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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.

Most company directors would consider joining the board of global mining giant BHP Billiton the peak of their career, but for Michael Chaney it was a mere stepping stone.

It may just be coincidence, but the two men judged to be the most powerful chief executives in Western Australia are from the US.

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.

What is the common link between metalworkers' union boss Jock Ferguson, Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive John Langoulant and recent BHP Billiton recruit Ian Fletcher?

Western Australia's highest paid public servant, health supremo Neale Fong, has suffered the kind of year most people would like to forget.

Critics of the Carpenter government fond of sporting analogies say that his ministerial team doesn't bat very deep.

Loyal Fremantle Dockers supporters will know that Premier Alan Carpenter is an avid fan but they probably don't realise he is regularly accompanied to games by his chief of staff, Rita Saffioti, and his principal media adviser, Guy Houston.

Julie Bishop and Senator Ian Campbell rank as the two most powerful Western Australians in the federal government, and both have the potential to take their careers further.

South African Airways is setting new standards in comfort.

Winter is a perfect time to visit the Margaret River wine district.

Multiplex founder and construction pioneer John Roberts, one of the giants of Western Australian industry, passed away last week at age of 73 after succumbing to a long illness.

Finding space for a car in the city is becoming as much of a challenge as finding office space, as demand outweighs supply in both public and office car parks.

What is it about politicians and pipelines? First we had Colin Barnett promoting a water pipeline, or canal, from the Kimberley.

January 27 this year marked the 250th anniversary of the birth Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Perth is about to appreciate that the great composer has more to teach us than music.

How can WA's Liberals argue they oppose compulsory funding of tertiary student political activities but back compulsory funding of political parties?

West Perth has intrigued me for several years. It is everything that governments try to do when they create business parks or clusters to help foster the development of an industry.

West Perth has long had a mining link, but as a hub for junior resources firms worth a collective $16 billion, it really is WA's other ‘golden mile'.

The West Perth of yesteryear, with its avenues of leafy vistas and sprawling mansions housing some of Western Australia's wealthiest families, was always destined to become the burgeoning business centre of the 21st century.