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The state government is believed to have split its master media contract, which governs all government advertising, between three agencies.

Perth based Montezuma Mining Company Ltd will acquire an 85 per cent interest in a mining lease owned by Grange Resources, which contains the Durack gold deposit.

A delegation of leading Australian solar companies, including Welshpool based Solco Ltd, have taken their concerns about the Rudd Government's means test on the Solar PV (photovoltaic) Rebate Program directly to Environment Minister Peter Garrett, Shadow

China Metallurgical Group Corporation has received no objection from the Foreign Investment Review Board for its proposed acquisition of the Cape Lambert Iron Ore project.

The Acting Chancellor of The University of Notre Dame Australia, Dr Michael Quinlan, announced today the appointment of Professor Celia Hammond as its third Vice Chancellor.

The Liberal Party today offered qualified support for an ambitious $10 billion development project at Fremantle's North Quay.

A national government funded parental leave scheme should not be committed to without first undertaking a comprehensive investigation into the impact on business, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia said today.

New York based investment house, Harbinger Capital Partners, has purchased an 8.1 per cent stake in Midwest Corporation Ltd, adding to the likelihood Midwest's merger with Murchison Metals Ltd will win shareholder backing.

Perth based Eden Energy Limited has announced encouraging results in the development of the Hythane/diesel dual fuel powered generators for the Indian electricity market, with trials showing a 40 per cent drop in diesel generator costs.

Alchemy Resources Limited has entered into an agreement with Troy Resources NL to acquire the Three Rivers Gold Project for $2 million.

Skywest Airlines Ltd today signed a scheduled charter contract with Fortescue Metals Group Ltd for air charter services from Perth to Cloudbreak and return.

Perth based Elixir Petroleum Ltd will aim to raise $14.5 million through a share placement, with funds to be used for additional development of its gas project in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as to support projects in Sierra Leone.

Business leader Mr John Langoulant has been appointed Chairman of the Board of the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research.

Shares of oil and gas producer Santos Ltd have been placed in a trading halt, at the request of the company, pending the release of an announcement.

Grand plan to build six island hubs off north Freo coast; We will not pay more for Midwest: Sinosteel; ASX probes Brierty over shock profit downgrades; Failed Opes was $721m short; Qantas axes routes on fuel pain

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.

The development of BHP Billiton's $2.2 billion Ravensthorpe nickel project and the consequent transformation of a nearby small rural town has brought into focus the benefits of funding collaboration between state and federal governments.

The skills shortages of the past few years have forced businesses to adopt a range of strategies to keep their best and brightest, and attract new staff.

THE Federal Court last week ordered the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and two of its organisers, including assistant secretary Joe McDonald, to pay $35,000 in fines following industr

When BHP Billiton Ltd officially opened its Ravensthorpe nickel mine last week, many pundits focused on the cost blow-outs that hit the project, but industry insiders reckon the development looks l

West Perth-based Ampella Mining Ltd has delivered promising results from its initial exploration programs in the West African country of Burkina Faso.