THE Water Corporation is considering Western Australia's biggest public-private partnership to date, advising industry it is seeking privately financed proposals for its Mundaring Water Treatment Plant worth as much as $300 million.
The Western Australian Trade Opportunities Service is operated by the International Trade Centre of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia.
THE state's biggest industry superannuation fund, Westscheme, has shed its impressive gains generated in the years leading up to the financial crisis after its large portfolio of unlisted assets was savaged by the downturn.
WESTERN Australian farmers and industry groups have defended the export of live sheep after a RSPCA-commissioned report suggested the valuable trade could be phased out with little impact on local sheep farmers and the Australian economy.
MINERS expect little benefit from the federal government's easing of foreign investment review regulations, which is aimed at speeding the flow of foreign capital into the junior end of the sector.
The financial planning industry is facing a structural overhaul as parliamentary committees, industry groups and the public debate proposed reforms. Jonathan Barrett asked three Perth financial planners for their opinion on how to improve the industry.
THE long-running dispute over rents at Fremantle Markets could be near an end, after an independent assessment indicated the markets' directors have been charging fair rents.
MORTGAGE brokers have taken a battering over the past two years so perhaps it's not surprising that the big franchise groups in this sector have focused on service to retain support.
MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore expects consensus will be reached between all partners in the $30 billion Browse LNG project about the best development option despite tension over the gov
FIGURES released this week indicate Perth's property market is on the rebound, with an 18 per cent increase recorded in the number of land sales this year.
Mines and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has today released a report making 15 key recommendations into improving the state's exploration and development approvals process.
Balcatta-based Conquest Mining has activated the dispute resolution process in a bid to clarify its joint venture partner, Gold Fields, commitment to exploration of Mt Carlton gold-cilver-copper project and other regional tenements in Queensland.
A collapse in platinum prices and the suspension of operations in South Africa have been named as the main factors for South Perth-based Aquarius Platinum recorded a $45.7 million net loss for 2008/09.
Western Australia has topped the nation in wage growth with a 4.6 per cent rise in the index, according to latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The number of temporary skilled overseas workers coming to Western Australia dropped nearly 10 per cent in the 2009 financial year following changes implemented by the Rudd government and the global economic slowdown.
Premier Colin Barnett has taken the next step in the development of the Kimberley LNG hub with the release of the social impact scope and profile report and the call for tenders for the strategic assessment report.
Shares in North Coogee-based Pacific Ore have soared after it negotiated a deal to sell technology used to extract low grade nickel to miner Western Areas.
Several West Perth-based junior companies have today revealed plans to raise a collective $32.75 million to progress projects in Australia, South Africa and the United States.
The board of Western Areas has given the go ahead for a $62 million expansion of its Forrestania operation which is set to double nickel production next year.
