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Debra Blaskett, who held a number of key management roles with Perth Airport in the 2010s, has been appointed chair of the Forest Products Commission.

Romy Lawson is set to leave Murdoch University at the end of this year, just two months after she commenced as acting vice chancellor.

Ross Holt has been appointed as the new chairman to the board of Forest Products Commission. Prior to this, Mr Holt was a chief executive officer of LandCorp.

Lands Minister Terry Redman has announced that LandCorp chief financial officer Frank Marra has been promoted to chief executive officer.

LandCorp chief executive officer Ross Holt will step down from the state government's land and property development agency at the end of the year.

Leading property industry player Joe Lenzo says the proposed amalgamation of a number local councils would benefit property development in the state.

The Shire of Roebourne has given Mirvac and LandCorp the go ahead for the Mulataga master planned community in Karratha, paving the way for the construction of more than 2000 new homes in the rapid

THE state's buoyant resources sector has proved a mixed blessing for Karratha.

Development giant Mirvac has advanced its plans for the Karratha town centre, saying it will submit its development application with the Shire of Roebourne before Christmas.

SENIOR Western Australian bureaucrats have received pay rises as high as $100,000 during the Liberal-National government's first term in office, research undertaken for the WA Business News Book of

THE development of a $1.5 billion master-planned community in South Hedland will add significantly to the rate at which LandCorp land is released for residential building in the Pilbara.

The State Government has announced plans to develop housing for 5,400 people in South Hedland as part of its Pilbara Cities initiative.

The controversial subject of high CEO salaries at state government agencies appears to have gone off the boil as a policy to rein in remuneration appears to have helped stop surprise jumps in pay p

The state government has chosen Knutsford consortium, including Fini Group, Georgiou Capital and Mainpart Holdings, to partner LandCorp to develop a former industrial site near Fremantle into a residential precinct.

LANDCORP is extending its program of regional collaboration with local governments and the private sector in an effort to avoid future land shortages.

The board of LandCorp has approved more than $17million in civil works for projects in three regional Western Australian locations where the current resources boom is putting pressure on community infrastructure.

Amendments made last year to LandCorp's governing legislation enabling the agency to engage with the private sector has been the catalyst for several joint ventures with partners such as Mirvac Fini, BGC, and Doric.

ISSUES affecting Australia's land development agencies were the subject of a recent talkfest hosted by WA's LandCorp.