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SHELL Australia has announced increased funding to support education across Australia.

CHRISTMAS shopping may be top of mind for many in Perth as we enter December, but for a number of organisations this time of year is all about the Christmas appeal.

BASED in the South West and with film titles including ‘Finnsurf’, ‘Come Hell or High Water’, and ‘Minds in the Water’ in its line up for next year, the Yallingup Surfilm Festival is pitching to th

'Jeffrey, come down to the office, there is a guy here who has cookies for you. They’re those Biscoff cookies, the ones that you like.’

MEDIC Technology International directors Michael and Shirley Hawker are proof that it’s never too late to get involved in a new business venture.

In today’s networked economy, having a brilliant, visionary leader alone isn’t enough to keep a company growing.

The state government has moved to regulate the increasingly complex role of strata property managers and enhance protections for the growing number of strata property owners.

THE East Perth Redevelopment Authority’s veteran chief executive, Tony Morgan, is expected to lead the state government’s newly formed Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority (MRA) in the new year.

The controversial subject of high CEO salaries at state government agencies appears to have gone off the boil as a policy to rein in remuneration appears to have helped stop surprise jumps in pay p

THIS year’s salary survey shows that it’s not just the chief executives at the top end of town who have mouth-watering incomes.

Changes to Wesfarmers’ remuneration policies have shone a bright light on the company’s results.

Five years of WA salary surveys show some chief executives appear to be remarkably well paid relative to the size of their business and the returns they have delivered, while others offer great value for money.

THREE trends stand out when the salary packages of newly appointed chief executives at Western Australian companies are examined.First,the bigger the company the higher the salary.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says he will congratulate Wayne Swan if the federal treasurer delivers his promised budget surplus.But only after he falls over with surprise.

Executive remuneration is a hot political issue but the controversy does not seem to have slowed growth in pay packets at WA companies.

Brisbane has taken Perth’s title of weakest performing residential property market in Australia, according to new data released today by RP Data and Rismark.

The eurozone debt crisis has become the major risk to the global economy and it is already starting to affect Australia.

State utilities Verve Energy and Synergy have signed domestic supply contracts with Chevron that will shore up Western Australia’s gas supply for the next 20 years.

The future of shopping centre owner Centro remains uncertain, with no sign of when a court will deliver its verdict on the company's restructure plans.

Capital expenditure figures point to a strong economy boosted by the mining sector, economists say.

The federal coalition has warned Labor could revisit the possibility of a live export ban, saying it should send a shiver through every Australian cattle producer.

Australia's largest rare earths miner Lynas Corporation says prices for rare earths have fallen in recent months, which is a healthy development for the industry.

BHP Billiton could sell some or all of its Canadian diamond mining interests, if that's what a review of the operations recommends.

Treasurer Wayne Swan is defending the growth forecasts in the federal government's mid-year budget review despite his own warnings of dark clouds looming overseas.

The Australian share market has opened weaker with falls in the resources and banking sectors.

The Australian dollar continues to rise - and is now above parity, as investors look to strong US data.

American Airlines' filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection tempered upward momentum in US markets on Tuesday, with the major indexes finishing above the neutral line.

Mining Minister Norman Moore has turned down the opportunity to become WA's next Agent-General in London, a likely disruption to Premier Colin Barnett's plans to bring new blood into the cabinet we

State agency LandCorp says it is expecting significant interest in its latest industrial land release in the Pilbara, stage three of the Gap Ridge industrial estate near Karratha.

The Australian dollar was more than a full US cent higher today, bouncing from its intraday lows as Asian equities and US equity futures rose.

Thousands of workers have marched through central Perth threatening to picket US oil and gas giant Chevron until it pledges to provide more local jobs and training. (Click through for video)

Prime Minister Julia Gillard will chair the first meeting of a new manufacturing task force tomorrow, as new figures indicate the dire state of the sector.