Dan Wilkie

Perth home prices appeared to arrest their slide in September, falling just 0.1 per cent over the month to be largely steady for the first time in more than 15 months, new data says.

The City of Fremantle has released new planning guidelines for 12 sites in its underdeveloped east end, featuring four-to seven storey 'European-style' residential developments and nine-storey buil

A new national survey has identified Western Australia's office sector as the most likely in the country to provide a return to investors over the next year.

The Swan Valley's Feral Brewing has been judged to have produced Australia's best beer in 2011, while Fremantle's Sail and Anchor Hotel also took out two top gongs at this year's Beer & Brewer

Perth-based construction company Diploma Group has been announced as preferred contractor for the $45 million redevelopment of the Kwinana Hub shopping centre.

The Queensland state government has given Peet approval for its Greater Flagstone Development Scheme, a residential and town centre development that will ultimately deliver up to 11,500 dwellings.

The state government has launched a major initiative aimed at tackling the lack of hotel investment and development in Western Australia, including the release of Crown land and lease incentives.

Aspen Group founding chairman Reg Gillard will step down from the developer’s board at its annual general meeting in November, to be replaced by non-executive director Frank Zipfinger.

Western Australia's business leaders, including Woodside's Peter Coleman, said today the state needs to focus on meeting its own skilled labour needs, as Queensland Premier Anna Bligh swooped on th

Construction company Diploma Group has won two new contracts worth a combined $24 million, including refurbishments and additions to heritage-listed Hale House.

Perth-based oil and gas junior Buru Energy has extended its gas supply agreement with Alcoa by one year, giving it more time to establish sufficient reserves to commence supply of the gas.

The state government is seeking comment on its plans for the Cockburn Coast just south of Fremantle, which feature a hospitality and tourism precinct at the derelict South Fremantle Power Station a

AnaeCo has announced progress on a $5 million capital raising plan to help fund its $35 million waste treatment facility for the Western Metropolitan Regional Council in Shenton Park, and to provid

Residential land sales suggest there is no quick turnaround in sight for Western Australia’s struggling new homes sector, despite a 9 per cent uptick in the volume of sales over the June quarter.

Office rents are soaring in the Perth CBD, particularly for A-grade stock, with the vacancy rate falling to the lowest in Australia, new research from Jones Lang LaSalle says.

SINCE leaving the ownership box of the Perth Wildcats, Andrew Vlahov has not strayed far from the hardwood parquetry of Australia’s basketball floors.

Nearly two thirds of Western Australian small businesses have had to change the way they do business to adapt to fluid market conditions, according to new research released today.

A large recycling property in Landsdale is one of nine properties up for grabs in the sale of distressed assets from private developer WMR Group, which is in the hands of receivers and managers fro

Community Housing Limited (CHL) has won $65 million in incentives under the fourth round of the National Rental Affordability Scheme, including 173 properties in Western Australia.

Matilda Zircon has received the final approvals from two local shires for the development of its Keysbrook mineral sands project in the South West.

Stocks in Pan Asia Corporation shot up today after the mining and exploration firm revealed a 115 per cent increase in resource reserves at its flagship coal project in Indonesia.

Shares in Perth-based explorer PMI Gold have rocketed after the company revealed a 270 per cent increase in reserves at its flagship Obotan gold project in Ghana.

Global economic uncertainty has had a marked effect on the stockmarket value of Western Australian companies, with Deloitte’s WA index falling 11.9 per cent over the month of September.

Treasurer Christian Porter has called for a 75 per cent floor in goods and services tax grants and a 50 per cent discount to the redistribution of mining royalties in the state government’s submiss

ASX and Toronto-listed gold miner Perseus Mining has launched a share offering to raise up to C$93.4 million ($90 million), which it said would fund the development of its projects in West Africa.

Property statistics released today revealed a mixed bag for the sector, with the total value of home sales plunging over the last financial year, despite a fifth consecutive month of rises in home

Two recent sales campaigns for neighbourhood shopping centres have underlined the strength of the sector in Western Australia, according to Colliers International.

Apartment specialists Finbar Group has reported strong sales on its two latest developments, Pelago West in Karratha, and the Fairlanes apartment and office development on Adelaide Terrace.

The state’s peak business body and Premier Colin Barnett have taken opposite views on where the state’s economy is headed, as the global economic uncertainty continues to provide mixed signals for

WESTPAC says it is cashing in on opportunities provided by the resources boom, with the launch of two initiatives designed to expand its reach in regional areas.

Perth-based pearl farmer Atlas South Sea Pearl is launching a flagship store in Claremont as it looks to make the transition from producer to retailer.

The state government has lifted the suspension on lead exports from the Port of Geraldton to allow a trial shipment, after a review of operations following a lead scare in December last year.