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Murdoch University is finalising plans for a new multi-million dollar biotechnology precinct that will open up its campus to industry and government tenants, and provide access to the proposed Fiona Stanley hospital.
BHP Billiton’s proposed $400 billion merger with Rio Tinto is being hailed as the biggest game in the resources world, but there is a bigger force at work, and it has the potentia
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council and the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office are jointly hosting a seminar and cocktail function focusing on Hong Kong as Asia’s trade and investment capital.
Western Australia’s economic growth continues to lead the nation, with the state’s gross state product for 2006-07 up 6.3 per cent and almost double the national growth.
MOLY Mines Ltd has become the latest Western Australian mining company to gain backing from US investment group Harbinger Capital, which has also invested in Fortescue Metals Group, Poseidon Nickel an
Fine Arts graduate and art lover, Saffron Solomon, has turned her hobby into a successful online business, selling unique and affordable artworks for children.
Three Western Australian health charities – Alzheimer’s Australia WA Ltd, Diabetes WA, and Ear Science Institute Australia – are undertaking capital campaigns to expand their services.
Two Western Australian chief executives stand out in our fifth annual salary survey, which also found a big increase in the number of million-dollar packages.
Leeuwin Estate head chef Danny Angove is a big fan of David Coomer so, when he’s up in Perth, he’ll more than likely be spending some time at Star Anise restaurant in Shenton Park.
The former directors of uranium explorer Summit Resources reaped multi million dollar windfalls from share options earlier this year, highlighting just how lucrative options can be.
Gusto’s foodie spies tell us that David Barber has sold his Highgate café, Soto Espresso, which brought great coffee to the strip when it opened in 2003.
Western Australia’s biggest industrial company, Wesfarmers, has confirmed its status as Perth’s very own ‘millionaires’ factory’, with eight executives earning more than $1 million last financial year.
There was a big increase in the number of companies paying very large cash bonuses last financial year, and at first glance its hard to reconcile some of the increased payments with company performance.
The going rate for a non-executive chairman of a mid-sized listed Western Australian company sits between $120,000 and $170,000, judging by the data compiled by WA Business News.
Public sector executives in Western Australia continue to earn substantially less than industry leaders in the private sector but, despite that, government workers seem to attract just as much controversy.
GLOBAL miners, CVRD-Inco Ltd and BHP Billiton Ltd, continued to shower their attentions on resources junior Heron Resources Ltd, increasing their stakes in the West Perth company during the past week.
Developing a minerals project in Laos has been fairly straightforward for Subiaco-based exploration company, Rox Resources Ltd, despite a recent hurdle in the form of a Laotian government moratorium on foreign investment licences.
STATE-OWNED electricity generator Verve Energy has been selected to supply power to Gindalbie Metals’ Karara iron ore project, making it the winner of Western Australia’s biggest contested electricity
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
Professor Peter Newman has been recruited by Curtin University to head up a research team on sustainability, having recently retired as director of the Institute for Sustainability and Technology Pol
Western Australia’s four public universities have joined a national scholarship program to combat declining enrolment figures and an industry shortage of professionals in the information and communications technology field.
Businesses in regional Western Australia are facing skills shortages like their counterparts in Perth yet not all sectors are being affected, according to a recent study by the University of Western Australia’s Institute for Regional Development.
If ever there were a single indicator of the strength of Western Australia’s economic good fortune, tycoon Stan Perron’s private investment empire would be it, having basically trebled its profits in just four years.
