of a $19 million interest-free loan provided by the state government.
Balcatta is home to two of WA's best-known technology stocks – ERG and Orbital Corporation – and the little-known SafeEffect Technologies. They all have a troubled past but Mark Beyer finds that recent developments at each company point to a varied future
Education is one of Western Australia's top export industries, worth an estimated $1 billion a year, but changes in the market are making it hard for the state to compete.
No-one likes hidden extras, especially on a cruise, where the endless tipping and expensive wines can really take the edge off what should be a tranquil holiday.
Cathay Pacific, an airline dear to the hearts of Western Australians, has just been named airline of the year by the industry's leading journal – Washington DC based Air Transport World (ATW) at a gala dinner in Singapore.
Barry Gregory's Alexander Education Group has made a big strategic shift this year by winding down its vocational training programs and establishing closer links with Murdoch University.
IBT Education is hardly a household name, yet the Perth company runs colleges across Australia and internationally that have more than 10,000 students.
National Jet Systems (NJS) will take delivery of the eighth, and last, 115-seat Boeing 717 on March 1, to replace the venerable workhorse, the BAe-146, on services in Western Australia and across the top end.
The ranks of those who doubted Andrew Forrest's vision of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd becoming the third force in Australian iron ore are growing noticeably thinner.
Business leaders in Western Australia have applauded Premier Alan Carpenter's decision to establish a science and innovation ministry, which has been handed to up and coming minister, Francis Logan.
A decisive shift in the Labor Party's Western Australian factions has played a key role in dictating the momentous political changes of the past month.
Cutting taxes, improving infrastructure and tackling the skills crisis should be the top priorities for the Carpenter government, a survey of Western Australian business leaders by WA Business News has found.
Western Australia's wine industry rests uncomfortably on the horns of a dilemma – more grapes than its wine production can use. The quest for new markets and better quality to soak up the excess is on.
The big end of Western Australia's wine industry has changed dramatically in the past year or so, reflecting the state's domination by mid-sized producers who often suffer most when the squeeze is on.
One of former premier Geoff Gallop's legacies will be his 2002 ‘InnovateWA' policy, aimed at reversing the decline in the state's research and development effort.
Innovation and technology go hand in hand and the outlook for those in Western Australia's information and computer technology sector is rosy, according to John Krokosz, general manager of recruitment specialist Candle ICT Perth.
Innovation is seen as the driver of Western Australia's long-term growth and prosperity, but questions remain about the best way to achieve outcomes to benefit all players, private and public, in an increasingly competitive environment.
Getting out of the city on the weekend to breathe the fresh country air, take in the wide open spaces, experience the charm of a natural environment and to enjoy good old country hospitality is a perfect way to recharge the batteries.
