Chamber of Commerce and Industry Western Australia boss John Langoulant has resigned from the peak business and employer group to take up the role of chief executive with Kerry Stokes' private company, Australian Capital Equity Pty Ltd.
Premier Alan Carpenter has unveiled a $73 million package of initiatives that he said was designed to transform dance, theatre, music and visual arts, as well as change the shape of Western Australia's cultural landscape.
Uranium West Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Perth-based Crescent Gold Ltd, has committed $16 million to a uranium exploration program in South Australia.
Perth-based gold exploration company Scotgold Resources Ltd has launched an initial public offer to raise up to $6 million ahead of its plans to list on the Australian Securities Exchange in 2008.
Mineral sands miner Iluka Resources Ltd has announced the go-ahead for a $30 million project in the United States as it continues engineering studies on its major growth projects in Victoria and South Australia.
Ukrainian group Palmary Enterprises has secured control of diversified mining company Consolidated Minerals Ltd, announcing today that it has a relevant interest in 50.68 per cent of the ordinary shares of ConsMin.
The Australian Small Scale Offerings Board has started to become a significant source of new capital for small Western Australian companies, with Live Technologies Ltd the latest to raise capital through this market.
The head of the University of Western Australia's Centre for Water Research, Jorg Imberger, is one of the state's best known scientists, so when he starts talking, smart people stop to listen.
The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI) with the support of the WA Government's Department of I
Moves by Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan to shift the timber industry to freighting its loads via rail rather than road have taken a new twist.
Motor scooters seem to provide a credible alternative to a lot of the transport issues facing modern cities and motorists – they're cheap to run, they're more environmentally friendly than cars, and they take up less space on our crowded roads.
Private equity might have faded as a force in the stock market, but there's something bigger happening in the ‘private world' – the rapid disappearance from public view, and publi
More than four decades after it was started by general practitioner Kevin Cullen, the landmark Busselton population health study is the subject of growth plans that could substantially broaden the use of its valuable data.
The number of Western Australian companies listing on both the Australian Securities Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange has risen to 20, after West Perth-based gold producer Troy Resources NL lodged a preliminary prospectus in Canada.
Although still primarily a niche market segment, indigenous tourism has grown in popularity of late, particularly among international visitors seeking a more unique Australian cultural experience.
The Perth arm of international architecture firm Woods Bagot has been awarded the design contract for a $200 million biotechnology precinct at Murdoch University.
Every year we hear warnings about puppies bought as Christmas gifts being abandoned once the novelty has worn off. So how about a Guide Dog Puppy Club membership instead?
Sometimes celebrities are quite surprising in what they will and will not eat, according to the man in charge of the Perth Concert Hall kitchen, where meals are prepared for big-name musicians performing in Perth.
Rio Tinto Iron Ore Ltd is believed to be close to finalising a deal to create an operational command centre in Perth as part of a shift towards remote-controlled workplaces.
Hotel group Accor is gearing up for a multi-million dollar refurbishment program of its Western Australian hotels, in addition to the opening of its new $12 million Broome hotel complex.
With world leaders gathered in Bali for this week's climate change summit, it is instructive to look closer to home to see what is happening on the ground.
The Sheraton Perth Hotel has unveiled 50 new hotel rooms as part of a yet-to-be completed $20 million renovation, the first major five-star development in Perth for a number of years.
Local business has welcomed the long-awaited funding for the final link in the Indian Ocean Drive north of Perth, announced by Premier Alan Carpenter last week.
