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WESTERN Australia's leading private companies are under the spotlight now more than ever before.

Private business is a big player in some important WA sectors.

In a year when big deals were few and far between, the $4 billion acquisition by the Kerry Stokes-controlled WA Newspapers Holdings to buy most of his other media assets was something of a standout

Western Australia's business leaders, including Woodside's Peter Coleman, said today the state needs to focus on meeting its own skilled labour needs, as Queensland Premier Anna Bligh swooped on th

Philanthropy is an inevitable topic when it comes to wealth creators in Western Australia.

THE private wealth of iron ore magnate Gina Rinehart has become a little more public in the past year, during which she emerged as Australia's richest person.

Indian infrastructure giant GVK Group will pay Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting $1.26 billion for most of the company's coal and infrastructure projects in Queensland's Galilee Basin.

Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has spent more than $60 million exercising options to increase its stake in Mineral Resources to 8.26 per cent.

Gina Rinehart hates the label "Australia's richest person". How will she, and the rest of the country react when (not if) she ranks as the "world's richest"- as can be forecast using the latest research.

Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting says its plan to become the first company to export thermal coal from Queensland's Galilee Basin is on track, with the first shipment from the trial Alpha mine set to be shipped to a Korean power station on June 26.

The role of women in business has been placed firmly on the agenda during the past 12 months, but is the conversation really necessary?

The Ten Network has announced Gina Rinehart, along with James Packer and Lachlan Murdoch will take up their seats on the television station's board next week.