High-profile company director Tony Howarth has been elected president of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Australia's peak national employer and business organisation.
Mortgage Choice's annual consumer sentiment survey has found Western Australians are overwhelming positive about the state's housing market and economic future, despite the threat of further interest rate hikes.
The State Government is investing $1million to support industrial land needs in the Perth metropolitan area and Peel region by developing the General Industrial Land Planning Strategy.
The Environmental Protection Authority has reiterated its recommendation to approve a major expansion of Kalgoorlie's Super Pit, following a request by environment minister David Templeman to re-assess its advice.
Ballajura Community College teacher Ray Roberts has won the Western Australian Teacher of the Year award at a ceremony this morning, taking home a $100,000 prize.
Fairstar Resources Ltd has rebutted negative claims made by iron ore explorer Golden West Resources Ltd last week concerning Fairstar's takeover bid for the company.
Administrative and clerical staff numbers in the Department of Education and Training has grown by more than seven times that of teaching staff under the current State Government.
Balcatta-based Conquest Mining Ltd has appointed former Territory Resources Ltd managing director Douglas Stewart as a non-executive director of the company.
Engineering and construction company Clough Ltd has announced that its Indonesia subsidiary, PT Petrosea Tbk, has been awarded two additional coal hauling contracts with a combined value of US$197 million ($222 million).
Arafura Pearls Ltd has raised $1.8 million through the issue of 10,500,000 fully paid ordinary shares in the company at $0.17 per share to a select group of new institutional and high net worth investors.
The Home Building Society Ltd brand could disappear as early as September next year after shareholders today voted in favour of its $600 million takeover offer from the Bank of Queensland Ltd.
A report released today, which analysed the options for a new national industrial system for Australia, provides a valuable starting point for discussions about creating a co-operative system, Employment Protection Minister Michelle Roberts said.
Como-based construction company Forge Group Ltd has acquired engineering, procurement, and construction company Abesque Engineering & Construction Ltd in a cash and scrip deal worth up to $26 million.
Hundreds of new jobs will be created for indigenous Australians in the Pilbara under a landmark agreement between the State Government and Rio Tinto Iron Ore.
A survey of businesses in the Mandurah and Peel region has revealed the area has existing technology capabilities and the potential to be the Western Australia's next technology hub, the state government said today.
Resources minister Francis Logan has announced the release of the first 'tight gas' acreage block, a source which could power Western Australia's entire domestic gas demand for more than a year.
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A report from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA has forecast that a national emissions trading scheme would have the most impact on the power generation, transport and manufacturing industries.
A subsidiary of Navitas Ltd, formerly IBT Education Ltd, has continued its rapid growth by acquiring the University of Melbourne's Hawthorn English Language Centre for $4.73 million.
Junior exploration company Chameleon Mining NL has commenced legal action against iron ore miner Murchison Metals Ltd, even though Murchison has previously dismissed Chameleon's claims as baseless.
One of the big surprises of the new Labor ministry was the selection of fomer ACTU president Martin Ferguson as the resources and energy minister, in place of WA senator Chris Evans who held that role in the shadow ministry.
Perth-based copper explorer CopperCo Ltd today revealed a 16 per cent increase in resource tonnage and an 11 per cent increase in contained metal at its flagship Mount Isa Lady Annie copper project.
Engineering and construction company Clough Limited has announced today that its Indonesia subsidiary, PT Petrosea Tbk has been awarded a long term alliance mining contract valued at approximately US$145 million ($164m).
East Perth-based mining explorer Redstone Resources Ltd has appointed DLA Phillips Fox's corporate and commercial advisory partner in Perth, Richard Homsany, as chairman.
An historic land agreement will accelerate housing availability in Port Hedland and provide local Aboriginal people with a strong stake in the town's future.
Automotive Holdings Group Ltd has announced a strong start to the 2008 financial year, posting unaudited revenue of $1.14 billion for the four months to October 31 2007, up 89.7 per cent on revenue from the corresponding period in 2006-07.
Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan today provided the State Government's response to the Parliamentary Inquiry of the Education and Health Standing Committee in relation to the Cause and Extent of Lead Pollution in the Esperance Area.
Liberal leader Paul Omodei has moved to establish a Parliamentary Procedure and Privileges Committee to investigate allegations made by Shelley Archer that the Premier misled the Parliament to the he House in regard to his actions in requesting the resign
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