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Golden West Resources Ltd has lodged an appeal against the Takeover Panel's decision to uphold Falak Holding's accidental sale of an 8 per cent Golden West stake into hostile suitor Fairstar Resources Ltd's scrip bid.

The Property Council of Australia has called on the state government to engage property owners, developers and financiers in the early stages of its $360 million Perth Waterfront redevelopment, by establishing a development authority to steer the project.

The consumer watchdog has launched legal action in Brisbane's Federal Court against Wesfarmers Kleenheat Gas Pty Ltd, alleging misleading or deceptive conduct over the pricing of bulk LPG supplied under contract.

Subiaco-based Paladin Energy Ltd has secured US$167 million ($185 million) in project finance for the remaining funding component of its Kayelekera Uranium Project in Malawi.

The state government has helped to secure major new contracts that will ensure the majority of beef sold to Western Australian consumers in Coles supermarkets is actually produced in WA.

West Perth-based gold exploration company Central Asia Resources Ltd has appointed Jason Stirbinskis as its new chief executive.

Rio gets Alcan lift to ward off BHP; Credit turmoil mars CBA profit; Golden west tipped for Takeovers Panel appeal; WA tops list amid mining bubble alert; Consumer still too confident for their own good

The state government has established a new body to coordinate the development of some of Western Australia's biggest capital projects, as it prepares to deliver on its record $25 billion capital works program.

Reducing the environmental footprint of Perth's new and existing office stock has become a major commitment for landlords, developers, architects and tenants alike; and now interior designers are finding themselves part of the equation.

DIVERSIFIED property player Aspen Group Ltd says its conservative debt position has placed it in a ‘sound position', despite the volatility and uncertainty prevailing in the listed property sector.

Perth-based custom software developer, Beacon Technology, has been bought by global IT management consulting firm The Birchman Group, marking the group's first acquisition in Australia and in the Asia-Pacific region

Macquarie Bank Ltd has received approval to build a $100 million office park in East Victoria Park, which will include some residential development.

PERTH'S northern suburbs are tipped to provide some good opportunities for investors and owner occupiers, as more properties come onto the market and sellers become more willing to negotiate, accordin

In a comment piece last September, I raised the issue of foreign investment in Australian assets.

IKEA has completed its purpose-built store on Ellen Stirling Boulevard in Innaloo, four years after the decision was made to relocate

Professor Stephen Martin (pictured) has been appointed deputy vice-chancellor of strategy and planning at Curtin University of Technology, replacing Professor Greg Craven.

The state government has delivered an unusual flurry of major social infrastructure announcements over the past week.

The Perth CBD retail property market remains strong with rents up in the December quarter on the previous year, according to research from CB Richard Ellis

Annual Conference: A decade of building partnerships The Australian Technology Network of Universities is holding an annual conference from January 29 to 31 at Curtin University.

Many readers of State Scene will remember Pete Seeger's popular and catchy song of the 1960s, ‘Where have all the Flowers Gone'. It's perhaps because the word, flowers, seems to rhyme with ‘farmers' that I've found myself humming it lately.

Following an initial 21 per cent fall, the stock market continues to gyrate frantically.

After a year of wrangling between key stakeholders, the starter's gun has been fired on the city's stadium project and Western Australia looks likely to have a 60,000-seat facility by 2016.

While the Pilbara might be considered among the world's premier iron ore regions, there is significant iron ore potential in West Africa

Anna Moreau chats with Trevor Knox president of Perth Jazz Society.

As the debate over Perth's new multi-use stadium has demonstrated, AFL wields the most influence of all codes in Western Australian sport, with the state's two clubs among the most financially successful in the national competition.

Ogilvie & Co Fine Food Merchants has come a long way since its inception in a vacant corner butcher shop 20 years ago.

Outside of the lucrative environment of the AFL, finding sponsorship can be tough in the arena of sport, with many clubs turning instead to private investment.

A new study of one of the state's first not-for-profit institutions, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals WA (RSPCA), may provide a valuable link to the past for historians and ideas for creating a successful structure for other not-

There's a new way to find out what are the must-see drinking, shopping and eating venues in the metro area.

ADELAIDE corporate law firm, Johnson Winter & Slattery, has continued its national expansion, recruiting two senior Freehills partners to establish a Perth office.

The state's new multi-purpose stadium may be getting all the headlines, but several other infrastructure projects in Western Australian sport are already going ahead, or close to being finalised.