Readers with long memories may recall that one of Bob Hawke’s major initiatives upon being elected prime minister in 1983 was to convene a national economic summit.
Airlines servicing Western Australia continue to reap the benefits of the state’s resources boom, as demand for transport into the regions grows and capacity increases to unprecedented levels.
The words ‘healthy’ and ‘fast-food’ aren’t often used together, but a new breed of entrepreneur is hoping to change that by combining nutrition with made-to-go servings for a hungry market.
With anecdotal evidence emerging that Western Australians are taking shorter breaks more often, particularly in the cooler months, there is growing demand for self-contained luxury holiday homes in the South West and other popular regions
ALTHOUGH Jim Malone (pictured right) is tackling powerhouses these days under the Richmond nametag, the former Tigers general manager is operating under a completely different banner to football.
Increasing construction and labour costs have failed to dampen the prospects of one of Western Australia’s major hotel developers, Seashells Hospitality Group, which recently opened its fourth resort and is preparing to expand one of its existing resorts.
NEDLANDS-BASED software provider ISS Group Ltd has announced its biggest ever contract, valued at around $4 million, with Malaysian oil and gas group Petronas.
Education, housing, business regulation and the skills shortage are just a handful of topics that will be touched on this weekend at the 2020 Summit in Canberra.
Last week’s takeover of United Credit Union continues a long run of Western Australian financial institutions falling prey to interstate and overseas predators; but surprisingly, this trend has done little to dampen competition.
Self-development will be one of the core topics brought forward at this weekend’s 2020 Summit by some of Western Australia’s arts delegates, who say the arts industry is about more than just building more centres.
Japanese company Inpex has attracted the ire of environmental campaigners over its planned gas project off the Kimberley coast, yet it won an environmental award at last week’s Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) conference
THE owner of the Dampier-to- Bunbury natural gas pipeline has announced further expansion plans after receiving additional capacity requests from existing and prospective users of the pipeline.
As the federal government’s external reference group prepares to hand over its findings on a review of the 457 visa scheme, Western Australia’s Technology and Industry Advisory Council (TIAC) is preparing its own all-encompassing review of migration issue
AS a spate of new construction projects get under way across the CBD and West Perth, the City of Perth has announced it will review its planning scheme for plot ratio and building heights.
Azzura Gelati is one of 10 growing Western Australian businesses set to showcase its products at the Food and Hotel Asia 2008 trade event, to be held in Singapore from April 22-25.
INDEPENDENT Practitioner Network Ltd has completed its $32 million acquisition of Fremantle-based medical services company Gemini Administration Services Pty Ltd.
The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI) with the support of the WA Government’s Department of I
The steady stream of partnerships between major companies and universities may have the latter downplaying competition for private sector cash, but the overall goal of international excellence has built a healthy rivalry.
Beyond the golden mile of Kings Park Road, a transformation is taking place in West Perth as developers pour money into the once-unfashionable end of the suburb.
Visiting WA Dave Snowden, founder and chief scientific officer, Cognitive Edge, UK, to speak at ‘Global Convergence: Answers to Management and Compliance’ on May 1.
The possibility of Western Australia becoming a major international centre for radio astronomy has prompted the state’s two major universities to recruit some of the world’s top minds in this specialist field
Tensions between the City of Subiaco and the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority (SRA) over the China Green site development have reached new heights, with the former threatening legal action if its request to settle differences with the SRA through mediation
To an outsider a $US1 billion blow-out in project costs seems horrific, but to Chinese-based conglomerate CITIC Pacific Ltd the rising expenses are far outweighed by the huge jump in commodity prices
Rising interest rates and global financial uncertainty are having a tangible impact on Western Australia’s housing industry, with two sets of economic data indicating a downward trend in the local market.
Bunbury has become the new battleground in the push for deregulated retail trading hours, with the city council planning change despite the objections of most local shopkeepers.
