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Domestic travel has largely contributed to a rise in total passenger numbers at the Perth Airport during October.

Agribusiness investment company Timbercorp has suffered a 32 per cent fall in annual net profit thanks in part by write-offs and provisions made during the year.

High debt levels, the global economic downturn and BHP Billiton's decision to pull its takeover proposal have prompted credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings to remove Rio Tinto from its 'rating watch positive' list.

The state government is seeking public comment on a new rail-based transport connection in Kwinana to alleviate heavy vehicles using main roads between Fremantle and Forrestfield.

Elders Rural Services has announced it will cut its workforce by 140 employees as part of its review into improving cost effectiveness of its operations.

Perth-based Cervantes Corporation says it has been approached by several companies over a possible merger.

The Liberal-National government has moved to progress two of Perth’s most important urban redevelopments - calling for public comments on plans for The Link and Riverside projects.

Babcock & Brown Power has sold its interest in two Western Australian power stations for a total of $130 million.

Finland-based company Poyry has been awarded more than $5 million worth of engineering work for Woodside Petroleum's Pluto liquefied natural gas project.

BankWest has sold its 49 per cent interest in the IT joint venture company Unisys West to Unisys Australia for an undisclosed sum.

Engineering company Clough has secured a new $84 million contract by ConocoPhillips, operator of the Bayu-Undan joint venture in the Timor Sea.

Regional power supplier Horizon Power has entered into a 20-year deal with a Canadian company to build a gas-fired power station in the state's north to meet the growing energy needs in the Pilbara.

The owner of the Dampier to Bunbury natural gas pipeline says it has saved $55 million on current expansion works, which will start operating early next month.

Bassendean company Verriers Engineering Services has won the Prime Minister's award for the best small business of the year in the Australian Training Awards.

Perth-based Mirabela Nickel has extended its $127 million bridge financing facility with Barclays and Credit Suisse to June next year.

Perth-based internet service provider iiNet says it is looking to launch internet protocol television next year as it secures 200,000 customers to its ADSL+ national broadband network.

Perth company Talisman Mining is on the hunt for a new managing director following the resignation of Steven Elliot.

Redcliffe-based Global Construction Services has secured a $24 million contract for works at Brookfield Multiplex's City Square project in Perth.

In response to research findings released by Curtin University yesterday, indicating that people on the minimum wage are as happy and medium-paid workers, the union responsible for a large percentage of Australia's low-paid workers have issued a statement

Engineering firm, SKM has taken out the top prize at the Engineers Australia, Engineering Excellence Awards for its work on Rio Tinto Iron Ore's US$1.4 billion Dampier Port Upgrade in the Pilbara, with two Western Australians taking out individual honours

The state government is currently considering a proposal from Magellan Metals to export containerised lead through the Port of Fremantle.

The federal government's Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) has recognised professional services firm, Deloitte as Australia's Leading Organisation for the Advancement of Women (500+ employees).

Cooper Energy has pulled out of the offshore Seruway Production Sharing Contract located in North Sumatra, Indonesia incurring a $19.8 million write-off for the oil producer.

A report from the Corruption and Crime Commission has not recommended prosecuting former Labor Minister, Tony McRae despite finding Mr McRae's actions involving lobbyist, Julian Grill constituted serious misconduct.

Exploration company Spitfire Resources has finalised its move to take on advanced coal projects in Tasmania with two key exploration licences, covering the Langloh and Avoca thermal coal projects, being granted.

The Water Corporation has announced that the Southern SeaWater Alliance is the preferred choice to build and operate Western Australia's second seawater desalination plant near Binningup in the south west.

Perth-based sandalwood products company, TFS Corporation is expecting to deliver a profit increase of at least 15 per cent for the year ending 30 June 2009.

Minimum wage earners have far higher life satisfaction than the unemployed and they are also just as happy with their lives as medium wage workers, a study from Curtin University's Business School has found.

West Perth-based Equinox Minerals has accepted handover of the process plant and related infrastructure at its Lumwana copper project in Zambia.

Macmahon Holdings has been awarded an $89 million dollar road contract for the Tiger Brennan Drive Extension Project in Darwin.

Range Resources will be pursuing legal action following an article in published by The Age newspaper in Melbourne under the heading "Mining Firm tied to Somali Oil Pirates."

The Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley and the Consolidated Pastoral Company have reached an agreement to upgrade a road, triggering the conversion of 16,000 hectares of pastoral land to freehold in the next step to expand the Ord River Irrigation Scheme.