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The magnetic pull of the Indian Ocean and Perth's metropolitan beaches have had a noticeable effect on property owners' pockets and bank balances.

The need for continued export growth and a wake-up call to state and federal governments were the two stand-out issues at the recent Wine Industry Association of Western Australia Awards 2005.

The world of Western Australian olives will be on show during York's Olive Festival, to be held on June 25 and 26.

Oceanfront Rockingham Beach Road is to become the venue of a new luxury apartment strip offering high-rise ocean views of Garden and Rottnest islands.

Former Orbital Engine Corporation chief executive Kim Schlunke came to some interesting conclusions when he sat down three years ago to ponder the future of recreational transport.

In universities, in public research institutions, even in the proverbial backyard sheds, vast numbers of inventive, creative types around Australia are looking for the next big breakthrough.

Last week I was going to air my personal views on the Schapelle Corby case following her conviction for drug trafficking in Bali.

A delegate attending a recent Liberal Party rural divisional conference unexpectedly announced he was fed up with living under three tiers of government – national, state and local – and said one should be scrapped.

It has taken two years for the Bank of Scotland, trading under the alphabet soup name of HBOS, to bed down its sometimes troublesome Australian subsidiary, BankWest, but recent events in the market flag the launch of what some observers see as a classic ‘

Embedded Technology Corporation is in many ways an archetypal early stage software company, driven by dedication and enthusiasm but with global aspirations.

Perth company Cool Energy is preparing for field trials of a ‘gas sweetening' technology that could allow dozens of ‘shut in' gas fields around the world to be developed.

Gerry Monteiro narrowly escaped family tragedy twice in an eight-month period a few years ago when he almost ran over his son while reversing the family caravan down the driveway.

What do the chaps at Crosby Partners know that eludes Australian investors? Simple really. Every morning they look at a map of the world and ask a simple question: “has China disappeared?”

We are very, very uncomfortable that Foodland Associated Ltd has agreed to sell 16 of its best Action supermarkets in Western Australia to one of the two dominant grocery conglome

Home-grown technology developed by private Perth company McRobert Aquaculture Systems has been promoted as having the potential to “revolutionise” the global aquaculture industry.

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Perth's ‘great divide' is still a long way from being straddled.

High-density residential approvals in Perth have fallen by more than 60 per cent during the past two quarters.

Nobody takes the idea of fiercely parochial food and wine tourism as seriously as, or treats it with more panache than, Jo and Edwin Grist.

The colour, vibrancy and unique taste of Croatian cuisine will be on display in Perth next week at the 10th annual Croatian Food Festival at the Esplanade Hotel Fremantle.

Perth investors who like the taste of barramundi are currently in the rare position of being able to select from an investment menu with three Western Australian aquaculture companies.

There has been much reference to the promised tax cuts in this year's Federal Budget, with the Labor opposition damning its “unfairness” while supporters have emailed around the famous restaurant analogy we published on this page last year.

State Scene has three excellent informants with a good view into what's happening within Canberra's conservative elite headed by John Howard and John Anderson.

Messages on Hold managing director Kym Illman attributes the growth of his business to a total focus on customer service.

Balcatta-based Blackadder Group's growing client base includes CBD high-rises, Goldfields and North-West resource projects, industrial complexes, including water treatment plants, freeway and rail repair, extension and modification, and offshore oil and g

Niche markets can be hard to grow in, especially since marketing requires selling a brand and often the business concept.

PIVoD Technologies, a Perth-based provider of media on demand technology for use in museums, as well as residential and corporate systems, has secured a position in this year's Rising Stars.

With interest rates at their lowest levels in 20 years, the Australian mortgage market has never been healthier. But as rates have begun to climb this year, the number of new loan approvals is diminishing.

National Lifestyle Villages (NLV) has set its sights on establishing 100 self-contained villages across Australia that will house up to 40,000 people over the next 20 years. And it's well and truly on the way to achieving that goal.

By seizing on opportunities in the market and focusing on becoming a wholesale distribution business, Australian Gypsum Industries (AGI) has cemented a place as one of this year's Rising Stars.

Follow five simple business rules and growth will happen according to cook-chill catering enterprise, Total Catering Solutions director John Mitchell.