Woodside Petroleum says it will continue negotiations with the Kimberley Land Council over a compensation package for a proposed gas hub after traditional landowners knocked back a proposal.
Mining services company Mineral Resources has secured a pipeline contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum as it announced a share buy back scheme in a bid to boost shareholder value.
Gas reserve 'puts off explorers'; Call for Canberra to steer energy projects; Banks will take control of B&B; Senate resists Rudd's $26bn building plan; Rio dives 11pc on growing debt fears
Perth-based Bunnings Warehouse Property Trust says it is continuing negotiations to extend a $100 million facility as it acquires a store and wraps up the construction of another on the east coast.
Business confidence in Western Australia has hit record lows as the global economic uncertainty starts to impact owners, two separate surveys have found.
Almost one third of Western Australians will buy a property before 2009 is over despite the current financial conditions prompting many people to revisit their financial plans, a survey has found.
Perth-based Pacific Energy will pay $77 million in cash and scrip to acquire Kalgoorlie Power Systems, which owns a suite of power stations in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
The DomGas Alliance has today welcomed the Senate's report into the Varanus Island gas pipeline explosion while the state government confirmed plans to hold a further independent inquiry.
Western Australia has suffered the nation's biggest drop in confidence among small and medium enterprises, according to the Sensis Business Index for November.
Engineering and infrastructure firm GRD will be hit by a significant one-off charge after agreeing to sell its loss-making Australian waste treatment facility in a bid to boost its financial position.
Recession looms as growth drops close to zero; Listed WA companies drop $17bn; Hostile opposition to Qantas changes; Rudd plots bankroll plan; Varanus gas explosion rocks national accounts
AN alarmingly high number of Western Australian businesses are currently operating without a succession plan in place, and with the baby-boomer generation on the verge of retirement, many enterprises could be at risk.
THE boom conditions in the resources, property and stockbroking sectors last financial year enabled nearly 20 Perth executives to earn cash bonuses of more than $500,000.
Australasian Property Investments is going ahead with the development of Scarborough's first high-rise development after an amendment removing height restrictions received ministerial approval, while plans for high-rise apartments are underway in Cotteslo
MINING entrepreneur Andrew Forrest provides a classic illustration of how share options, which are a key part of many remuneration packages, can be extremely valuable, and quickly become worthless.
AN interest rate cut by the central bank failed to stem falls on the Australian share market, which closed 4 per cent lower after taking its cue from weaker global bourses.The benchmark S&P/ASX200
REMUNERATION packages for the non-executive chairmen of some listed companies in Western Australia continue to attract attention, with significant fees outlaid to keep these part-timers at the head of their respective tables.
AN interest rate cut by the central bank failed to stem falls on the Australian share market, which closed 4 per cent lower after taking its cue from weaker global bourses.The benchmark S&P/ASX200
THE $174 million infrastructure upgrade at the Australian Marine Complex has passed a major milestone with the arrival of a $60 million floating dock at the Henderson shipbuilding precinct on schedule.
AFTER much controversy in recent years surrounding the remuneration package for the position of director general of Health in Western Australia, this vital public sector role once again topped the list of public sector executive pay packets in WA.
SHARES in Fortescue Metals Group soared as much as 40 per cent on speculation the miner could be the target of a takeover bid by BHP Billiton or a Chinese firm.
SHARES in Fortescue Metals Group soared as much as 40 per cent on speculation the miner could be the target of a takeover bid by BHP Billiton or a Chinese firm.
TWO separate reports on the state's housing sector have painted another soft year as rate cuts and stimulus packages fail to resurrect the weakening industry.
THE global credit crunch has made a significant dent in Perth's commercial and retail sales for the year to November, with total sales value down 26 per cent on last year.
THE Australian share market finished November on a positive note, buoyed by bargain hunters snapping up shares in BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, two days after the $100 billion takeover dissolved.
