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The City of Perth has set the wheels in motion to redevelop a 7.4 hectare tract of land in West Perth, known as the Hamilton Precinct, for residential and commercial use.

The City of Fremantle says it is aiming to quadruple its inner city resident population and increase retail floor space in its CBD by 20,000 square metres by 2015.

Most Australians have never heard of Dutch Disease, but they will soon because it is the financial phenomena playing a key role in killing resource sector construction jobs.

Mincor Resources says it may have to close its Otter Juan nickel mine in Kambalda a year before schedule after it was forced to reduce production due to a sudden deterioration in ground conditions in the lower-most levels of the mine.

Mineral Resources has launched a friendly all-scrip takeover offer for unlisted public company Auvex Resources and its 50 per cent interest in the Mesa manganese joint venture tenements in the Pilbara.

Entrust Funds Management has all but conceded defeat in its bid to roll the board of developer Aspen Group, after discussions with major institutional shareholders revealed a lack of support for the bid.

DairyWest has added premium yoghurt producer West N Fresh to its investment portfolio, after it today announced the completion of its purchase of Brownes.

Hanlong Mining has become Sundance Resources' largest shareholder after it acquired the entire stock holding of the Talbot Group.

Western Australia's Chamber of Commerce and Industry says only a third of respondents to a recent survey believe economic conditions will improve over the next three months.

Perth will host marquee sporting events, including an international hockey tournament, and an arts and culture festival, as the state government attempts to showcase the city during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in October.

Perth-based IT services group Synergy Plus has been placed into receivership after its major funder GE Capital demanded repayment of a finance facility.

Diversified Perth-based explorer Atlantic has announced drilling results have revealed a 19 per cent increase in JORC-compliant resources at its Windimurra vanadium project in the Mid West.

Resources giant Rio Tinto says it will recruit around 50 former forestry workers from the Manjimup-Pemberton area as part of its efforts to fill roles created by its ongoing expansion.

West Perth-based Eldore Mining Corporation has acquired a 100 per cent interest in the Baita copper mine in Romania for €15 million ($21 million).

The world's fifth largest uranium producer has backed away from a $1.1 billion takeover of Perth-based Mantra Resources on concerns Japan's nuclear crisis would harm the local uranium industry.

Civil engineering and construction firm Decmil Group has won a $55 million contract to install a second 800-man camp at Fortescue Metals' Christmas Creek operation.

THE state government has released a new planning and infrastructure framework to guide urban development in the Pilbara for the next 25 years.

THE adage that the whole is more than the sum of its parts is an apt description for how Balcatta-based KAPP Engineering runs its business.

There is something different about Community Arts Network WA.

Raktacino is anything but a quaint little cafe in the suburbs. Carolyn Herbert reports

Shelagh Magadza ends her four-year reign at the Perth International Arts Festival this month with success at the box office and pride in the support of Perth audiences.

The energy sector is not included among the federal government’s constitutional responsibilities; so why is it interfering?

Newly released data highlight the sharp decline in the WA residential property market in the past 12 months.

Getting politicians to understand business issues is hard work; getting them to take action is even harder.

The market’s response to the planned carbon tax has been instructive.

Softer conditions outside mining don’t bother big private companies too much.

Our close relationship with the Japanese could be mutually beneficial at this time.

STAN Perron still goes to his East Perth office three days a week and supports numerous charities, while Harold Clough says he is working as hard as he has ever done, including in a mining venture in Indonesia.

Colin Barnett has warned of problems for future development if WA can’t get a better funding deal from the Commonwealth.

MICHAEL Wright doesn’t want his descendants to go through the legal and emotional difficulties that have plagued him for the past few years, and restricted his ability to capitalise on opportunities created by recent economic turmoil.

THE success of the Mt Barker Free Range Chicken business has paved the way for further development of specialist brands within Graham Laitt’s Milne AgriGroup.

THE state government says a $250 million developer contribution scheme, launched at the Wungong Urban Water project in Armadale, will significantly boost land supply and set new standards in facilitating development across multiple landowners.