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Shares in Perth-based Northern Star skyrocketed today after it agreed to buy the Paulsens gold operation in the Pilbara from Intrepid Mines for $27 million.

Property developer Port Bouvard says it has sold its Melros asset for $4 million, taking the total of non-core assets sold to nearly $14 million.

Leighton Holdings' value of work at Chevron's massive Gorgon gas project has risen past $1 billion after it, in consortium with Saipem, was awarded a further $150 million of work to build the project's liquefied natural gas jetty and marine structure.

Iron ore veteran George Jones says the next resources boom is being threatened by the proposed super profit tax as a group of fired-up mining executives today gathered to again express their anger at the Rudd government.

The federal government has been told the cost of the National Broadband Network could be capped at $26 billion as opposed to the original $43 billion earmarked for the project, and that it should be built without Telstra.

Perth CBD occupancy costs remain the most expensive in Australia, despite falling 27 per cent in the past twelve months, according to a new Global Office Rents report from CB Richard Ellis.

FOR Victorians eyeing Western Australia’s resources boom with envy, oil and gas giant Woodside Petroleum must represent the most frustrating case of the one that got away.

A LIBRARY in Mosman Park and a small home in the Swan Valley have been launched as showcase projects to illustrate the effectiveness and affordability of environmentally sustainable design.

IN A milestone week for underground tunnel projects in Perth, the Northbridge Link reached its first landmark with the launch of the tender process to sink the rail line, and the Graham Farmer Freeway turned ten.

THE Australian Services Union is calling witnesses before A Fair Work Australia hearing in a pay equity test case aimed at lifting the salaries of the state’s social and community sector workers.

Challenged by his father in his early 20s to find his passion, Cimbalino owner Steve Kenyon set out to become a barista seven years ago.

IT has been a huge week or so for those in the retirement savings business, with the federal government seeking to change the rules for investment advisers and then proposing to push the compulsory superannuation contribution to 12 per cent by the end of

Workforce planning will fall short if employers are not engaged in developing their own workforce.

The debate over tax reform has failed to pay regard to the increase in overall tax collections.

Goldman Sachs’ troubles in the US throw up some interesting questions about advisers.

How do we best ensure a level playing field ... in business as well as sport?

A new political party will put WA interests ahead of Canberra’s agenda.

THE pitched battle over the proposed LNG hub at James Price Point near Broome is likely to be just a pre-cursor to a bigger war over development in the Kimberley region – considered the nation’s next frontier by both sides of the political div

The future of Western Australia’s renewable energy sector has been given a shot in the arm this week with two of the state’s largest earth-friendly power projects taking significant steps forward.

John Akehurst has been at the centre of two momentous takeover battles in WA and says a personal transformation has been instrumental to his success.

THE change management program implemented during John Akehurst’s time as Woodside Petroleum chief executive broke new ground both inside the company and for McKinsey as a consulting firm.

The capital cost of stage one of Gindalbie Metals' Karara iron ore project in the Mid West has risen by 20 per cent after accounting for increases to the operation's scope and infrastructure capacity.

DMC Mining is poised to accept a takeover offer from China's Meijin Energy Group, which trumps Cape Lambert Resources' bid by more than $3 million.

Atlas Iron expects to capitalise on the high iron ore prices after the Port Hedland Port Authority granted it permission to make additional shipments in the next few months.

International ratings agency Fitch has indicated that while the Commonwealth's proposed super profits tax on the nation's mining and resources outfits "isn't good news for Australian miners", it will not affect the ratings of these companies.

A new seismic survey passing through Western Australia's rich iron ore, copper-lead and gold regions has commenced hoping to improve understanding of the valuable resources buried under the ground of north-west WA's crust.

ANZ and Westpac have joined the other big banks, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and National Australia Bank in raising the standard variable home loan interest rate in line with the 25 basis point rise by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).

The Economic Regulation Authority has progressed the development of one of the largest wind farms in the country after granting an electricity generation licence to the $750 million Collgar wind farm in the Wheatbelt.

Civil contractor Brierty has won an $18 million contract with Mount Gibson Iron for the construction of a haul road to the Extension Hill mine site located 260 kilometres south east of Geraldton.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted the official cash rate by an expected 25 basis points to 4.5 per cent.

Premier Colin Barnett says companies are reviewing their investment decisions in the state in light of the federal government's proposed new super tax on miners.

Newcrest Mining chief executive Ian Smith says the federal government's proposed tax on miners could cost his company 5 per cent in net present value.