Premier Alan Carpenter has identified nine items of government legislation he expected the upper house of state parliament to pass in the next fortnight.
Western Australia's Chamber of Minerals and Energy has welcomed the package of skilled migration measures announced by the minister for immigration and citizenship, senator Chris Evans.
Falcon Minerals Ltd non-executive chairman Kerry Harmanis has resigned from the board of the company, with Xtrata Nickel Australasia executive general manager exploration, Peter Langworthy, appointed in his place.
Welshpool-based engineering company RCR Tomlinson Ltd has posted a net profit of $9.13 million for the half year ending December 2007, up 10.7 per cent on the corresponding period in 2006.
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Nomad Building Solutions Ltd has revealed a 45.7 per cent increase in net profit after tax to $10.4 million for the half-year to December 2007, on the previous corresponding period.
Fremantle-based oil and gas services company Mermaid Marine Australia Ltd has reported a net profit of $7.5 million for the six months to December 2007, up 19 per cent on the previous corresponding period in 2006.
An inquiry ordered by agriculture minister Kim Chance has found no evidence that the actions of the former chairman of the Environmental Protection Authority, Dr Walter Cox, constituted misconduct under the Corruption and Crime Commission Act.
Brisbane-based minerals explorer, Diatreme Resources Ltd, has announced a potential billion-dollar discovery of zircon at the company's Cyclone Prospect in the Eucla Basin in Western Australia.
Belmont-based mineral sampling equipment manufacturer, Essa Australia Ltd, has posted a record net profit after tax of $1.9 million for the six months to December 2007, an increase of 23 per cent over the same period in 2006.
The Western Australian Farmers Federation claims WA is under-represented on the federal government's newly formed Wheat Industry Expert Group, with just one WA farmer appointed to the grower-controlled alliance which will oversee Australia's wheat exports
Western Australia's industrial land supply is set for a further boost following the start of site works on stage two of the Avon Industrial Park near Northam.
Preliminary data by the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia suggests Perth's housing market was flat-lining in the December Quarter of 2007, with no movement either up or down for the last three months of last year.
Michael Kiernan-chaired companies Monarch Gold Mining Company Ltd and Territory Resources Ltd have raised $10 million and $9.3 million, respectively, from share placements.
Perth-based gold explorer Mawson West Ltd has raised $2 million from the placement of 12.5 million shares at 16 cents per share to RMB Resources Ltd as trustee for the Telluride Investment Trust, and clients of Tricom Equities Ltd.
Moly Mines Ltd has awarded a $1.1 billion, seven year mining and earthmoving contract for the Spinifex Ridge Molybdenum Project to Perth-based contracting group Macmahon Holdings Ltd.
West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd has joined a string of blue chip listed companies to be hammered by investors after reporting its result, with WAN shares down 10 per cent after announcing a $44.2 million interim net profit.
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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.
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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
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
