Navitas has posted it third consecutive year of more than 20 per cent growth in second semester student enrolments with the education services provider posting a lift of 2,733 to a reach a new record.
Western Australian business are getting quicker at paying bills with the average time reduced by 2.7 days, the latest Dun & Bradstreet quarterly trade payment analysis shows.
The federal government has announced a $19.1 million funding boost towards a participation framework that will help Australian businesses get a fairer go at winning government and private sector contracts.
Fox Resources has paid $100,000 for the 2 per cent net smelter royalty that was payable to De Beers Australia Exploration on Pilbara tenements under the access agreement.
West Perth-based Red Sky Energy has agreed to acquire private company Cydonia Resources, which holds coal seam gas permits in Queensland's Surat Basin, and plans to raise $4 million through a share placement.
A federal government review of the former Labor Party's Grain Infrastructure Group report has found the information did not provide a reliable base to make major investment decisions on the state's grain rail network, Transport Minister Simon O'Brien says
Subiaco-based Atlas South Sea Pearls says it will focus on selling and processing its pearls through its Indonesian operations after deciding not to renew its deal with Pearlautore International.
Shares in Liberty Resources have soared as much as 56 per cent following a deal with Carbon Energy for the joint development of an underground coal gasification project in Queensland.
Golden West Resources plans to spin out its non-iron ore assets into a new company that will be listed on the local stock exchange as it requests its executive chairman, Con Markopoulos, to step down.
Premier Colin Barnett has furthered his Chinese investment intentions for WA, today witnessing the signing of a letter of intent between Asia Iron, which holds a Mid West iron ore project, and Chongqing International.
The federal and Western Australian governments have today announced a $135 million, four-year plan to help combat and prevent homelessness in the state.
Child Protection Minister Robyn McSweeney has defended the sale of surplus state-owned properties, saying it is part of a strategic decision to fund the expansion of residential care services and not an attempt to meet budget cuts.
The price war on airfares has helped Perth Airport experience the highest passenger growth numbers of any capital city in the country, with an increase of more than 6 per cent for the 2009 financial year.
Osborne Park-based Fairstar Resources has secured a $5 million funding facility from Melbourne-based Fortrend Securities, to be used for exploration and working capital.
Treasurer Troy Buswell has confirmed the appointment of an independent adviser to review the mutualisation of GESB, the public sector superannuation fund.
The state's peak energy user group, DomGas Alliance, has elected Tony Petersen as its new chairman, taking over from Stuart Hohnen who has left for personal reasons.
Distressed asset sales could become the saviour of many Australian businesses and possibly free up some much needed capital tied up in non-performing bank loans, a financial expert says.
Subiaco-based Liberty Resources has signed an agreement with private company Clean Global Energy to develop an underground coal gasification project in Queensland.
Environment Minister Donna Faragher says key recommendations have emerged from a review of the practice of clearing native vegetation in Western Australia.
BHP Billiton Iron Ore and World Vision have teamed up to form a $5 million partnership to boost care and health activities for pre-school aged children in the east Pilbara.
The competition watchdog has proposed that the Retail Energy Market Company continue operating the market rules in Western Australia and South Australia.
Australia's bid to host the $2.6 billion Square Kilometre Array project has been given a boost by the federal government, which has committed more than $88 million towards a stake in a complementary telescope in Chile.
West Perth-based Exco Resources has asked Barclays Capital to arrange a $16 million debt financing facility, which together with the recent $7 million equity raising, will be used for the development of the White Dam gold project.
Shipbuilder Austal has entered a $12 million contract to manage and maintain services for two vehicle-passenger ferries owned by the government in Egypt.
Magellan Metals today announced that the Department of Environment and Conservation has given final sign off to all of the requirements of the Esperance Lead Removal Plan.
