The state opposition is calling on the government to cut the number of committees after claiming a review or taskforce is being established every five days since the September 2008 election.
An estimated $2 billion will be invested by the private sector into the Northbridge Link as the state Planning Minister John Day marks the start of the final planning stage for the 13.5 hectare site.
Around 150 employees of national kitchen and laundry appliance retailer Kleenmaid Group face an uncertain future as administrators are appointed to the company after the global financial crisis hits sales and margins.
Perth-based Impact Minerals said it is considering a range of options to advance its WA uranium project following the recent $US49 million deal to farm-out a nearby uranium deposit.
Opposition leader Eric Ripper has accused the government of breaking an election promise after claiming a feasibility study into the Ellenbrook rail line had been cancelled.
Perth-based Pacific Energy says it will settle its $77 million acquisition of Kalgoorlie Power Systems in less than a fortnight after it received commitments for a $98 million funding package.
The state government has appointed former Court Government Minister Monty House as the new chair of the LandCorp board and also appointed five other new members.
The former president of BHP Billiton's Australia Asia gas division, William Bloking, has been appointed as chairman of Como-based Nido Petroleum, taking over from David Whitby.
West Perth-based Bonaparte Diamond Mines has recommended shareholders accept Minemakers all-scrip takeover offer after an independent expert deemed the offer fair and reasonable.
More Western Australians joined the search for work in March as the state's unemployment rate jumped to a seasonally adjusted 4.9 per cent, figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show.
KPMG axes Perth jobs as audit work slows; Banks won’t budge on rate cut; Packer sends adviser packing; Consumers seeing the bright side; Telstra in talks over role it will play in NBN plan
The international education sector is worth almost $840 million to Western Australia and employs more than 2,200 people across the state, according to a new Access Economics report.
OIL and gas company Otto Energy will rely further on its directors for support after it reduced its capital raising efforts amid uncertainty from a lapsed BHP Billiton deal.
GOLD is seen as an attractive investment due to its strong performance in a down turning economy, but one senior economist has warned the good times will not last forever.
JOB service providers in Western Australia have painted a positive picture of the federal government's $4 billion Job Network overhaul despite reports to the contrary.
In the first of a four-part series Mark Pownall looks at the role of ‘big-project vision’ in our state’s development and introduces the first of four visionary proposals for WA.
INNOVATIVE fundraising events are becoming increasingly important for benevolent organisations in light of the decline in income from traditional fundraising appeals, as reported in last week's WA Business News.
A CITY of 1 million people located in the Pilbara.It's the sort of idea that makes people stop and think and, more often than not, baulk at the immensity of the proposal.
THE provision of non-landfill or 'alternative' waste management is a growth business in Western Australia, as population centres expand and infrastructure reaches capacity.
THE Chamber of Minerals and Energy says government and industry should use the current slowdown to plan for Western Australia's development once the economy returns to full strength.
TWO decades of research has taken Osborne Park software firm Stochastic Simulation to what it believes is the brink of revolutionising the oil and gas reservoir simulation industry.
