National Native Title Council Chairman, Brian Wyatt, said that last week's Noongar Native Title Decision demonstrates the deficiencies and unworkability of the Native Title Act.
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West Perth-based EnviroGold Ltd has announced that "due to the current financial climate it will take longer than originally anticipated to close the financing for its 70 per cent-owned Las Lagunas gold project in the Dominican Republic".
Equinox Minerals Ltd chief executive Craig Williams has become the third Perth company director to have a big parcel of shares sold by Merrill Lynch as a result of links to failed margin lender Lift Capital Partners.
Conquest Mining Ltd managing director John Terpu has commenced legal proceedings against the ANZ Bank for the return of 15.2 million Conquest shares caught up in the collapse of margin lender Opes Prime.
The value of incumbency was reinforced with today's release of voting details by WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd which reveals an even tighter race than shareholders at the meeting were told.
China's Sinosteel has turned up the heat on its takeover target Midwest Corporation Ltd which today announced it was withdrawing a potentially lucrative proposal to grant options to its non executive directors.
Perth-based Portman Iron Ore Ltd and Pluton Resources can proceed with a joint venture exploration program for Irvine Island in Broome, following the WA Minister for the Environment's dismissal of an appeal against the level of assessment placed by the EP
Subico based Natural Fuel Ltd has signed a convertible facility deed with Power Knight Pte Ltd under which Power Knight will provide Natural Fuel with a loan of US$20 million.
Axiom Properties Ltd has reached an agreement with its joint venture partner, Industry Superannuation Property Trust, on the Century City project in Perth's CBD to receive their 50% profit entitlement early and exit the project.
The shares of litigation funder IMF Australia Ltd rocketed 13 cents this morning, up to 74 cents, following the annoucement of its unprecedented $22 million windfall today.
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A new phrase entered the Australian business lexicon when Perth company directors Rick Crabb and Gillian Swaby lodged substantial shareholder notices with the Australian Securities Exchange this month.
If recent trends in London and New York are any guide, more Australian lawyers could be following the likes of Tim Lester and Heath Lewis back to Perth.
The Howard government was repeatedly attacked for undermining workers’ rights, so it is ironic that one of its creations, the Workplace Ombudsman, has become a forceful protector of workers.
Increasing production and staff costs have been significant players in the current rising food prices, and local producers such as meat processor V&V Walsh have had to develop new strategies to keep their business afloat.
The inaugural Australian PricewaterhouseCoopers Transparency Awards were held in Sydney last week, recognising the best-reporting not-for-profit organisations in the country.
The search for new office space, combined with a director’s retirement plans, were two triggers for the merger between McKenna Hampton Insurance Brokers and Centro Insurance and Risk Managers, which will come into effect from July 1.
Four Western Australian companies from diversely different industries were honoured at the recent International Business Council awards, held at Government House.
Perth coffee afficionados have taken to the city’s cafe revival with gusto, patronising the growing number of quirky, local cafes with their strong focus on quality coffee that have popped up in unlikely places.
Perth-based scooter company, Vmoto Limited, has announced that production and development of its Nanjing manufacturing plant in China is on schedule and within budget.
The owner of one of Mount Lawley’s most popular cafes, Soto, has some projects in the pipeline with the opening of a fully licensed restaurant planned.
Darrel Jarvis remains a believer in the Palandri wine business which he has sought to resuscitate with Chinese backing, blaming the high gearing levels created by the group’s finance division for its collapse.
Debtor finance company Scottish Pacific Benchmark has hailed the strong growth of international factoring, based on figures released by the global cooperative Factors Chain International.
TREASURER Eric Ripper has announced that former Alcoa Australia managing director, Wayne Osborn, will be the inaugural chair of GESB Mutual Ltd, which will be the largest financial services company ba
The Western Australian business world was given a stark warning on April 17 about the uncertainties regarding climate change and what a carbon-restrained world means to Australia.
