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Just a year ago, property owners with commercial office stock in Perth were basking in a sellers’ market, as investors clambered to take advantage of strong capital growth and rising rents.

The move towards a carbon-constrained future for Western Australin industry is fast approaching, and with it comes costs and opportunities. Janelle Macri reports.

Those who think the proliferation of funky new cafes with their trendy interiors and furnishings means the end of any role for classic, Italian style-cafe furniture may wish to reconsider.

The worsening labour shortage crisis in the food processing industry could be the ultimate hurdle to Craig Mostyn Group’s new $50 million abattoir in the Linley Valley.

Renewable energy may have been touted as one of the key solutions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but the development of renewable energy projects in Western Australia has stalled, with no major facilities coming online since 2006.

The opening of a new Asian restaurant in the Northbridge precinct may not sound like the most surprising event of the week.

Dozens of workers in Broome have recovered more than $200,000 in entitlements following an investigation by Australia’s workplace ombudsman.

The solar industry is pushing the state government to introduce feed-in tariffs to encourage the installation of solar panels, after the federal government's decision to means test the solar PV rebate program.

State employer organisations and unions have voiced concerns over the federal government’s overhaul of more than 4,000 industrial awards, to be completed in less than two years.

Rising fuel prices have failed to re-ignite the state’s fledgling biofuels sector, with producers looking to side businesses, such as glycerine production and feedstock, to generate revenue.

The market may be tired of hearing about Andrew Forrest's ever-growing paper fortune, but the continuing rise of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd is astounding.

Exploration into second-generation technologies and feedstocks is gathering pace as rising feedstock prices significantly affect the viability of the biofuel industry.

LIONS Eye Institute founder Ian Constable and Wesfarmers managing director Richard Goyder were among the winners at the 36th Annual Western Australian Citizen of the Year Awards, announced last weeken

Premier Alan Carpenter has left many people confused and frustrated by his blanket rejection of the ambitious island development proposal announced last week for North Fremantle.

Western Australia could be recycling 30 per cent of its wastewater by 2030, with the state government making water recycling a key focus of its water plan.

A CONSULTATION session will be held in Perth on June 13 to discuss the merits of a free trade agreement between Australia and India.

Ongoing disputation over government-provided education, including the so-called Outcomes Based Education (OBE) imbroglio, hasn't electorally harmed Premier Alan Carpenter who was, for several years, Labor's education spokesman and then education minister.

Businesses could be faced with an added layer of environmental assessment when planning new developments and projects to take into consideration the effects of climate change.

A FEDERAL government-funded parental leave scheme should not be committed to without first undertaking a comprehensive investigation into the impact on business, according to the Chamber of Commerce a

Succession planning is an ongoing issue for family businesses; it challenges most in the sector, even when they have put a lot of time and effort into devising a strategy they think will work.

A 50 per cent increase in perishable exports from Western Australia during the past 12 months has contributed to a decision by Air Mauritius to provide a third weekly freight flight from July.

Visiting WA: Dr Martin Selligman, the founder of the ‘positive psychology phenomenon’ is to present a half-day program on creating personal and professional wellbeing through positive work cultures o

A spate of changes among Western Australia’s financial institutions has redefined the sector over the past couple of years.

TRADE OPPORTUNITIES

Picking over the carcasses of failed companies and seeking to bring them back to life is something of a specialty in the Western Australian corporate scene, where the appetite for risk and a ready supply of listed shells have spawned a unique industry.

Three months after it last revised its Capital Square project, developer Saville Australia is in discussions with four ASX-listed property investors with a view to selling the site.

Perth-based Amcom Telecommunications Ltd is among the most successful company recapitalisations in the local market, and one that spawned an industry.

Queensgate has been part of the fabric of Fremantle for nearly two decades, but its future as a cinema looks uncertain, with main tenant Hoyts seeking to renegotiate its lease and site owner, the City of Fremantle, investigating other uses for the buildin

Some of Western Australia's largest mining companies are bracing for production disruptions after yesterday's explosion at the Varanus Island gas plant, which could force its operator Apache Energy Ltd to pay compensation to its customers.

Plantation manager Great Southern Ltd has marked its entrance into the bioenergy market, signing an exclusive agreement to supply harvest residues to Pacific Energy's Great Southern Biomass project.

The approval rating of the state government by small and medium enterprises has fallen, making it the second lowest ranked state or territory government across Australia, a business survey has revealed today.

Subiaco-based Capital Intelligence Ltd plans to raise $2 million through a share placement, with funds to be used for working capital and expansion strategies.