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PERTH’S property markets are proving attractive to overseas investors, with new research showing office, retail and industrial sectors in Western Australia are undervalued amid rising enquiry levels from offshore investors.

ONE of the top goals of most executives is to grow the size of their business; for some, however, small is beautiful.

THE GFC proved to be a tipping point for the Western Australian Community Foundation, which went into voluntary liquidation in August amid changing corporate sector and government priorities in supporting grass-roots community work, due to the belt-tighte

  THE relatively understated façade of Jackson’s Restaurant belies the critically acclaimed fine dining experience of its interior.

Labor and the Greens have moved quickly to impose an ideological agenda on universities.

The dust is still settling on the issue of executive remuneration after the post-GFC outpouring of shareholder anger.

Governments have been grappling this month with the challenges arising from Australia’s prosperity.

The GFC has changed the game, and it’s time some of our wealthiest individuals wised up.

Some of the arguments against a coal mine near Margaret River ignore the reality of development in the area.

The peak body representing business owners and lessees on Rottnest Island says its members have received positive feedback from visitors to the island about the new 120-room hotel planned for Longreach Bay.

The state's largest independent fuel company, Gull Petroleum, has been acquired by Archer Capital-backed Ausfuel for an undisclosed sum.

Mining giant Rio Tinto has announced another big spend at its Pilbara iron ore operations, as it continues its drive to increase output of the booming commodity.

Woodside Petroleum has revised the cost of its Pluto LNG Project upwards by 6.9 per cent and pushed the start-up date of the project to August 2011.

The National Stock Exchange has approved the appointment of controversial businessman Frank Timis as non executive chairman of African Petroleum Corporation, but subject to unusual rules relating to the company's disclosure and governance.

The state government says Perdaman Chemicals and Wesfarmers' Premier Coal are two potential customers for a new industrial park near Collie.

Lynas Corporation says it is will secure up to $US250 million in funding with the help of a major Japanese trading house to expand production and ensure additional supplies of rare earth products for the Japanese market.

DEVELOPER Finbar Group has reached a joint venture agreement with Heyspring International to build 190 new residential apartments in East Perth.

PROPERTY investment and funds manager Aspen Group has made a profit after selling an office property in inner Melbourne for $33.3 million.

THE Department of Housing has bought the Broome Motel in an effort to address the shortage of cheap accommodation for workers in Broome.

WHEN Tim Salik moved to Australia from Pakistan in 1999, he dreamt of a job that was flexible enough to allow him the time to spend with his family; a not-entirely unrealistic expectation.

ACCOUNTING firm Deloitte’s Perth staff got their hands dirty last week when they took part in the group’s volunteer initiative, Impact Day, for the first time.

Since opening in 2009, the Kalamunda Farmers’ Market has capitalised on a growing trend to seasonal produce. Aimée Sargent reports.

The Victorian Liberals’ decision to preference Labor ahead of the Greens could have a major bearing on this Saturday’s election.

With Australia’s terms of trade at unparalleled levels the question is, how long can this good run continue?

A new report finds Victoria, the Commonwealth and even New South Wales are doing better than Western Australia on red tape reform.

Kerry Stokes’ Westrac-Seven empire is a unique business model, but what will happen to it when he moves on?

We should be paying more attention to the changes under way in the superannuation industry, because they’ll affect us all.

It’s not Colin Barnett’s style to let an opinion poll alter his course, especially when it involves his path to victory at the next state election.

The South West is a land of opportunity, but some locals worry the chance to develop is being missed.

THE interconnectivity of industry in the state’s South West corner, based on the value adding undertaken by many of the region’s businesses, makes it very different from what we see to our north.

A SUPERCOMPUTER housed at Murdoch University has joined the ranks of the world’s 100 most powerful computers.

PLANS to develop a major ‘city centre’ at Innaloo have been given a boost after Planning Minister John Day took the rare step of intervening in a long-running dispute between Georgiou Capital and the City of Stirling.