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THE state government has established a Ministerial Heavy Vehicle Advisory Panel to provide truck drivers with advice on issues in the road transport industry.

COMMODITY exports are forecast to fall by 17 per cent in the 2010 financial year but farm export earnings are tipped to rise over the next two years, a report for the nation's commodities forecaster says.

PERTH-BASED engineering and construction company Monadelphous Group hopes to strengthen its competitive position if it succeeds with plans for a closer link with Sydney-based contractor Norfolk Group.

THE possible closure of one of the state's largest integrated pallet manufacturers, Pinetec, could prove to be a boon for the local industry with one player keen to keep jobs in Western Australia.

YOUTH Achievement Australia has spent the past three decades developing programs aimed at empowering the nation's youth to become business leaders.

THE board of the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children Foundation Inc.

The conservative management of WA’s private businesses has left them in good shape

Brett Carboni has acted to shore up the Mosman Park restaurant’s future.

GLOBAL education services provider Navitas will open its sixth college in the United Kingdom later this year as it executes a deal with the University of Plymouth.

GORDON Martin may preside over one of Western Australia's leading private businesses, but it was his recent experiences in the public sphere that shaped his understanding of the current economic crisis.

Mining and the environment have been lifelong passions for prospector Denis O' Meara

I’M sitting having a bagel with my friend, Rex Eagle, an artist, a business consultant, and an exceptionally creative and insightful person.

THE resources sector has undergone a rapid change in circumstances with falling commodity prices, private investors on strike, and a tough attitude by banks.

Australia has managed to avoid the excesses so prevalent elsewhere.

The heat is on at Araluen THE award-winning Perth Chilli Festival will be held at Araluen Botanic Park this weekend, March 7-8.

WESTERN Australia's big private businesses hold surprisingly uniform views on most subjects, and that extends to the federal government's $52 billion in extra spending via two stimulus packages.

Investing in 2009 will be counterintuitive – something that does not happen in the way you would expect it to.

AS Australia's oldest family company, Lionel Samson & Son has successfully weathered many economic storms.

There seems to be a disconnect between the price of oil and petrol’s price at the bowser.

A Treasury official will help the state's police department to identify savings in line with the government's 3 per cent efficiency-based savings amid claims the Police Minister is not doing his job properly.

Telstra and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia have been named as the top brands in the country, according to a report released today.

Eight mining deals done in Western Australia have featured in the top 250 deals completed globally in 2008 as the value of transactions in the country fell 11 per cent.

Subiaco-based Graynic Metals will spend $US9 million ($A14 million) to earn a majority interest in several nickel projects in Cuba and Guatemala.

Mirabela Nickel has secured a $US150 million ($A238 million) facility from a consortium of lenders to fund development works at its Santa Rita nickel project in Brazil.

Shares in Catalpa Resources have jumped as high as 56 per cent as the company executes a $67.5 million project financing deal with Macquarie Bank and plans to launch a $30 million capital raising.

Expanded Gorgon cost to hit $50bn, Barnett claims; $34bn drop in key exports tipped; Companies face higher rates - ANZ; Financial gloom buys time for climate fight - Garnaut; Forrest land deal sparks row

Chinese company Sinosteel has formally become a substantial holder in Mid West iron ore miner Murchison Metals.

One of Western Australia's oldest brokers, Mortgage Force, has agreed to merge with Sydney-headquartered Smartline to create an entity with a loan portfolio worth more than $10 billion.

Premier Colin Barnett continued talking up Western Australia's economy in the face of further bad global news, but also issued a warning that the state had to be treated fairly by the rest of the nation.

The state government has issued a timetable to local councils as part of its merger plans for Western Australia's 139 councils.

Perth-based Tasman Resources has demanded that former joint venture partner WCP Resources pay $713,848 after it declared force majeure on the Lake Torrens project in South Australia.

Construction company Boral plans to sell and leaseback 11 of its Australian properties, including a landholding in Bunbury, as part of its ongoing management of its land assets.