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THE CBD office leasing market is in a far healthier position than it was heading into the last boom, according to the latest market research from Colliers International.

AUTISM West Support Inc has launched a five-year strategic plan to raise awareness of the neurobiological disorder, following the opening of a new Autism West Centre in Nedlands last month.

Like fine wine, it takes a lot of effort to produce a good coffee. Adam Orlando reports.

FEDERAL opposition leader Tony Abbott named his front bench earlier this week, giving the country a taste of who he thinks will play the key roles in his attack on Kevin Rudd’s government.

It is becoming increasingly clear that Western Australia will be stretched by a spate of massive gas projects over the next few years.

What’s behind the interesting tale of two uranium miners?

The anointing of a rival bidder by research houses means Pulpwood Plantations is an outsider to secure the necessary votes this week to take over Great Southern timber schemes.

What role should the state have in the development of business hubs?

Agriculture has an air of gloom about it, but key players reckon there is plenty to be positive about.

The delay of an ETS is good news for Australia.

WITH more than half a dozen new conference facilities and function venues opening in regional Western Australia during the past year, businesses planning their next corporate getaway are spoilt for choice.

OUTDOOR cinemas, a mainstay of Perth’s summer events calendar, are continuing their spread in the state’s popular regional tourist centres.

NOTHING says festive season more aptly than the pop of a cork from a bottle of fizz, but in these times of tight belts and Scroogish sentiment, shall we shave the Christmas spend a tad by going for the cheaper option this Noel?

Golden West Resources says it is investigating the viability of short-term gold production at its Wiluna West project in the Mid West for next year.

West Perth-based Rubianna Resources has made a strong debut on the Australian Securities Exchange today, with its share price closing at a 50 per cent premium to its issue price.

Melbourne-based La Trobe University has named education provider Navitas as the preferred tenderer to manage its existing international college.

Civmec Construction and Engineering has started construction of its $24 million fabrication facility at the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson, aimed at lifting the state's chances of winning larger contracts.

Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals is budgeting a further $US150 million to bring the Ravensthorpe nickel mine into production within 18 months, after it today announced it had bought the operation from BHP Billiton.

Western Australian industrialist Gordon Martin has conceded defeat in his bid to take control of Great Southern's timber schemes.

The Urban Development Institute of Australia has welcomed the federal government's move to provide infrastructure funding based on 30-year strategic plans suggesting it's a critical step required to meet growing demand for land.

Tony Jack's bid to take control of Great Southern's timber schemes has caught the attention of the corporate regulator after projections contained in its proposal were deemed inappropriate.

The head of Western Australia's real estate institute was unsurprised to learn of the massive price paid out for the purchase of iron ore heiress, Angela Bennett's Mosman Park mansion, reportedly a national record at $57.5 million.

Property developer Cedar Woods Properties has bought a 2.55 hectare residential development site in a Melbourne suburb for $22.5 million with plans to build 70 new homes and townhouses.

Shares in Cape Lambert Resources have entered a trading halt as it prepares to release details of the completed $214 million initial public offer for Q Copper.

Redcliffe-based Global Construction Services has lifted its order book to more than $115 million after it today secured a $75 million formwork and concrete contract with Brookfield Multiplex for work at the Fiona Stanley Hospital.

A West Perth-based company with mineral assets in Chile and the shell of former explorer Supersorb Environmental will open their initial public offers this week, aiming to raise a combined $18 million.

Engineering and construction company Abigroup has today secured a contract with Seven Network subsidiary, vividwireless, to build part of Perth's new 4G wireless network.

Chevron has again claimed the country's largest ever resource deal with a gas sales deal over the Wheatstone project with Tokyo Electric Power Company, estimated at $90 billion.

Galaxy Resources says it $130 million project and plant loan has now been approved after China Development Bank Corporation joined the project finance syndicate led by Austrian bank, Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG.

Leighton-owned carrier Nextgen Networks has today been announced as the successful tenderer for the federal government's $250 million regional blackspots program, part of the roll-out of the national broadband network.

Shares in Carnegie Wave Energy have dropped after the company said it had raised $3.5 million, the first part of a total $6 million capital raising to fund its first wave energy plant at Garden Island.

Subiaco-based Summit Resources will pay French nuclear company Areva $4.5 million to settle legal action over the uranium marketing rights to the Valhalla/Skal deposit in Mt Isa.