The state’s continued high level of building has meant some builders are adopting unfair and potentially illegal practices, according to the Builders’ Registration Board.
Western Australia’s top politician and its most respected business leader have locked horns over economic and industrial relations reform. Mark Beyer reports.
If it was promoted on a Broadway billboard, Diggers and Diggers 2005 would have starred the vaudevillian duo Andrew Forrest and Michael ‘Lucky Legs’ Kiernan, a Mongolian trapeze a
It seems common for deals to be struck between mining junior and major, or banker and miner, in Kalgoorlie pubs during Diggers and Dealers, and for gossip, share tips and takeover
Woodside, Australia’s largest publicly traded oil and gas exploration and production company was ranked number three in this year’s WA Business News most successful corporate brands survey.
Questions over the quality of brands in Western Australia arose during feedback to the 2005 WA Business News branding survey, which had the best participation rate of any in the exercise’s four years
Earlier this year the Liberals launched a national publication called Looking Forward.
Since it attracted a degree of publicity in political circles, State Scene resolved to get a copy to assess the standard of its articles
The big names have maintained their hold on the top of WA Business News’s branding survey, while a new corporate brands category focuses on the big end of town. Jane McNamara reports.
Developers in Western Australia have been warned that a High Court decision late last year, which calls into question the status of planning approvals as a right that attaches to land, has the potential to affect development approvals.
“I am not surprised that several of WA’s most recognised brands are clients of ours,” The Brand Agency’s chairman and chief executive, Ken James, said.
Pro Property has become the first Western Australian representative of the world’s eight largest franchise company, global real estate firm Coldwell Banker.
Not content to have notched up 100 years as a motoring organisation, the RAC is firmly focused on the future, currently undertaking a brand strategy review with The Brand Agency and international brand and design company Landor (Sydney office).
Leading Australian advertising figure and the architect of the Howard Government’s election campaign advertising, Ted Horton, will speak at a WA Business News event to honour Western Australia’s top brands.
A shift in focus to resort-style developments was a major factor behind the decision to sell the Acacia Hotel in Robinson Avenue, Northbridge, announced last week.
Eating a meat pie and washing it down with a chilled brew while watching a game of rugby may sounds like a typical weekend for many Aussie blokes, but it’s also the order of recognition for products of the top three emerging brands of 2005.
The aggressive branding process for the Western Force started immediately the franchise was announced as the new player in the Super 14 rugby competition.
The Rick Hart advertising committee debated for several years whether to include the well-known Western Australian identity as part of its branding strategy – using the person and not just the name
Little Creatures Brewing Pty Ltd in the heart of Fremantle has taken a patient approach to its business since it was established nearly five years ago, but it’s a methodology owner Howard Cearns believes has worked and suited the company’s brand and produ
Two years ago the price of uranium was languishing at around $US10 a pound. Since then the price has shot to almost $US30, spawning a revival in the metal’s prospects.
While I would be the last person to agree to the construction of a nuclear power plant in my backyard, I can understand that this form of energy may play a vital role in our future.
With Prime Minister John Howard adopting so many core Labor Party policies, it’s no longer possible to perceive any differences that may exist between Liberal and Labor.
