The DomGas Alliance and APPEA, who are normally at odds with each other on energy policy, have backed Energy Minister Peter Collier's discussion paper to shape the next 20 years of energy regulation.
Advanced materials company Quickstep has signed an agreement that will pave the way for it to become a recognised supplier to global helicopter company Sikorski International Operations.
Perth-based Aquila Resources says its interim loss of $15.8 million was primarily due to an increase in spending on exploring and evaluating its tenements.
Strategic Marine has expanded its exposure to the booming north-west, after winning a contract to build a 27-metre work barge for Karratha-based Offshore Plant Hire.
PERTH house prices fell 1.5 per cent in January, amid a national fall of 1.6 per cent that further dampened growth as natural disasters swept across the nation, according to a recent survey.
THE state government has announced it is moving most of its offices out of the CBD, while accounting firm PwC will also shift its base; but the moves are not expected to make a dent in Perth’s shrinking office vacancy rate.
RESIDENTIAL and commercial construction in Karratha is set to grow rapidly after the state government short-listed three companies for what will become the largest new development in the town.
TOM Pado and Paul Collie have been friends and business associates for more than 25 years, and they bring diverse experience to a local manufacturer that has recently won a major contract against international competition.
CONTENT to let other organisations answer the ‘why’ when it comes to kids going to school without breakfast, Foodbank WA instead is focused on alleviating the problem where it hits hardest.
Andrew Forrest’s recent conviction has triggered debate over the concept of an informed market; there are plenty of other steps that would help to meet that goal.
DEVELOPING a strong portfolio of company board positions is no longer just the domain of retired executives, but has become a viable option for youthful – and not so youthful – business people.
IT was hardly surprising that, when WA Business News hosted some of Perth’s female corporate leaders at a boardroom lunch to discuss the topic of women in business, the subject of children was raised from time to time.
PEET and Cedar Woods have continued to be the pick of the bunch among Perth’s listed property developers, with both companies’ half-year results boosted by their exposure to the relatively strong Melbourne market.
A joint venture between Leighton Contractors and Opus International Consultants has been awarded a $191 million, five-year maintenance contract for the Wheatbelt South and Wheatbelt North regional road networks.
Perth is the 19th most expensive city in the world for office accommodation, trailing only Sydney for Australian capital cities, new research has found.
Perth-based goldminer Northern Star Resources says it is debt free and ready for growth after paying off the final $2.5 million production royalty relating to its $40 million acquisition of the Paulsens gold mine in the Pilbara.
West Perth-based base metals explorer Overland Resources says it has successfully raised $11.9 million through a share placement to institutional investors.
Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has announced it has won a contract for the first concentrator area electrical installation at CITIC Pacific's Sino Iron project at Cape Preston near Karratha.
Filipino workers paid "slave labour" rates on the North West Shelf could be entitled to tens of thousands of dollars in back pay, the Australian Workers Union says.
Premier Colin Barnett has thrown the door open for a change in the ownership structure of the Oakajee Port & Rail development, after granting its proponents an extension until the end of the year to finalise their plans.
If Pankaj and Radhika Oswal have set out to deliberately infuriate most Australians then they are doing a damned fine job, though it seems more likely that what we're watching is a carefully planned public relations campaign.
