Fremantle's Queen Victoria Street has long been home to an assortment of car dealerships and retailers, but plans to allow high-density development along the strip could lead to a redevelopment of the entire area.
Mining hospitality and accommodation provider Auzcorp will develop a $45 million, 136-room hotel in Tom Price after being selected as the preferred bidder under the government's Landbank program.
Western Australia will need to make significant investments upgrading electricity infrastructure to meet the federal government's mandatory renewable energy target, as the true cost of the scheme begins to emerge.
The reporting season has kicked off with some cheery results from the likes of Bradken, WorleyParsons and United Group, setting a strong pace for the local profit season.
Reforms to the 457 visa scheme may have helped to alleviate the backlog of applications, but workers hoping to relocate permanently are facing longer waiting periods, according to data from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship.
The resources boom is helping to feed pay packets across Western Australia, with the state recording the highest increase in wages over the past year as average mining sector salaries pushed past $100,000 for the first time.
Western Australia might be home to the nation's richest man and awash with riches amassed from property and mining booms, but that doesn't necessarily translate into funding for online businesses.
At the height of the tech boom almost a decade ago it would have been laughable to suggest that one of Western Australia's most successful internet entrepreneurs would offer local weather information to fishermen.
At just two and half years out of school, it would be easy to think Paul Slee, as part of an increasingly wired generation, is the right age to be running an online business.
There has been a dramatic changing of the guard in Western Australia's IT consulting sector, with one-time industry heavyweight Unisys suffering a big loss of contracts and staff over the past year.
The broadband question is an inevitable subject when a group of online entrepreneurs is brought together, though the issue did not raise temperatures as much as could be expected at the WA Business News forum.
Although Star Anise owner David Coomer won't reveal the name of the North Perth venue he's planning to open as a new tapas bar, the restaurateur says he's just waiting for the green light from council before starting the project.
Australia Post has denied there is a backlog of mail across Western Australia after it emerged this week that documents sent by Burswood financial advisers Empire Financial Group were taking up to three weeks to reach fund managers.
Jan Kolbusz is the kind of technology professional manager who admits he would most likely have seen out his days in senior management if he didn't live in Perth.
The battle between disgruntled union train drivers in the Pilbara and Rio Tinto is still being played out in the Industrial Relations Commission, with millions of dollars in revenue on the line.
High levels of rental property demand are expected to continue in Western Australia as new data shows little relief for renters in the short to medium-term future.
Opposition leader Colin Barnett has unveiled a $50 million plan to revamp Bunbury and surrounding areas and has reportedly flagged tax cuts for families and small businesses.
A mining representative body has called on the state's major political parties to form a single resources portfolio to address WA's declining exploration levels.
Embattled investment group Babcock & Brown Ltd plans to announce an overhaul of its business when it reports its first half results tomorrow, as concern grows over the management of assets controlled by the B&B group.
A fall in commodity prices and a rising Australian dollar have cut West Perth-based Kagara Ltd's earnings in fiscal 2008 by 28 per cent despite achieving record copper production over the year.
Ausdrill Ltd has rejected Macmahon Holdings Ltd's increased takeover offer, saying the new bid represented less value for shareholders than the original offer.
Balcatta-based debt collection company Repcol Ltd has reported a $3 million net profit for the 2008 financial year, helped by a tax refund and the restructuring of its business.
Perth-based wealth management company Plan B Group Holdings Ltd has posted an 11 per cent increase in net profit after tax to nearly $5 million for the 2008 financial year.
The suburbs of Pepppermint Grove, Nedlands, Cottesloe and Cambridge have been ranked in the top 25 areas to live in, according to BankWest's inaugural Quality of Life Index.
High profile Western Australian director Tony Howarth has been appointed deputy chairman of Bank of Queensland, which announced a series of board changes today.
The falling Australian dollar could play out nicely for industrial company Schaffer Corporation Ltd which posted a six per cent increase in net profit to $11 million for the 2008 financial year.
