Western Australian strategy and governance consultant, Blue Zoo, has expanded its Asia-Pacific team with the appointment of Nicky Staples as a consultant within the governance services division.
As mine site accommodation moves away from traditional donga camps towards resort-style developments, portable housing providers are becoming more innovative with their use of design and are trialling new models of ownership.
Minter Ellison Perth has appointed Maria Guarnieri (top left) as an associate for construction, engineering and infra-structure, Guillaume Blanc as a consultant for energy and resources, Katrina Al
Perth company McRobert Aquaculture Group is planning to substantially expand its fish farming operation at Gingin, taking the company towards its five year goal of becoming a major aquaculture producer in Australia and internationally.
Developers looking to build eco-friendly commercial offices may soon receive an incentive in the form of a plot ratio bonus, with the City of Perth set to draft an amendment to its planning laws.
PROPERTY developer Ascot Capital, Clive Palmer’s mining group, Mineralogy, and conglomerate Wesfarmers were the biggest donors to political parties in Western Australia in 2006-07, data released by
The Committee for Perth is a not-for-profit group which aims to inject vitality and liveliness into Perth, with a view to making the city a more attractive place to work and live.
Investors who have backed Paul van Saarloos over the past two decades have been on a rocky ride, but the Perth medical entrepreneur is increasingly confident that his current company is on the verge of success.
David Jones Ltd has confirmed plans to substantially increase the size of its Claremont store by early 2011 to tap into Perth’s increasingly affluent western suburbs demographic.
Managed investment scheme project managers are confident investors will support their 2008 capital raising programs, despite uncertainty surrounding the future of non-forestry projects beyond this financial year.
Great Southern Ltd founder John Young remains as private and modest in retirement as he was during his 20-year reign as head of Australia’s most successful agribusiness investment company.
Given the strength of energy markets generally – with the price of crude oil almost doubling in the past 12 months and quadrupling over the past four years – it is remarkable and somewhat counterintuitive to note how poorly many oil and gas producers have
The non-forestry MIS sector is confident of a positive outcome from the Australian Tax Offices test case that would vindicate its view that investors in such schemes are carrying on a business.
The state’s peak business lobby group has called for more than $500 million in tax cuts as part of reforms it says are needed after releasing research that shows Western Australia has the highest per capita tax take.
Western Australia is poised to become the world’s biggest producer of sandalwood early next decade, on the back of diminishing global native supplies and growing demand from India and China.
A trip to Las Vegas by one of its directors in 1998 was the catalyst for Malaga-based Tieline Technology’s growth from a technology and service supplier to becoming the manufacturer of broadcast audio products.
Managed investment schemes have played a major role in the development of the olive industry in the Moore River region, which is fast becoming known as a premier location for the production of high-quality extra virgin olive oil.
A joint venture between the state government and Artsupport Australia is one of two initiatives offering extra philanthropic support for arts organisations in Western Australia.
Australian agribusiness stocks have performed solidly both in the short and longer term, with the Australian Agribusiness Group’s index of agricultural stocks showing strong returns over the past five years compared with the All Ordinaries index.
Geraldton Port users should show more patience as the port brings its latest upgrade, the $45 million Berth 5 enhancement, on line, planning and infrastructure minister Alannah MacTiernan said today.
Fairstar Resources Ltd corporate advisor, Findlay Securities Ltd, has confirmed that the Australian Federal Police raided its Sydney offices on January 31, seeking information in relation to Fairstar's takeover of Golden West Resources Ltd.
Mid-tier mineral sands producer, Matilda Minerals Ltd, is aiming to raise about $6.7 million through a renounceable rights issue, to fund the expansion of its Tiwi Islands project and to accelerate the exploration program on its Cape York tenements.
The federal government will save $642 million over four years by scrapping many of the Howard government's last-minute announcements, finance minister Lindsay Tanner says.
Wester Power has approved an access application by Eneabba Gas Ltd subsidiary, Eneabba Energy Pty Ltd, to connect to some 170 MW of power from the SWIS network for its Centauri 1 power station site near Dongara.
