Perth will host marquee sporting events, including an international hockey tournament, and an arts and culture festival, as the state government attempts to showcase the city during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in October.
After setting a world record time yesterday, Perth boy Eamon Sullivan has missed out on the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in the 100 metre freestyle event.
Few leading business figures could manage to look as comfortable as Peter Holmes a Court late on a Friday afternoon in the busy front bar of the Cottesloe Beach Hotel.
The Perth businessmen who race Etchells yachts can’t outdo each other by buying bigger boats. Instead, the strict rules imposed on the yacht’s dimensions by the Etchells racing body means the skippers compete on skill alone.
Western Australian A-League soccer club Perth Glory has appointed former Football West head Michelle Phillips as its CEO, adding to sweeping changes at the team which also has a new coach.
Speculation over the identity of the corporate player that helped clinched the multi-million dollar deal to bring Matt Giteau to the Western Force has put a little known Bentley-based fuel additive company Firepower in the frame.
THE Rugby Union World Cup is being hailed as a boon for tourism, a major drawcard for business leaders and an opportunity to sell Australia to a television audience in the billions.
THE WA Trotting Association and WA Turf Club are in close talks regarding a possible joint venture under which the Belmont Park facility would become a host venue for the two sports.
