While the public spotlight on the offshore ill treatment of animals bred for slaughter is commendable, why does the RSPCA shirk such action when it comes to our own backyards, literally?
BANKS and risk management groups say the Australian dollar's volatility makes it a good time for businesses to start using hedging instruments to protect against foreign exchange risk.
Liquor licensing is a contentious issue in Western Australia, with alcohol-fuelled violence, cultural advancement, the development of a strong tourism industry and management of the public interest influencing decisions.
INVESTORS have been on a spending spree in Perth's city office market in 2011, buying more than $180 million worth of properties in the first few months of the year.
A BID by the Barnett government to redress the age-old power imbalance between retail tenants and their landlords may force shopping centre owners to reveal the intricate details of their lease agreements.
PAUL Symons could never have predicted the tangent his life would take when he left his job as a high school teacher in 1998 to start Malaga-based company PC Locs.
Gourmet breakfasts featuring steak and black pudding are among Ryan Taylor's latest creations at his fine-dining restaurant, the Quarter on Hay.
Carolyn Herbert reports.
With many in business believing the Fair Work Act has given unions too much bargaining power, the CCI has come up with an industrial relations plan of its own.
Crescent Gold says it has fast-tracked plans to begin mining operations at its Apollo deposit, near Laverton, after it announced a maiden gold reserve of 54,000 ounces.
Extract Resources has released an updated resource estimate for its Husab project in Namibia, which shows it is the fourth largest uranium deposit in the world.
Diversified Perth-based conglomerate Wesfarmers has approved additional investment to bring forward the $550 million expansion of its ammonium nitrate facility at Kwinana.
Rio Tinto says a tie-up with Chinalco, China's largest alumina producer, will give it unprecedented access to explore resource-hungry China for copper and other minerals.
THE local property market may be in the doldrums, but boutique property developers and builders are targeting niche markets to take advantage of Perth's changing property landscape.
PERTH property developers are building their exposure to the Melbourne market in a bid to offset an anaemic local market and capitalise on the strong population forecasts for the Victorian capital.
HOTEL heavyweight Australian Leisure & Hospitality Group, Coles and Sandalford Wines owner Peter Prendiville are among the big names understood to be circling the assets of Compass Hotel Group.
A FACTORY fire, the global financial crisis and the rise of Chinese imports have not stopped David Devoy and Darren Bee from cementing Advantage Air as the largest manufacturer of air-conditioning components in Western Australia.
