Opposition leader Eric Ripper has accused the government of breaking an election promise after claiming a feasibility study into the Ellenbrook rail line had been cancelled.
Perth-based Pacific Energy says it will settle its $77 million acquisition of Kalgoorlie Power Systems in less than a fortnight after it received commitments for a $98 million funding package.
The state government has appointed former Court Government Minister Monty House as the new chair of the LandCorp board and also appointed five other new members.
The former president of BHP Billiton's Australia Asia gas division, William Bloking, has been appointed as chairman of Como-based Nido Petroleum, taking over from David Whitby.
West Perth-based Bonaparte Diamond Mines has recommended shareholders accept Minemakers all-scrip takeover offer after an independent expert deemed the offer fair and reasonable.
More Western Australians joined the search for work in March as the state's unemployment rate jumped to a seasonally adjusted 4.9 per cent, figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show.
KPMG axes Perth jobs as audit work slows; Banks won't budge on rate cut; Packer sends adviser packing; Consumers seeing the bright side; Telstra in talks over role it will play in NBN plan
INVESTMENT in mining and heavy industry in Western Australia will nose-dive by $9 billion in 2010-11 but will then steadily recover to the current boom levels, according to new construction industry forecasts.
MORE than 300 new accommodation rooms will have opened in Broome in time for the start of this year's peak season, with a number of new developments coming online over the next three months.
FOR the second year running Perth has claimed first place in the annual Deloitte Hotel Occupancy Global Ranking index, cementing its position as the number one performer in worldwide hotel occupancy rates.
THE scarcity of credit is clearly top of mind for Western Australia's business elite, with strong concern about the role of the banking system during this ongoing financial crisis.
SHORT-TERM thinking copped a big serve from the entrepreneurs, several of whom felt it was the true villain in what has taken place in the global economy during the past six months, including the issue of executive remuneration.
FARM chemicals company Imtrade Australia believes its new sales management team is poised to build on its 25 per cent per annum growth and challenge its major competitors.
THE Indian Ocean was the great 'silk sea route' Australia's great new frontier and, in many respects, its future, a report launched last week has concluded.
EXPANDING from one office to three in the past two years has helped cement Northbridge-based town planners Greg Rowe and Associates as one of the largest firms of its kind in the state.
The Western Australian Trade Opportunities Service is operated by the International Trade Centre of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia.
THE Australian Tax Office has fired a warning shot at Australia's wine industry, cautioning growers, producers, wholesalers and retailers to act legitimately in light of the examination of two specific tax arrangements.
ALMOST all of the failed bidders are pleased with the federal government's surprise decision to set up a company that will build a high-speed national broadband network (NBN), with criticism coming from one failed NBN bidder.
HENDERSON-BASED shipbuilder Austal this month secured $220 million worth of contracts, one for the construction of the largest catamaran ferry in the company's history.
The international education sector is worth almost $840 million to Western Australia and employs more than 2,200 people across the state, according to a new Access Economics report.
OIL and gas company Otto Energy will rely further on its directors for support after it reduced its capital raising efforts amid uncertainty from a lapsed BHP Billiton deal.
GOLD is seen as an attractive investment due to its strong performance in a down turning economy, but one senior economist has warned the good times will not last forever.
