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WESTERN Australian law firms Clayton Utz, Blake Dawson, and DLA Piper have added new partners to their practices in the past week, while a long-serving member of staff has retired from Norton Rose.

What is it with academics and their desire to sign proclamations about what is right or wrong?

This year’s survey of mergers and acquisitions activity in WA reveals a new ranking among corporate advisory firms in Perth.

Colin Barnett has taken a bit of a gamble in naming Burswood as the site for the new 60,000-seat stadium.

IF you have an established business with a good track record of sales and profit, how much can you expect from a sale?

A DELOITTE corporate finance survey has found a recovery in stock market floats in Western Australia during the past financial year, although the annual data disguises a slump in activity in recent months.

THE towns of Cambridge and Vincent want to reunite the elements of the old area of Leederville divided by the Mitchell Freeway as part of a plan to develop key pockets of land isolated by modern transport infrastructure.

LISTED property developer Peet expects to expand its land holdings by as much as 30 per cent over the next five years after partnering with the Future Fund to buy and develop large, residential land holdings in Australia.

THE Housing Industry Association says new home sales in Western Australia are at ‘dangerously’ low monthly volumes.

WESTERN Australian real estate agents say they have strong reservations over a federal push to create a national licensing system.

NATHAN Ahern thought that if he was tired of visiting beauty parlours and day spas to get his regular wax, chances were he wasn’t alone.

Sending artworks on the long trip across the Nullarbor Plain or on a precious cargo flight may have traditionally been the path for Western Australian art collectors hoping to cut a deal.

The owners of a new pub west of the CBD want to get the place jumping. Carolyn Herbert reports.

Ensuring the security of long-term energy supply should be top priority for the state government.

Is Australia an easy place in which to invest and do business?

Fastwave Communications and Curtin University were among the winners at the technology industry's most comprehensive awards program, the iAwards.

The state government has revealed the first nine regional towns to benefit from $85 million in upgrades under Regional Development Minister Brendon Grylls' "SuperTowns" initiative.

Police have brushed past a protest blockade to escort Woodside Petroleum contractors to the site of a proposed gas hub at James Price Point in the Kimberley.

Indonesia has confirmed it will significantly cut the number of cattle it sources from Australia when it re-assesses its import quota for next year.

Voters appear to be abandoning the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and her rush to introduce a carbon tax. Money is just ignoring her.

The state government has announced the release of 39 lots earmarked for industrial purposes at Hedland Junction, near Port Hedland.

Jackson McDonald and McKenzie Moncrieff have announced they will merge to create a 32-partner law firm with more than 120 professional staff, cementing it as the second largest firm in WA.

The state government has revealed details on $147 million of budget commitments for upgrades to six country hospitals in the south of the state.

The corporate watchdog has charged former Westpoint directors Norm Carey and Graeme Rundle for breaching the Corporations Act.

PINDAN Construction and PACT Constructions have been awarded contracts to build two new high schools in Perth, at a combined cost of $97 million.

ARCHITECTURE firm Silver Thomas Hanley has been appointed to lead the design team for the $234 million redevelopment of St John of God Hospital in Murdoch.

THE sale of two significant suburban shopping centres in Perth will test investor enthusiasm for the state government’s new retail property planning policy.

PARAMEDIC Christy Whitby says one of her motivations for starting Compass Health with Tony Metcalf in 2007 was the lack of support she felt during her time working on mine sites.

WA Ballet will move into a new home in Maylands next year, thanks to the company’s statewide support base and the Western Australian building industry putting its back into the project.

A long-time resident of the area, Stephen Hollow knows the market for his Vic Park restaurant, The Silver Spoon. Carolyn Herbert reports.

The coming carbon tax presents the Liberals with an opportunity to engage with inner-city voters.

Changes to the law give shareholders more say on executive pay and tighten the rules on how boards decide.