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Curtin University of Technology and Murdoch University have decided not to proceed with the proposed merger of the two institutions due to doubts about the impact of such a complex process.

It's rare for the stars to align over all sectors of the property market, but in Western Australia right now the commercial, industrial, retail residential and land markets are all experiencing robust growth. Marsha Jacobs reports.

Four CBD office buildings worth more than $100 million are believed to be under contract for sale, including the prominent Wesfarmers and Clough buildings.

The Gallop government’s move to streamline the approvals process for resources developments is a welcome, albeit belated response to a critical issue in this state – making sure we maximise benefit from the boom we are experiencing.

A view has begun to emerge around State Parliament and the major political parties that the Gallop government is approaching a fork in the road.

Peak Oil is a hot topic in the petroleum business, and one that worries government because of the pain being felt at the bowser by voters.

From his Kingsley kitchen-cum-showroom, Brett Coddington practices an increasingly rare culinary art form. A pastry chef of 27 years, Mr Coddington is a chocolate artisan at the top of his game.

Wine show season is in full swing with results announced from the recent inaugural Blackwood Valley WA Boutique Winemakers Show.

A small Western Australian interior design firm has been in the spotlight recently after winning several prestigious awards.

Mirvac Fini has sold 110 apartments off the plan in The Point project in Mandurah, moving $150 million worth of real estate in four days.

The State Government is offering the 2.48-hectare Old Swanbourne Hospital site in Mt Claremont for sale by public tender.

Benchmark Projects, project manager of the Mandurah Ocean Marina, has won the Western Australian section of the national Australian Institute of Project Management awards.

The 2006 WA Business News 40under40 Awards program was launched at a breakfast forum featuring four high-profile past winners. Marsha Jacobs reports.

It seems to come around so quickly every year, but our search for the 40under40 has started already.

Market Equity managing director and shareholder Julie Beeck has had little time to take stock of things in the four years since she was named a winner in the inaugural WA Business News 40under40 Awards.

I had the pleasure of chairing a panel session for our recent Success & Leadership event, The Modern Entrepreneur in WA. The event kicked off the 2006 WA Business News 40under40 Awards by bringing together four previous winners from the program to discuss

The recently released 480-plus-page report on Joondalup Council is a quizzical document.

TAKING the moral high ground can be a very expensive business, as the innocent small shareholders of Consolidated Minerals are discovering.

An ongoing commitment by Ogden International Facilities Corporation to quality service and venues with a penchant for the theatrical was rewarded recently at the Restaurant and Catering Australia Awards for Excellence.

The catering industry is so competitive at the moment that even wineries are getting in on the act.

Ten of Northbridge’s best-known restaurants are set for a culinary cook off as this month’s Northbridge Festival builds to a climax.

October is the time to break out the lederhosen, grab your favourite stein, and sway along to the traditional sounds of an Oompa band during Oktoberfest.

CLAREMONT’S Bay View Terrace remains at the vanguard of prime retail shopping strips in Perth, outside of the CBD, and is the only Western Australian location to make it into the top 15 strips in Australia, according to a study undertaken by CB Richard El

Robert Spadaccini has gone from success to success since establishing his home building company in 1997.

The whispers are growing louder – are some of the world’s most iconic fashion brands coming to Perth? Marsha Jacobs knows where to find the answers.

Just as luxury goods retailers are coy about who their clients are, retail leasing agents are equally coy about which brand name stores are considering a move to Perth.

As the state’s economy surges into unchartered prosperity, Western Australians are reaping the benefits of a bumper past few years and indulging their love for the good life.

For those who have recently had their bottom squeezed for 20-plus hours in economy flying to the UK to ease the squeeze on the company’s bottom line, relief is at hand. It’s called premium economy.

Construction on the CBD’s biggest retail development, at 100 St Georges Terrace, will begin in January next year.

NICK Tana’s Australian Fast Foods, which runs the Chicken Treat and Red Rooster food chains, has reported a strong 48 per cent increase in net profit to $5.6 million for the year to June 2005.

Nearly 14,000 Western Australian are estimated to have travelled to Melbourne for last month’s AFL grand final, and from the tumbleweeds blowing down the terrace it’s safe to assume a lot of those were business people.

Once labelled an airline of last resort, the born-again Air New Zealand has now become a frontrunner on Australia-New Zealand-US routes with a starkly different product at the cutting edge of industry trends.