The latest issue of the Sydney right-of-centre journal, Quadrant, which Prime Minister John Howard regards highly, carries an editorial that considers various aspects of the ongoing debate surrounding the climate change puzzle.
The low-profile founders of Welshpool manufacturing company, Kingston Bridge Engineering Pty Ltd, have cashed in on the surging economy by selling their business for $100 million.
The state’s peak film industry body, ScreenWest, has made a number of recent management changes on the back of a string of successes in the local film industry.
The Corruption and Crime Commission will conduct an investigation into whether there has been misconduct in the relationship between the Director-General of the Department of Health, Dr Neale Fong, and former premier Brian Burke, after a referral from the
Mining entrepreneur Michael Kiernan last week outlined to WA Business News his plan plan to bring together his non-gold companies under the joint ownership of iron ore miner, Territory Resources Ltd.
Fresh from its $6 million purchase of East Victoria Park’s historic Balmoral Hotel, listed property trust and management operator, ALE Property Group Limited, is targeting other Western Australian pubs.
After six years at the helm of Perth architectural studio of Woods Bagot, Ross Donaldson has taken on the role as the group’s global managing director.
Melbourne-based developer John Crane and venture capitalist Daniel Besen are on the lookout for new acquisitions in Western Australia, following their successful entry to the market last year.
The state government has not ruled out taking office space in the historic Old Treasury Building, which is up for grabs following its decision last week to seek expressi
Several not-for-profit organisations in Western Australia are undertaking major construction projects to expand their operations and improve service delivery.
Five years ago, Hans Lang and Marianne Kempf decided to quit the safety of their established careers as fine dining chefs at the Burswood Entertainment Complex to go it alone.
Allan Jefferies, the former state manager of the company behind well-known Perth pubs The Queens, The Brass Monkey and the Sail and Anchor, has been recruited by Empire Beer Group to manage the operations of its Colonial Brewing Company pubs.
For months there’ve been whispers that a well-heeled group inside Western Australia’s Liberal Party has been head hunting Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA and former state treasury chief, John Langoulant.
NINE emails between disgraced lobbyist Brian Burke and Department of Health director-general Neale Fong concerning "health department related matters" will be the focus of a state parliamentary inq
At a time when the state government is reviewing several contentious resource projects, one of its top business advisers has questioned whether the mining industry can be trusted.
The Office of Development Approvals Coordination is quietly but effectively helping dozens of Western Australian mining projects clear their way through the regulatory maze, according to its inaugural head.
South Australian company MGM Wireless has been named preferred tenderer for the Western Australian Department of Education and Training's planned school attendance management and communication service.
The Canberra controversies of broadband pork barrelling, poorly behaved unionists and the budget surplus were blown out of the water this week by a new policy on remote indigenous communities, while Neale Fong's email history had a similar effect in WA.
Malaga-based scaffolding and form-work supplier PCH Group Ltd has resumed discussions surrounding a potential takeover bid with UK-based industrial services company Cape PLC, two months after earlier talks faltered.
Western Australia’s main public universities have some of the state’s most influential people serving on their governing councils and among their senior staff.
Gooding Pervan partner Dalton Gooding and Azure Capital managing director Mark Barnaba are part of a team that last year enjoyed the highest revenue and profit derived from football earnings than any other club in the Australian Football League.
Western Australians are spending more on home renovations than ever before, as the combined effect of rising house prices and building delays flows through the sector.
The Town of East Fremantle has embarked on a strategic planning process and is accepting submissions from business and the community on how best to revitalise the area.
Anyone watching the Australian stock market for the past few weeks could not avoid the feeling that it’s been bouncing across a ceiling, unable to get much higher, and looking ext
Western Australia’s tight employment market, and an increased demand for counselling services, have created a staffing crisis in the state’s not-for-profit alcohol and other drug agencies, according to the sector’s peak body.
