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Tenix and a joint venture partnership between Theiss and Black & Veatch have been shortlisted for the South Hedland and Karratha wastewater works contract.

More than 25 per cent of all construction in Australia is occurring in Western Australia, where almost $90 billion worth of mining, energy and infrastructure projects are currently underway.

More than 10,000 angry St George and Bank SA customers are trying to recoup bank fees after joining the largest collective action in Australian legal history.

New Labor leader Mark McGowan wants to paint the government as being out of touch with the electorate.

The politics of envy have reappeared in the US, and could make their way here.

Making the right call on the world economy could make, or lose, businesses a lot of money.

Mark McGowan made a genuinely intriguing comment last week when he criticised the premier for being a “1970s interventionist”.

A focus on the environment and industry policy were two issues driving the new Labor leader when he entered politics.

Don’t hold your breath waiting for Kevin Rudd to make a comeback.

PERTH’S first Fringe World festival got under way last week with a program that includes 150 weird and wonderful acts, living up to the Fringe ideal of a program that offers everything the mainstre

Jeff Gitomer says airlines need to smarten up their customer service.

SALES by small businesses over the Christmas period were better than expected, but calendar 2011 figures were less impressive amid subdued market conditions.

SMALL businesses have less than three weeks to prepare submissions to a long-awaited review of the federal government’s workplace relations laws.

There is a long-running debate regarding the merits of having a business plan.

 Australian manufacturing activity expanded in January for a second consecutive month, a private survey shows.The largest gains were in the food and beverages sub-sector.

A SIGNIFICANT parcel of inner-city land is being put up for sale by the Water Corporation as part of big changes taking place on the north-west fringe of the central city.

FEELING a bit down as a result of the subdued Western Australian property market?

DESPITE the national 2.1 per cent fall in home prices in the December quarter painting an unflattering picture for the sector, property industry leaders remain optimistic about the year ahead.

MAYBE it’s human nature when times are uncertain, but when corporate finance players in Perth were asked to comment on market trends over the past year, most had a glass half-empty perspective.

THREE corporate advisory firms, each with a very different profile, stood out as market leaders in the mergers and acquisitions sector last year.

Local players in the corporate finance market faced more competition than ever before from big national and international firms, WA Business News’ 2011 survey has found.

Official data showing further falls in house prices have lent fuel to the case for another interest rate cut, economists say.

Federal opposition frontbenchers have defended Tony Abbott's outlook for tax cuts under a coalition government, ahead of a keynote speech by the prime minister on the economy.

Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey says he is comfortable with the country's richest person increasing her stake in Fairfax Media.

 Australian shares have posted another slow start after a soft session on Wall Street despite gains on European bourses.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has reaffirmed without qualification that the federal government will deliver a budget surplus.

It's the best start for US stocks in 15 years.

Households will be hit with double-digit percentage jumps for insurance for a second year as insurers restore profits after the industry's worst year on record for disaster claims, a survey finds.

GE Oil and Gas has won more than $1 billion in equipment supply contracts for the Ichthys liquefied natural gas project off the coast of Western Australia.

The Australian dollar rose nearly three quarters of a US cent on hopes that a bailout for Greece might be nearing completion.

A 4.1 hectare site surrounding the Water Corporation’s headquarters in Leederville has just hit the market, with Knight Frank calling for expressions of interest from developers.

Australia's largest cattle producer, Australian Agricultural Company (AACo), exported more live cattle during 2011 despite the Australian government's temporary ban on live exports to Indonesia.