I think we should all be very concerned about whether we are producing a future workforce with the necessary skills to compete successfully in an increasingly competitive world.
Apache Energy Ltd has confirmed production at its Varanus Island gas facility has reached about 70 per cent while its parent company expects to seal a deal to sell gas from the Reindeer project at higher prices than existing agreements.
Western Australian AWB Ltd director Colin Nicholl is under threat from chairman Brendan Stewart, who has called for the resignation of all directors who did not support the scrapping of the company's unusual dual-class share structure.
The state Liberal Party has today confirmed it will spend more than $44 million on the environment if it wins the state election while Premier Alan Carpenter has pledged a further $33 million to protect the state's environment icons.
Senior BHP Billiton executive Megan Clark has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO).
The skyrocketing popularity of bulk commodity coal has Nedlands-based internet technology developer Ezenet Ltd taking a closer look at coal tenements in Malawi.
State Liberal leader Colin Barnett has today committed to introduce legislation to protect Royal Perth Hospital from demolition and has indicated Troy Buswell may be appointed treasurer if the party wins Saturday's election.
In a boost to its takeover bid for Ausdrill Ltd, Macmahon Holdings Ltd has received acceptances from Ausdrill shareholders with nine per cent of the company's stock following the establishment of an institutional acceptance facility last week.
Land and mortgage sales in Western Australia have plummeted to historic lows, as the Master Builders Association of WA forecasts a slow down in the residential property sector in the short-term despite yesterday's rate cuts.
West Perth-based Globe Metals & Mining has announced the commencement of a pre-feasibility study on its 100 per cent-owned multi-commodity (niobium, uranium, tantalum and zircon) Kanyika Project in Malawi.
Two more rate cuts tipped by year's end; Libs say WA lost gas deal; Short shrift from Fortescue; Labor reveals polling 'shock' as major parties vie to be underdog; Chinese move on uranium
The battle between Oil Basins Ltd and Buru Energy Ltd, a spin-off from the merger of ARC Energy and Australian Worldwide Exploration, has heightened following a force majeure declaration over the Blina Back Reef Play joint venture.
The final outcome from the Golden West Resources Ltd extraordinary meeting will not be known for another two weeks, with a Federal Court judge today reserving his judgment.
Accommodation provider Fleetwood Corporation Ltd has been awarded a $25 million contract to manufacture and supply 250 accommodation units for Rio Tinto.
There has been mixed reactions to the Reserve Bank of Australia's widely expected rate cut with most welcoming the news but others critical that it doesn't go far enough.
A mining lobby group has outlined its election wishlist for the next state government in a bid to restore Western Australia's mining policy reputation.
West Perth-based Azure Minerals Ltd has fallen short of its targeted $3 million capital raising with shareholders subscribing up to $1.3 million worth of shares through a share purchase plan.
Perth-based CO2 Group Ltd will shortly move to acquire the remaining shares in private eucalyptus planting firm The Oil Mallee Company of Australia Ltd, just a month after launching the takeover offer.
The geothermal industry in the state has been given a kick-start with the government awarding a private Guildford-based company the first exploration permits in Western Australia.
Perth-based CopperCo Ltd will move to acquire the remaining shares in investment house Mineral Securities Ltd after emerging with a 94.7 per cent stake following the close of its takeover offer.
BHP bid seen as a brake on Rio's expansion plans; Wong rebuffs business on emissions; Qantas handed warning on safety; Sage, Evraz at loggerheads; St George undervalued: investors
The Water Corporation today began evaluating the tenders of two consortia bidding to win the job of designing, building and operating Western Australia's second desalination plant in Binningup.
The North West Shelf Venture's fifth LNG processing train has been completed bringing total investments in the venture's assets to more than $25 billion.
Oil and gas explorer Buru Energy had a positive start to trading on the ASX today, with its stock rising as high as 34 cents before closing at 30 cents.
Just a few days after the Labor Party was forced to drop a web site attacking former Liberal leader Troy Buswell, the Liberals have lodged a complaint with the Electoral Commission over what it says are misleading Labor ads on uranium mining.
Fox Resources said today it remains optimistic despite announcing a $28.4 million full year loss, which was heavily affected by non-cash write downs from its suspended Radio Hill operations.
Perth based Amcom Telecommunications has cleared a major overhang from its share register after Futuris Corporation agreed to sell its 50 per cent stake to a range of institutional investors.
