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WESTERN Australian real estate agents say they have strong reservations over a federal push to create a national licensing system.

NATHAN Ahern thought that if he was tired of visiting beauty parlours and day spas to get his regular wax, chances were he wasn't alone.

Sending artworks on the long trip across the Nullarbor Plain or on a precious cargo flight may have traditionally been the path for Western Australian art collectors hoping to cut a deal.

The owners of a new pub west of the CBD want to get the place jumping. Carolyn Herbert reports.

Ensuring the security of long-term energy supply should be top priority for the state government.

Is Australia an easy place in which to invest and do business?

As each week passes, the federal government's incompetence over live cattle exports gets more and more staggering.

Current events are exposing the limits of globalisation.

Fastwave Communications and Curtin University were among the winners at the technology industry's most comprehensive awards program, the iAwards.

The state government has revealed the first nine regional towns to benefit from $85 million in upgrades under Regional Development Minister Brendon Grylls' "SuperTowns" initiative.

Police have brushed past a protest blockade to escort Woodside Petroleum contractors to the site of a proposed gas hub at James Price Point in the Kimberley.

Indonesia has confirmed it will significantly cut the number of cattle it sources from Australia when it re-assesses its import quota for next year.

Voters appear to be abandoning the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and her rush to introduce a carbon tax. Money is just ignoring her.

The state government has announced the release of 39 lots earmarked for industrial purposes at Hedland Junction, near Port Hedland.

Jackson McDonald and McKenzie Moncrieff have announced they will merge to create a 32-partner law firm with more than 120 professional staff, cementing it as the second largest firm in WA.

The state government has revealed details on $147 million of budget commitments for upgrades to six country hospitals in the south of the state.

The corporate watchdog has charged former Westpoint directors Norm Carey and Graeme Rundle for breaching the Corporations Act.

THE sale of two significant suburban shopping centres in Perth will test investor enthusiasm for the state government's new retail property planning policy.

PARAMEDIC Christy Whitby says one of her motivations for starting Compass Health with Tony Metcalf in 2007 was the lack of support she felt during her time working on mine sites.

WA Ballet will move into a new home in Maylands next year, thanks to the company's statewide support base and the Western Australian building industry putting its back into the project.

A long-time resident of the area, Stephen Hollow knows the market for his Vic Park restaurant, The Silver Spoon. Carolyn Herbert reports.

The coming carbon tax presents the Liberals with an opportunity to engage with inner-city voters.

Changes to the law give shareholders more say on executive pay and tighten the rules on how boards decide.

A mining industry leader in Perth this week highlighted the key issues facing the sector, and by extension WA.

What's the connection between a light metal, fruit juice and a US-based economist?

Should the military be used to stimulate development in the north-west?

WHEN a group of industry leaders gathered at WA Business News this month to discuss the cost of doing business, they raised plenty of worrying issues, but also found one good news story in a most unlikely place.

Some delicate negotiation is needed in the upcoming round of pay claims if the government is to emerge unscathed.

WESTERN Australia needs more people, and needs a vision to support its long-term growth and economic diversification.

CHARITABLE donations in Australia dropped by $253 million in the 2008-2009 financial year, from $2.35 billion in 2007-08, accor

CUTS to payroll tax and stamp duty sit at the top of the business sector's tax reform agenda for Western Australia.

PERTH-BASED and regional businesses were among those recognised at three different award ceremonies last week.