Telethon Kids Institute head of the development disorders research group Andrew Whitehouse has been made 2014 Patron of the Kids are Kids Therapy and Education Centre.
Mineral Resources director Chris Ellison and TFS Corporation director Stephen Atkinson have sold shares in their respective companies worth a combined $28.2 million.
Gold miners Ramelius Resources and Doray Minerals achieved record quarterly production over the past three months, while Regis Resources' output was hampered by severe weather and flooding at its G
The Australian dollar has drifted lower as a boost from speculation of stimulus measures in China wore off, while activity was low ahead of the Easter holiday.
Four significant apartment projects and a $27 million shopping centre revamp are stimulating major urban renewal at Bassendean's historic Old Perth Road.
Armadale, Cockburn, Joondalup, Mandurah, Perth CBD and Woodlands have been tipped to be the metropolitan area's top suburbs for price growth during the next 12 months.
Alkane Resources has contracted international engineering group Hatch to provide front end engineering and design works for its Dubbo zirconia project.
Western Australia's peak business group has forecast an easing in economic growth in Western Australia in the current financial year to 4.5 per cent, a decline from five per cent previously tipped.
New Energy Corporation has shifted its waste to energy projects into gear by contracting the Australian arm of US-based engineering company Kiewit to handle design and construction for two plants worth about $330 million.
Padbury Mining has sought another extension to its suspension from trading, saying it needs more information from its mystery backer to determine whether they have the capacity to provide a massive $US6.47 billion ($6.89 billion) funding deal to construct a port and rail network at Oakajee.
Oil prices in New York have finished essentially flat as a bearish US oil inventory report offset concerns that rising political tensions in Ukraine could affect energy supplies.
The City of Subiaco has rebuffed a proposal from the City of Perth to incorporate its key commercial landmarks into the capital city borders while avoiding low-density residential areas.
The state government has secured private funding to build own and operate a 150 megawatt power station in South Hedland which will incorporate infrastructure from a smaller power station that collapsed engineering company Forge Group was building.
West Perth-based gold miner Red 5 has cleared a key regulatory hurdle on the way to resuming production at its mothballed Siana gold mine in the Philippines.
The share market has closed higher as investors were encouraged by good corporate earnings reports from the United States and shrugged off economic growth figures out of China.
Roy Hill Holdings has selected construction project management software firm Aconex to provide its services to the company's iron ore mining project in the Pilbara.
Finally, after decades of dithering and empty promises there is hope the ambitious Oakajee port and rail plan in the Mid West will move beyond the drawing board, not that there will be a ground-breaking ceremony for a few more years.
