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Just as one battle ends, it may well be that another is beginning. Last week, Australian Tax Commissioner Michael D’Ascenzo made a submission to a federal parliamentary inquiry into tax issues, stating that 98 per cent of some 42,000 cases involving tax-

Indian sandalwood company TFS Corporation has announced that revenue sales from its 2006 Indian sandalwood project in Kununurra totalled $19.8 million, up 62 per cent on last year’s sales of $12.25 million.

A changing of the guard is under way at prominent CBD agency Burgess Rawson, with founding partner and joint managing director Geoff Potter stepping down from the position he has held for 21 years and handing over the reins to fellow joint managing direct

The cities of Armadale and Gosnells, and the Serpentine-Jarrahdale shire have joined forces to help residents of older, existing homes, retrofit their properties to save energy and water.

Watching cash sounds about as exciting as watching paint dry, but for the rest of 2006 cash will be the big topic in every market for three reasons: its price; in the form of inte

Despite a 10-year high in business confidence, more than half of businesses in Western Australia believe another interest rate rise will take a toll on the state’s bustling economy, according to the CCI-BankWest survey of business expectations for the Jun

Perth’s property sector has achieved solid sales in all major markets during the past financial year, backed by a strong state resource sector and greater investor confidence.

New home starts in Western Australia were up by 7 per cent in the March quarter, up more than 13 per cent from the same quarter last year, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

As the financial year crawls to a close on Friday, Briefcase thinks it timely to ask two simple questions.

Food and wine matching used to be a fairly predictable affair – only white wine with white meat, don’t cook something spicy and never ever think about breaking the rules.

Grange lovers listen up. Penfolds has announced it will be including Western Australia in its ultimate after sales service – the Penfolds Recorking Clinic.

Although recently departed former premier, Geoff Gallop, will soon be out of sight, for many he’s not yet entirely out of mind.

Scaffolding and form-work supplier PCH Group expects to report its fourth consecutive record profit this year as it benefits from the global resources boom. But that hasn’t stopped investors from hammering its share price.

A few months ago I found myself disagreeing with a move to gag barristers discussing their clients’ cases.

There has been an almost unparalleled number of floats and other capital raising in the past six months, with nearly 30 Western Australian companies raising more than $130 million and accumulating a combined market capitalisation of more than $290 million

Market jitters and cost pressures are prompting the question: is the current boom sustainable?

With the rapid rise of base metal prices during the first half of 2006, it wasn’t a question of if there would be a correction, but when.

Despite recent fluctuations in the market nationally, the resources-led Western Australian economy continues to demonstrate its resilience.

Having ridden the crest of a seemingly endless wave of positive sentiment and upward movement, the Australian Stock Exchange recently showed its first major signs of vulnerability in more than three years.

The University of Western Australia’s Business School board ranks as the bluest of blue chip boards in Perth.

Two of the most significant figures in Western Australia’s property and construction industry, Multiplex founder John Roberts and Wyllie Group chairman Bill Wyllie, died during the past year.

The editor of Perth’s only daily newspaper, The West Australian, is one of the most influential people in the state.

The reputation of the near-city suburb of Maylands is clearly changing as young professional singles and couples look to secure affordable one- and two-bedroom apartments in the burgeoning riverside area.

The Cockburn coast, south of Fremantle, is first on the list to undergo major urban renewal as soon as legislation for a new redevelopment authority is passed, the state government has confirmed.

Our Most Influential survey enters its fifth year this week – the first time Geoff Gallop is not heading the list.

The Westpoint property sell-off continues with agents Burgess Rawson releasing a second portfolio of properties onto the market, including 10 strata-title units at the Warwick Entertainment Centre.

A Western Australian invention called the Millmapper has emerged victorious at the Commercialisation Expo 2006 in Melbourne this week.

The historic town of York, an hour or so east of Perth, is at the heart of one of Western Australia’s premium olive-growing regions.

The big changes at the top of the state government over the past six months have put the new premier, Alan Carpenter, firmly at the head of WA Business News’ fifth annual ‘Most Influential’ survey.

Ask any active Western Australian Liberal who their party’s ultimate movers and shakers are and you’ll be told it’s the triumvirate of senators Ian Campbell and Chris Ellison and their man in Perth, Matthias Cormann, who was a former staffer of Court gove

The momentous changes inside the Labor state government over the past six months have left Premier Alan Carpenter in a stronger position than his predecessor Geoff Gallop ever enjoyed.

Feeling poorer? Don’t worry, you’re not alone.