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Tell a boy (of any age) to not do something and everyone knows the result. He does it, whether he’s a boy of five or 55.

Swan Valley favourite Chesters Restaurant of Heafod Glen has announced that its contemporary art award will be held in 2006.

Paul Medica, head chef at the Hilton’s The Globe Restaurant, has just announced a fresh menu that is moving diners into a new season of produce.

A telling paragraph, carried in a western suburban newspaper story, was drawn to State Scene’s attention last week.

A clutch of small-to-medium Western Australian gold companies is carving out a significant niche in West Africa’s emerging, key mineral fields.

Production of caravans, camper trailers and transportable homes has grown rapidly over the past decade, creating plenty of opportunities for industry players such as Fleetwood but also posing some big challenges.

The state government’s announcement of a new state-wide land and redevelopment agency is welcome news for those in the industry who believe local governments have stifled development in parts of Western Australia.

The global rise in oil prices is driving the rush to gold as a haven against inflation and fuelling the increase in international prices for the precious metal to near record levels, according to one of Australia's most experienced gold industry executive

Western Australian health insurance giant HBF has taken a major step in its strategy of offering a wider range of financial services by signing a memorandum of understanding with Bank of Queensland.

Boat builder Gavin Ager has been working “flat out” taking his folding boat design company Flatout Boats Pty Ltd to its acquisition by listed Canning Vale-based advanced materials group, Quickstep Holdings Ltd.

Inventors in need of small grants can approach the office of Science, Technology and Innovation within the state Department of Industry and Resources to access a range of schemes to assist in skills training and initial development.

As the federal government’s new industrial relations laws come into force it will be interesting to see if they have any impact on the waning influence of the union movement.

Now that Perth’s tabloids’ reports of the Birney-Omodei clash have wrapped up the kitchen scraps, it’s worth pondering what it’s all likely to mean to Western Australian voters.

Curious things have happened in Perth in recent weeks. The most interesting is the boom in uranium shares.

Fremantle identity and Esplanade Hotel managing director Marilyn New is in mediation talks to secure planning approval to build 65 apartments within the existing Wool Stores building in Fremantle.

The National Trust of Australia (WA), a community-based heritage organisation, has raised concerns about the future of Newspaper House and other heritage-listed buildings when the proposed 28-storey Westralia Square building, by Multiplex and Griffin Grou

If you’re still eating regular ice-cream then unfortunately you seem to have missed the gelato revolution that is sweeping dessert circles Australia wide.

THE Wyllie Group has engaged Gerard Daniels in an executive search to bolster its leadership team as the company enters a new era after the recent death of Bill Wyllie.

Blue Shoe Event Management in conjunction with Tristan’s the Gallery is organising a charity art auction, May 13 at the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre.

After nearly 18 months of formative work, a group of local business people has launched a committee that is designed to foster the cultural, creative and economic development of Perth.

Finding the fast-track to commercial success is often as difficult for inventors and designers as bringing a concept to life.

With the opening of a new office in Kuala Lumpur, Subiaco-based DownUnder GeoSolutions is well placed to win more work in the Malaysian and South-East Asian markets.

The Town of Victoria Park has knocked back an application for a 12-storey residential and commercial development near the foreshore at Burswood, further illustrating the growing issue of high-rise development.

Swiss-born inventor Bruno Wittwer is back in business, doing what he loves most – inventing and developing solar-powered pumps.

Almost a year after opening in Mt Hawthorn, Divido Restaurant has hit its straps and is offering some of the most interesting Italian-inspired food and wine this side of the Spanish Steps.

As national security becomes more of an issue in Australia and overseas, Perth-based System Two Pty Ltd has received $150,000 in AusIndustry Commercial Ready grant assistance to develop its explosive detection testing kit.

Emerging Western Australian iron ore producer Territory Iron Ltd has signed an agreement with a Chinese steel mill for most of the Frances Creek 2007 iron ore production.

Western Australia's third largest building group, the JWH Group, has acquired the state's longest established housing company, Plunkett Homes.

The Wyllie Group is on the look-out for a general manager for its mergers and acquisitions division to bolster its leadership team, as the company enters a new era after the recent passing away of Bill Wyllie.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has obtained interim asset freezing orders against four directors of Westpoint and a number of companies associated with Westpoint founder Norm Carey.

Western Australian traffic sign manufacturer Sunny Signs Pty Ltd has been taken over by Melbourne-based rival Traffic Technologies Ltd.

Australia’s two-speed economy, which has the resource-rich states of Western Australia and Queensland, dramatically outperforming the southern manufacturing states, has just got w