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Perth should foster a centre of excellence that brings together like-minded individuals, businesses and, sometimes, public institutions to serve the resources sector.

Human life would struggle if the Earth were to undergo a prolonged cooling.

Operating a ‘gastro-pub’ in what for many is a holiday getaway destination has its own set of challenges. Carolyn Herbert reports.

LEADERSHIP WA, a not-for-profit organisation focused on delivering leadership enhancement programs, has developed a new program stream – Community Leaders in Action – to encourage growth in pro bon

AS executive chair of Macquarie Group in Melbourne, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation chairman, and a former president of the Takeovers Panel, Simon McKeon has a strong p

GRAHAM Baker made the major career move from banking to biscuits when he and wife Carol bought For the Coffee Table in 2005. 

THE City of Perth has unveiled a plan to revitalise the Gasworks Building and its surrounding precinct on Wellington Street, with the creation of an artistic hub for the fashion and photographic in

Planning Minister John Day says the state government is considering mandating more local government involvement in its plan to establish a redevelopment authority to oversee the entire metropolitan

DEVELOPERS along the Scarborough beachfront received a bit of good news last week when the City of Stirling gave the green light to a $53 million revamp of the precinct.

HANDS up if you can name the Perth software company whose product is installed at 54,000 sites globally and has an estimated 44.6 million users?

THE automated ticketing technology that promised so much and delivered so little for shareholders in listed company ERG has turned into a profitable business for Vix ERG and its backer, Duncan Savi

The vast distances that separate Perth from the rest of the world have proved a creative catalyst for fledgling technology business iWebGate.

AUSTRALIANS living outside of the major cites will have access to top medical specialists from their own community if Perth-based researcher and innovator Yogesan Kanagasingam can realise his visio

The resources industry, and the sub-sea oil and gas sector in particular, is creating opportunities for innovative WA companies.

KARL Paganin reckons the best thing he did after parting ways with Euroz a year ago was to avoid rushing back into the market.

THERE is no doubt that, when it comes to global players seeking a position in Perth, the lawyers have grabbed the headlines.

The scramble by many professional services firms to set themselves up in Perth is highlighting the value of key individuals.

Property investor BWP Trust has announced an increase of distributable profit of 12.2 per cent for the year to June 30, driven by fast growth in rental incomes stemming from its acquisition of 11 B

Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has won a court victory in its acrimonious native title battle with the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation, which appears to pave the way for development

Mount Gibson Iron will issue its first dividend to shareholders after booking a net profit of $239.5 million for financial year 2010-11, an increase of 81 per cent on the previous year’s results.

The vested interests in the debate over shopping hours are holding firm to their positions, making compromise difficult.

Government intervention in markets leads all kinds of unwelcome outcomes.

Western leaders face some tough political decisions in the near future.

Plunging financial markets are sure to dent WA’s economic prospects, but the positive factors driving strong growth have not suddenly evaporated.

While financial markets have been focused on European and US debt problems, the real issue is clearly global economic growth, which now appears to be faltering badly.

Chinese capitalist ‘culture’ is not something we need to adopt in Australia.

The owners of Cream say it’s like an intimate dinner party every night at their inner-city restaurant. Carolyn Herbert reports.

DEFENCE fundraising and volunteer organisation, Army Art Show, is teaming with newly established Fremantle Foundation to raise money for local women in need.

THE Asthma Foundation of WA and Swimming WA have joined forces to promote greater awareness of asthma and the beneficial outcomes swimming can have for asthma sufferers.

A PROPOSED national regulatory body for the not-for-profit sector is good on paper but more detail was needed, according to representatives of the sector in Western Australia.

THE concept for DMD Shelving Direct was hatched in 1995, when (then) 17-year-old metal fabrication apprentice Mark Antonio and his mates, Danny and Dave, were at a barbeque talking about setting up