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State finalists for the Lexus Appetite for Excellence Young Chefs and Young Waiters awards have been announced.

State Scene highlights Australia's first Iraqi affair because it implicates Mr Whitlam just like the Iraqi-AWB Affair implicates Mr Howard; two PMs who have a conga-line of fans and gloating admire

Perth's popuation is likely to double and a series of infrastructure projects will transform the built environmnet in coming decades, but is there a broader vision for Perth? Emily Piesse reports.

Political autobiographies, memoirs and authorised biographies are invariably highly selective products and can therefore be quite misleading, by deliberate omission if nothing else.

I had to get coffees for group of people at work last week, and I couldn't help seeing of it as a great example of how the world has changed.

When Central Park was completed in 1992, Perth's commercial building industry operated under a substantially different planning code.

Iancov new CEO at DORIC DORIC has appointed Peter Iancov chief executive officer. Mr Iancov was previously general manager of Babcock and Brown Infrastructure's (BBI) subsidiary, WestNet Energy.

MIRVAC executive director Adrian Fini will embark on a philanthropic trip to Africa in October to oversee a microfinance program he has underwritten, which teaches villages to become self-reliant.

Targeting a green-star rating on commercial projects has become more common for property developers, particularly at the big end of town.

IT'S one of those great conundrums of Western Australian business: who introduced the Argenti strategic management system to Wesfarmers?

Airlines servicing Western Australia's growing resources centres and mine sites have again boosted services and capacity as demand for air services into the regions continues to strengthen.

While it's well understood that unique, iconic structures can define a city, there's little consensus as to what such a building would look like in Perth.

THE members of Western Australia's new statutory waste authority, Waste Smart WA, were formally announced last week, with Barry Carbon to be chairman.

Financial adviser and former deputy mayor of the City of Gosnells, Mr Antonio (Tony) Pisano, has today been sentenced to four years and eight months imprisonment on fraud charges.

Employment in the already buoyant minerals sector is set for even stronger growth with a 70 percent increase forecast by the year 2020, in new research commissioned by the Minerals Council.

Emerson Stewart Group Limited, which is aiming to list on the ASX in June, today announced the appointment of Rod Smith as its Chief Financial Officer.

West Perth based Dwyka Resources Ltd has completed a capital raising of $21.3 million to finance exploration and development of its Daguma and Bonanza coal projects.

The Fremantle Chamber of Commerce has appointed Peter Nolin as Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber.

Goldstar Resources NL will relocate the Company's corporate office from Perth to Melbourne as part of its development preparations for the Tubal Cain and Eureka Gold Projects in Victoria.

Como based Nido Petroleum Ltd has raised over $41.2 million through a share placement, with funds to be used to expand its current drilling programs and raise working capital.

China visit in spotlight after Mid-West merger; Rudd on back foot in fuel row; Investors support new look for E&T; Rio, Alcoa get more time on big Kimberley bauxite project; QGC ingnites over interstate prices

Fortescue Metals Group shares surged well above the $10 mark today, pushing the wealth of Australia's richest man, Andrew Forrest,over $10.5 billion.

CGA Mining Limited has announced that it has engaged Canadian broking firm Haywood Securities Inc to act as agent for a C$30 million private placement offering of ordinary shares.

Former Liberal Party and independent politician Philip Pendal has died at the age of 61, from a suspected heart attack.

Mineral sands miner Bemax Resources Ltd, which has extensive operations in Western Australia's South West, has recommended that shareholders accept a $301 million takeover offer.

Aurox Resources Ltd today released a response to media reports to clarify the relationship between the WA-based explorer and China's state owned Chengde Iron and Steel Group.

Subiaco-based Comdek Ltd has announced plans to acquire two coal projects in Tasmania for $15 million in scrip, three months after buying another two coal projects in the same State.

The Australian Institute of Management today relased its annual national salary survey for 2007/08 which shows that Western Australia has the highest average pay increase in the country at 6.4 per cent, well above the national average of 4.7 per cent.

Contracting group Brierty Ltd today announced its second profit revision in six weeks, slashing its forecast to $3.6 million after tax, and the resignation of founder Alan Brierty as managing director to focus on the operational side of the business.

Nedlands-based software company ISS Group Ltd has signed a major new international marketing agreement with global oilfield services company Schlumberger, that could lead to a big boost in ISS's revenue.

IAG chief sees writing on wall; RBA wants ' borrowed' trades declared; Grocery supply method hampers fair fight; Midwest merger puts Sinosteel on back foot; Great Southern eyes tree focus

Jabiru Metals Ltd is to raise $51.9 million through a placement at 80 cents per share, to fast track its exploration programme and feasibility studies of its base metals projects.