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FREMANTLE needs to take action to make the city a more attractive prospect for private and government investment, a report by the Property Council of Australia and consulting firm Urbis has found.

The appetite for apartments in Perth’s CBD will be tested when Frasers Property Australia launches its $450 million Queens Riverside development on Adelaide Terrace in East Perth.

JH Wilberforce has marketed and distributed decorative building products to the Western Australian cabinet-making and furniture industries for more than 50 years.

Authentic cuisine and quality service are the mainstays of Mario Chiametti’s Millioncino, which has been a west end favourite for more than a decade. Emily Morgan reports.

Only a small crowd was on hand to hear an address by global warming sceptic David Evans in Perth recently.

Despite ongoing environmental and political upheaval around the world, there’s still reason for confidence.

A review into the distribution of state grants is encouraging but it could end up like reviews of the mining tax and carbon tax.

Carmaker Hyundai is turning an accepted form of process management on its head in a major attack on costs and quality control.

A bizarre case of theft underscores the need for the state to outsource unnecessary work.

There are plenty of political points available when talks about a new GST carve-up get under way.

WESTERN Australian-based Heliwest has struck a deal with local oil and gas company Roc Oil (WA) to provide service and maintenance crew transfers for its Cliff Head project off the coast of Dongara.

Residential developments in Western Australia have taken out three of nine categories at the Urban Development Institute of Australia’s national awards, while WA real estate agents have scooped four national awards for excellence.

FOUR years after their first conversations about how to revolutionise the bulk scanning and indexing industry, i2 Software directors Quentin Gribble and Andrew Wade can finally say they’re in it for more than just the love of the business.

Perth-based gold miner Focus Minerals says it will raise $40 million to accelerate production at its greenfields Treasure Island gold project near Kalgoorlie, through an institutional placement and share purchase plan.

"Doomed from the day it was conceived, and rightly so". They were the opening words used in this column five months ago about the proposed merger of the Australian and Singapore stock exchange - and they're worth repeating today.

Iron Ore Holdings has launched a $40 million capital raising to advance drilling programs and technical studies at its Iron Valley, Bungaroo South and other mining projects in the Pilbara.

Perth-based corporate taxation accounting firm, Monash Group, has merged with Pitcher Partners.

Oil and gas giant Santos has announced a significant new gas discovery near Chevron's Gorgon project in the Carnarvon Basin.

Atlas Iron shares have inched upwards, after the iron ore miner posted record production for March, exporting 547,404 tonnes of direct shipping ore from its Pilbara mines.

Residential developments in Western Australia have taken out three of nine categories at the Urban Development Institute of Australia's national awards, while WA real estate agents have scooped four national awards for excellence.

New research shows that more than half of WA employers believe that labour shortages and associated wage pressures are the biggest challenges to their businesses this year.

Disillusioned with the organisation he helped found, Patrick Moore is now a vocal opponent of much of the work done by Greenpeace.

Collaborations between business, government and the arts can ensure a legacy of universal access to the arts and artistic pursuits.

A new report on domestic gas prices suggests there are no easy answers on energy policy.

Having enjoyed predominantly strong economic conditions for much of the past 20 years, it’s clear many of us just like to spend up.

Voicing suspicion of Canberra’s intentions always plays out well in WA politics.

Mandated and proposed regulatory changes that will affect Australia’s art industry have already hurt the art market and those who invest in it.

Australia’s indigenous art market has taken a beating in the past 12 months, with sales going south and still weathering a readjustment to recently introduced government regulations and codes of conduct.

NIGEL and Denise Satterley’s art purchases may have started off as an investment but there’s no doubt that the couple has evolved into bona fide aficionados.

Plans to develop a $100 million university campus have been scrapped, so what now for the Midland Redevelopment Authority?

The count down to new minimum energy efficiency ratings for new homes is on, with 12 months to go until six stars become standard practice in Western Australia.

WITH the state government planning to pour $856 million into its Pilbara Cities program, it seems logical for town planning firms to exploit this opportunity by expanding in the targeted growth centres of Port Hedland and Karratha.