BLACK Swan State Theatre Company has launched a new community program aimed at promoting local art scenes in remote and rural towns through the recreation of local stories on the stage.
THE state’s chief scientist, Lynn Beazley, was awarded the second annual ‘Governors Award for Giving’ last week at a ceremony at Government House ballroom to mark the official launch of the Corpora
AS Jim Collins notes in the introduction to my new book, The Greatest Business Decisions of All Time, we’re living in times of tremendous uncertainty; many growth-company CEOs feel rudderl
A CONSORTIUM of private investors has kicked off construction of a Perth CBD office building without pre-committed tenants, punting on the continuing strength of the market.
THE state government has made its first overtures to the market in the search for 35,000 square metres of office space in the City of Stirling, predominantly to house the Department of Commerce.
A RECENT investigation by the Auditor General has added weight to state government plans to amalgamate many Western Australian ports, particularly in regional areas.
WESTERN Australia’s agricultural exporters look set for a flat year ahead as dry conditions reduce the state’s forecast crop harvest for 2012-13, and livestock exporters suffer adverse trading cond
THE Western Australian education sector is pinning its hopes on changes to the nation’s visa system to help revive growth in the foreign student market.
Australia should embark on a consistent policy of engaging with India instead of trying to fix its patchy relationship through uranium sales, the Australian Greens say.
Australia's largest independent music retailer, Allans Billy Hyde, will close with the loss of 513 jobs after the failure to find a buyer for the struggling business.
Ten Network is in danger of having to conduct its second capital raising in less than six months, after the $145 million sale of its outdoor advertising business hit a hurdle.
Property developer Stockland says earnings will fall by at least 10 per cent in the 2012/13 financial year because of the severely weakened housing market.
US markets registered their best gains so far this month on good earnings reports from Mattel, Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson, as Citigroup rose 1.6 per cent after the shock resignation of its
The woman at the helm of Barrick Gold’s Granny Smith mine in the Yilgarn has been named Western Australia’s Business Woman of the Year in the 2012 Telstra awards.
The private sector is set to play a bigger role in providing traditional public infrastructure in Western Australia after the state government named a preferred consortium for the design, construct
The Nine Network has reportedly staved off administration, with lenders agreeing on a debt-for-equity deal where two US hedge funds and investment bank Goldman Sachs will take a stake in the broadc
Police Minister Liza Harvey says $26.5 million for the force's annual budget has been clawed back, despite earlier saying it was "pointless" fighting public sector cuts.
The Australian share market has closed slightly higher after easing back from an earlier peak, with investors encouraged by a positive lead from United States markets and prospects of another cut t
