Western Australia is increasingly on the radar of Chinese property investors, with commercial agents and developers hoping to replicate the success of their Sydney and Melbourne counterparts in sourcing significant capital from this cashed-up cohort.
Western Australian businesses are having to work harder to secure investment from China as high net-worth Chinese seek opportunities outside of the resources sector.
The business banking sector is shrinking in Perth, with falling staff levels and bank branch closures the latest signs of a cooling Western Australian economy.
Real Estate Institute of Western Australia president David Airey says local government authorities have lost sight of the big picture in planning and approvals reform, and amalgamation of councils will only exacerbate the issues.
Channel Nine's wide-ranging search for a new home has speculatively linked the station with a variety of developments, including the state government's Elizabeth Quay project.
One of the most common pieces of advice I've heard given to members of gen Y at work is that they need to grow up and face the ‘real world', and stop expecting everyone to give them what they want.
Nickel miner Sirius Resources is close to securing $1.5 billion for its Nova nickel project after striking a native title deal with traditional owners.
At its meeting today, the Reserve Bank of Australia left the cash rate unchanged at 2.5 per cent, with Governor Glen Stevens flagging a period of stability in interest rates.
Thousands of Bluestone Global workers have lost their jobs after the Melbourne-based mining services provider went into administration and its subsidiaries into liquidation.
An independent audit has damned Labor's rollout of the national broadband network and recommends all major infrastructure projects be subject to a published cost-benefit analysis.
Western Australia's billion dollar agrifood export business with China has received another boost with the signing of a cooperation agreement between V & V Walsh and Grand Farm.
Property development and construction company Diploma Group has recorded a 194 per cent lift in net profit compared with the previous financial year, continuing its run of recovery.
Engineering group Downer EDI has lifted its full-year profit almost 6 per cent, despite a slide in revenue from across its infrastructure, mining and rail businesses.
In November 2008, the newly installed state Liberal government officially dropped Western Australia's ban on uranium mining, paving the way for the development of a new sector.
Sirius Resources has inked a mining agreement with the Ngadju people, paving the way for the development of the world-class Nova nickel deposit near Norseman.
Infrastructure, energy and resources service provider Resource Development Group has jumped 275 per cent today on news it will acquire Perth-based Central Systems.
West Perth-based Western Areas has begun the tender process for nickel concentrate offtake that will be available after the expiry of its contract with Jinchuan Group later this year.
