DESPITE the booming economy and employment market, two-thirds of Western Australian employees are unsatisfied with their current job, according to a report by recruitment firm Hudson.
Israel’s former chief scientist, director of Industrial Research and Development, Dr Orna Berry, to speak at the first event of the AICC (WA)’s Curtin Zernike DoIR Innovation Series, Rabbitnomics on M
WWF Australia is holding Earth Hour later this month, which invites all households and businesses across Australia and the globe to turn their lights off and their appliances off standby for one hour
TROUBLED pharmaceutical company PharmAust Ltd announced that its major operating subsidiary, PharmAust Manufacturing Pty Ltd, has been placed in voluntary administration.
An increase in the number of business and employment visitors to Western Australia has fuelled the strong growth in international visitor numbers and expenditure in 2007, according to the latest data.
The head of Edith Cowan University’s School of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Associate Professor Marilyn Clark-Murphy, has been appointed to the recently established Superannuation Advisory Commi
TWO Western Australian developments have been recognised as the best in the country at the Urban Development Institute of Australia’s National Awards for Excellence held last week.
ACSWA is a not-for-profit body which represents aged and community care providers. The association provides members with leadership, advocacy and an expanding knowledge base.
WESTERN Australia’s second Australian Technical College, ATC Pilbara, has reached maximum capacity in its first student intake, with 60 students having started school-based apprenticeships last month.
Architecture firm Fitzpatrick + Partners has revealed plans for BHP Billiton's new Perth head office on the former Westralia Square site and Brookfield Multiplex's proposed Old Treasury Building redevelopment.
Troubled pharmaceutical company PharmAust Ltd announced today that its major operating subsidiary PharmAust Manufacturing Pty Ltd has been placed in voluntary administration.
Aquila Resources Ltd's share price jumped more than 20 per cent today after the company announced a significant upgrade of the iron ore resource at its half-owned West Pilbara project.
Vehicle sales in Western Australia have grown at a sluggish rate in the first two months of 2008, with growth in WA substantially below the national rate.
Former Brownlow medalist and West Coast Eagles general manager Graham Moss (above) has been appointed chief executive officer of the Tourism Council of Western Australia, following the resignation of
PERTH-BASED diamond explorer, Paramount Mining Corporation Ltd, is set to launch a $40 million capital raising ahead of a new exploration float on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in September this ye
THE $21 million Australian Centre for Energy and Process Training, established to address the chronic shortage of skilled workers within the oil and gas industry, has welcomed its first intake of stud
Deep Yellow Ltd managing director Leon Pretorius has increased his direct and indirect interest in the company through the on-market acquisition of 4.3 million shares at a total cost of $1.3 million.
ENVIRONMENT Minister David Templeman and Environmental Protection Authority chairman Dr Paul Vogel have announced a wide-ranging review to streamline the state’s environmental approvals processes.
Visiting WA Former coach of the Essendon Football Club, Kevin Sheedy, to speak at the HIA event, An Audience with Kevin Sheedy, where he will discuss “Positive and Lateral Thinking” and “Thinking and
HENDERSON-BASED shipbuilder Strategic Marine has added to its burgeoning order book by securing contracts worth $US14.3 million ($16.1 million) for three aluminum hulled boats from an Indonesian compa
THE WA Local Government Association has released a draft plan for restructuring of the sector, with a focus on a regional system of service delivery but no forced amalgamations of local councils.
I WRITE with regard to the article ‘Engineering a fine balance’ in the January 31 edition of WA Business News. I feel I have to ask – when was this article written?
FINDINGS from a new report based on interviews with 1,800 businesses back up anecdotal evidence that birth order and family size help shape entrepreneurs.
