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GDI Property Group says it will undertake one of the largest refurbishment projects in the Perth CBD’s history, with its $50 million revamp of the former Governor Stirling Tower complex at 197 St G

The Australian sharemarket opened weaker after a three-day trading rally on global markets ended amid doubts eurozone leaders were closer to resolving the debt crisis.

US stocks closed sharply lower after an early rise Wednesday as worries persisted over whether the eurozone would come up with an effective approach to containing the Greek crisis.

The Australian sharemarket rose almost one per cent in the second day of gains, as markets recovered from last week's massive losses on hopes of a solution to Europe's debt crisis.

Australia has jumped nearly 20 places to be among the top 10 countries with a reputation of being a good place for mining, a global survey has found.

The challenge for the current, and future, governments in WA is to add to the value of the state’s minerals exports.

Does Colin Barnett really think iron ore is like gold?

A former Singaporean government minister has offered the West a harsh dose of economic medicine.

The global economy is officially in a “dangerous phase” yet Western Australia’s unique circumstances provide cause for cautious optimism.

The economic situation in China is more an engineered cyclical slowdown than reason to hit the panic button.

Labor’s current leadership doesn’t seem capable of reforming the party.

Josh Collins has brought years of industry experience and a touch of the flamboyant to his themed club in Aberdeen Street. Carolyn Herbert reports.

BUZZ Dance Theatre recently announced that its long-standing, triennial funding agreement with the Australia Council’s Dance Board would come to an end in December.

PROPERTY firm Jones Lang LaSalle is putting its weight behind a local community choir to help the choir’s homeless and disadvantaged members raise funds for local charities through the sale of CDs

A VISIT to Princely Treasures, the latest in the Art Gallery of Western Australia’s Great Collections of the World series, is a mesmerising historical experience.

IMTRADE Australia was a supplier of seeds, fertilisers and agricultural chemicals when (now) managing director Ross Rainbird joined his parents-in-law to run the company in 1981.

AFTER a period of post-GFC consolidation, Perth’s top real estate agents are looking to expand their footprint in the local market when positive sentiment returns across the board.

BLACKBURNE Property Group managing director Paul Blackburne has completely restructured his business since he won a WA Business News 40under40 award in 2005. 

Keen demand for commercial space in central Perth is driving a surge in office redesign and fit-out work, attracting new players to the Western Australian market and creating opportunities for esta

A MOVE to nationalise the licensing of residential real estate agents has drawn wide criticism from the local sector amid fears new, national regulations could water-down training and professional

PRIVATE property developers are making the most of Perth’s industrial land shortage to build the profits, along with much-needed facilities, for national and multi-national tenants keen to lift the

LANDCORP’S bid to build a network of industrial estates in regional Western Australia is premised on meeting industrial demand to support the state’s major mining and resource projects over the nex

A lack of well-serviced industrial land is hampering investment in WA.

THIS week’s good news on the resources front – the formal go-ahead of the $29 billion Wheatstone gas project – has quickly turned into a political stoush over the issue of local content.

The Australian share market opened slightly higher following a rally on global markets but is still vulnerable to shifting investor confidence ahead of a crucial vote on the next European bailout f

US equities registered a second straight day of solid gains on Tuesday as traders took more optimistic stock of the eurozone debt crisis.

Australian shares rose more than three per cent, led by the banks and miners that brought it down on Monday.

The Australian share market opened more than two per cent higher this morning, recovering some of yesterday's losses when shares closed at a two-year low.

US stocks rallied sharply Monday as investors saw positive signs in European efforts to find a way to resolve the eurozone debt crisis.

The Australian share market fell more than one per cent to a two-year low, pulled down by investors selling out of miners and energy companies after commodity prices slumped.

The Australian share market got off to a flier this morning, before slipping, spiking and sliding again to be trading just under 3,900 points, in a volatile start to the week's trading.

The Reserve Bank of Australia should cut interest rates because the local economy is starting to tank with some sectors already in recession, the federal opposition says.