London Court and the Criterion Hotel will be among the 32 places to share in this year's Heritage Council grants program, allocating $1 million, Heritage Minister Michelle Roberts has announced.
International Passenger numbers at Perth Airport were up 22 per cent in the first quarter of the 2007-08 financial year, a jump widely attributed to a strong state economy and increased seat capacity on new airlines.
ARC Energy Ltd has negotiated deals to buy oil producer Anzon Australia Ltd and its UK parent company Anzon Energy Ltd, creating a merged group with a market value of about $1.1 billion.
Takeover target Midwest Corporation Ltd has claimed that its suitor, fellow iron ore miner Murchison Metals Ltd, has failed to provide sufficient infomation in the bidders statement, as it urged shareholdfers to take no action on Murchison's offer.
The State Government has launched the Kimberley Broadband Solutions Project, providing 16 wireless hotspot sites and three fixed satellite and portable mobile satellite communication systems, to key locations within the Kimberley region.
Herdsman-based Olympia Resources Ltd has signed a joint venture agreement with Island Minerals Pty Ltd to carry out exploration on the private company's zircon and gold tenements.
Futuris to sell 43 per cent of its AAC stake; Uranium contracts puts BHP on the spot; Atomic authority says nuclear energy industry planning has to start next year; PM releases $4b concession package; Gage Roads main shareholder sells most of its stake.
WA Business News' third annual State Economic Review comes during a continuing period of prosperity for Western Australia, courtesy to a large extent of China's accelerating economic growth.
CEDAR Woods Ltd has received simultaneous rezoning approval under local and state planning schemes for the final stages of its Rivergums estate in Baldivis, the first time dual rezoning has occurred f
Wesfarmers Ltd has appointed British supermarket baron and former Conservative Party MP, Archie Norman, as an adviser to develop a turnaround plan for the Coles Group Ltd businesses, particularly its
The City of Perth Heritage Appeal is challenging negative perceptions by launching two innovative programs and pushing the economic case for heritage preservation.
WA may be half a world away from the epicentre of the fallout from the collapse of the sub-prime mortgage market in the US, but that does not mean the US housing market's woes will not eventually turn up in the prices of key commodities.
Housing markets are providing a timely reminder that the gravitational pull of cycles can be hard to avoid, even in a booming state such as Western Australia.
The state government is likely to approve two gas processing hubs on the west Kimberley coast despite conservation groups expressing concern about the impact of giant gas projects and the associated shipping movements.
Some of WA's biggest food producers and manufacturers are behind the establishment of a lobby group aimed at providing a united voice for the food and beverage sector, as well as promoting and developing the industry's growth.
The state government posted another record budget surplus in 2006-07, of $2.3 billion, fuelled by strong growth in mining royalties and taxation revenues.
The Western Australian Community Foundation has doubled its funds under management in the past few months, due to contributions from the state's mining industry, bringing its total funding pool to $3 million.
Perth-based Centre for Association Management Pty Ltd is preparing to expand its services for the not-for-profit sector by undertaking a $2.5 million initial public offer.
Strong overseas demand for minerals and petroleum, particularly from China, and strengthening commodity prices pushed the value of Western Australia's resources industry up 25 per cent to a record $53.4 billion in 2006-07.
It may be held in high esteem by many in the hospitality industry, yet The Essex Restaurant remains something of a sleeper business, overshadowed in the headlines by Jackson's Restaurant, Star Anise, Fraser's Restaurant, and the former Eminem.
Three years after commissioning its $85 million manufactured lumber plant, the Dennis Cullity-chaired Wesbeam Holdings Ltd has scraped into the black with a small profit for the year to June 2007.
Global economic growth, particularly from China, resulted in price rises for many mineral commodities and continued historical highs for others in 2007, a trend that will continue into 2008, according to ABARE.
