Woodside chief executive Don Voelte has warned Australians not to take the resources boom for granted or assume the resources sector would easily cope with all of the challenges facing it.
The WA Commission for Occupational Safety and Health is proposing a tightening of regulations concerning the removal of asbestos by lowering the amount of asbestos that can be removed from a site without a licence.
For the average Australian investor there is nothing more frustrating than trying to find someone with the guts to say whether Telstra is a buy or a sell.
Freo Machinery is a long-established provider of crane hire, concrete sawing and drilling, heavy haulage road trains, logistical support and civil construction services to industry across Western Australia.
It’s an exciting time of year for all those involved in the wine industry, with retail shelves stocked with the first offerings from the 2006 vintage and wine journos writing reviews intended to entice and inspire consumers.
Towards the end of last month, State Scene was invited to a salubrious business lunch that was attended by a state Liberal MP, who quite promptly made it clear he was factionally unaligned.
Family business-owners expecting to turn a quick profit and fund their retirement through a trade sale may be in for a rude shock, according to the Survey of Family Business Needs 2006 launched by KPMG, Family Business Australia and Deakin University toda
The dumping of Telstra’s plans to build a $4 billion high-speed broadband network through Australia has raised questions about the future of broadband technology.
The City of Mandurah has delivered a record capital works budget of $29.2 million for 2006-07, out of a total budget of $75 million, to fund an unprecedented level of building activity in the growing region.
Aspen Group has joined the chorus of listed property investment and funds management groups to post strong profit results, this week announcing its net profit increased 248 per cent this financial year to $34.5 million.
On the road from Esperance to Albany there’s a factory rising from the low-lying, south-coast scrub, which will one day produce nickel but which is already acting as a red-flashin
Eight of Perth’s culinary elite are ready to combat the skills shortage affecting their industry by signing up to the Taste program, initiated by Must Wine Bar executive chef Russell Blaikie and to be run in conjunction with the School Apprenticeship Link
Restaurant menus around town go through a massive change as the seasons switch from winter to spring. Sauces get lighter, flavours get fresher and new-season produce is quickly given a starring role.
With calm having descended over leadership tensions in the federal Liberal party, in the media at least, State Scene has decided to look back a century or more to see how some ambitious politicians of an earlier era gained the prime ministership.
THE founder of animal drug company Chemeq Ltd, Dr Graham Melrose, has retired as a non-executive director. Dr Melrose had been involved with Chemeq since it was founded in 1989.
Not-for-profit television station Access 31 has a bit of a perception problem – not regarding its output or programming, but rather on the issue of funding.
The annual Sheraton Perth West Australian Wine Awards were at their glittering best last week as the 29th instalment recognised the best of the state’s wine industry.
Perth hills winery, Millbrook, takes viognier pretty seriously, which is evident in the wines from the past couple of vintages. But the winery also extends its commitment to the variety with an annual tasting.
The booming resources sector has underpinned strong returns by listed Western Australian companies in WA Business News’ fifth annual survey of total shareholder returns.
A diverse range of resource stocks, including coal, gold, iron ore and uranium, as well as non-resource stocks from the property and water treatment sectors, featured among Western Australia’s top stocks in one-year returns.
While significant one-year returns are a positive sign for any business, maintaining these results year-in-year-out is a challenge of more significant proportions.
Uranium company Paladin Resources was the top performing Western Australian stock for the three years to June by a wide margin, with an average annual total shareholder return of 618 per cent.
Winemaker Evans & Tate, internet services provider iiNet, pharmaceutical manufacturer Chemeq and ticketing technology company ERG are some of the high-profile Western Australian companies that are laggards in the latest total shareholder return survey.
Resource stocks are not the only ones to be profiting from the burgeoning environment in Western Australia, with companies in the mining services and property sectors also welcoming significant returns.
