Nigel Satterley's property group is taking the tax commissioner to court, claiming a $2.5 million payment to compensate shareholders after a failed development should be tax deductible.
Big business and trade union support helped fill Labor's coffers in the year to June, with the party's $12.7 million haul outstripping the combined earnings of the coalition parties.
More than $230 million of developer-contributed funds are sitting in local government-managed bank accounts waiting to be spent, according to a new report.
After months of canvassing for timeframe extensions to the Building Bonus scheme, property groups have welcomed the state government's decision to extend on-site construction start times.
One of Western Australia's top land developers is continuing to prepare for future growth, with Satterley Property Group splashing more than $66 million on new projects in Perth.
The Shire of Peppermint Grove has been strongly criticised in a Supreme Court ruling that found it mishandled the listing of heritage properties, and specifically a prominent house on the Swan River foreshore.
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Perth property developer Nigel Satterley is confident of an early breakthrough in the campaign he has spearheaded with other business leaders for a better deal for Western Australia over the distribution of GST revenue.
Satterley Property Group has welcomed advice from the Environmental Protection Authority that confirmed there were no health risks over its landholdings in Mandogalup, but uncertainty still hangs over whether part of the southern suburb is appropriate for residential development.
Satterley Property Group has bolstered its Queensland portfolio with a 63-hectare acquisition in Ripley Valley, around 33 kilometres south-west of Brisbane.
About 18,000 local businesses and key leaders have backed the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA's GST reform submissions, which were put forward to the Productivity Commission today.
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Colin Barnett has described moves by prominent Western Australian business figures to commission an opinion poll that reflected poorly on his leadership as being akin to a silent coup.
Businessman John Poynton has denied interfering in Premier Colin Barnett's leadership of the state government amid an outcry about a poll commissioned by powerful businessmen showing the Liberal Party on track to lose the March election.
Satterley Property Group has made its second Victorian acquisition in the past three months, acquiring a 68-hectare residential estate in Melbourne's Donnybrook for $34 million.
State Development Minister Bill Marmion has told protestors outside parliament that the environmental watchdog would review the government's plan to extend the buffer zone around the Kwinana industrial area.
Satterley Property Group will build its largest residential estate in Victoria after purchasing 214 hectares of land in a deal believed to be worth $100 million.
Speculation about Premier Colin Barnett's leadership is being perpetuated by those who deliberately seek to undermine the government, Treasurer Mike Nahan says.
Prominent land developer Nigel Satterley has predicted more pain to emerge from Perth's apartments market, forecasting widespread price falls and more projects to fail as pressure builds on developers.
WA chief executives are hoping a federal election year and a new direction from Malcolm Turnbull will ignite reforms needed to get the state moving again, according to the latest CEO survey by Business News.
Satterley Property Group has made its second acquisition in Perth's eastern suburbs in less than a week, paying $90 million for a 140-hectare tract of land in the Swan Valley.
Developers say the extension of a buffer around industrial areas near Kwinana has the potential to set a dangerous precedent over the erosion of the rights to develop land.
Satterley Property Group is planning to build up to 420 homes in Forrestfield, after buying the old Western Power site on Hawtin Road from the state government for $30 million.
Channel Seven's old studio site in Dianella will shortly be developed into a new land estate, with Satterley Property Group launching its Seven Hills subdivision today.
