The WA ALP conference and Liberal Party's Federal Council meetings allowed for bush telegraph chatter this week, while Catholic Archbishops noted thrice-crowing roosters and the access card was lead out to pasture.
West Perth-based Monarch Gold Mining Company has acquired tenements surrounding its Mt Ida Gold Mine project for $5 million from West Perth's International Goldfields Ltd.
South Perth-based Olympia Resources Ltd will close its entitlements issue today, aiming to raise $3.2 million for exploration of three mineral sands tenements in Western Australia, Kalimantan and the Northern Territory.
Former Western Australian premier Geoff Gallop and Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA chief executive John Langoulant will serve on the Council of Australian Governments reform council, Prime Minister John Howard announced today.
Barrister Andrew Beech has been appointed a judge of the WA Supreme Court, one of four appointments, which also includes the elevation of Justice Geoffrey Miller to the Court of Appeal.
Subiaco-based uranium and base metals explorer Uramet Minerals Ltd has closed its initial public offer early, after raising the maximum subscription amount of $7 million.
The growth rate of Western Australian motor vehicle sales slowed in May to 7.4 per cent, but still remains the strongest of the states this calendar year.
A diplomat, they say, will tell you to go to hell so nicely that you look forward to the trip. Both state and federal politicians issued directions this week as fairness, English and citizenship tests dominated the agenda.
Mavuzi Resources Ltd, the spin-off of Perth-based uranium company OmegaCorp Ltd, has issued a prospectus for its initial public offer, aiming to raise $8.8 million for further exploration and development.
The Ngarla people of the East Pilbara have been handed down 11,331 square kilometres of land and water in the second native title claim to be decided in the region.
Drug manufacturer Chemeq Ltd has been placed in administration after an appeal to overturn a court ruling ordering the company repay $60 million to its creditors failed.
Mt Pleasant-based oil and gas exploration company Alto Energy International Ltd plans to change its name to Grand Gulf Energy Ltd to reflect its new focus on plays in Oklahoma and Louisiana.
Perth-based resources industry publisher Aspermont Ltd has increased its stake in South Perth-based mineral explorer Excalibur Mining Corporation Ltd, receiving 40 million shares and 20 million options for its stake in a mining subsidiary.
Perth-based asset management company PearlStreet Ltd has forecast a 15 to 20 per cent decrease in its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, caused by delays to project timetables and maintenance shutdowns.
In a case of history repeating, Perth dealmakers Ian Middlemas and Mark Pearce have taken board positions at West Perth-based oil and gas explorer Gulfx Ltd after backing a share placement.
While debate raged over the Prime Minister's dining room upgrade and Therese Rein's possible boardroom departure, David Hicks returned to Australia, a Stadium was planned then "thought about", and Alan Carpenter defended the cost of CCC.
West Leederville's Cortona Resources Ltd has launched a share purchase plan to raise around $1.25 million as part of the acquisition price of Moly Mines Ltd subsidiary Big Island Mining Pty Ltd.
Perth's rental vacancy rate plunged to an all time low of 0.8 per cent while Perth's land prices surged ahead in the March quarter, according to the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia and the Urban Development Institute of Australia WA.
West Perth-based miner Straits Resources Ltd has appointed former PricewaterhouseCoopers managing partner Alan Good as non-executive chairman and Richard Ong Chui Chat as chief executive of its Singapore-based subsidiary.
Shares in Belmont-based sampling equipment manufacturer Essa Australia Ltd were up nearly 20 per cent today, after the company announced an expected 65 per cent rise in net profit after tax from the previous year.
Shares in Perth-based IT services provider ASG Group Ltd have risen a further 2.5 per cent today after yesterday's good gains following news of a strong operating performance.
Trade in Sydney-based hazardous waste management company Dolomatrix International Ltd rose 19 per cent in early trade today, on speculation of a merger between the company and Kwinana-based Tox Free Solutions Ltd.
Plans for a new 60,000 seat outdoor stadium were unveiled today, with the State Government's Stadium Taskforce declaring the proposed sites of Kitchener Park, Subiaco, and the old East Perth power station site were both suitable options.
The state government’s proposed desalination plant at Binningup is expected to provide at least 45 gigalitres a year to the integrated water supply scheme by the end of 2011.
Cannington-based security technology group QRSciences Ltd has announced the commencement of trials of its explosives screening system with the Federal Department of Transport and Regional Services.
Just over a week after standing down as chief executive of major Queensland energy supplier CS Energy Ltd, Mark Chatfield has returned to Western Australia, taking on a role at South Perth-based energy company Aviva Corporation Ltd.
West Perth-based Midwest Corporation Ltd's efforts to transfer its haulage operations from road to rail by the end of September has hit another snag, with an Environmental Protection Authority assessment due to delay the project by a further six months.
Perth-based Vietnam Industrial Investments Ltd has recommended its shareholders adjourn a vote today on the sale of its stake in two subsidiaries, concrete-reinforcing steel bar producers Vinausteel Ltd and Ssesteel Ltd, after receiving a superior offer.
It's not often that a government policy wins the approval of both the Greens (WA) and the Western Australian Farmers Federation, but the State Government's decision to construct a second desalination plant achieved it this week.
The former music director of the English National Opera, Paul Daniel, has signed on to be Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser for the West Australian Symphony Orchestra for three years from January 2009, the orchestra announced today.
Subiaco-based Niagara Mining Ltd has responded to an Australian Stock Exchange share price query, saying the announcement of positive drilling results on Monday did not compromise its confidentiality obligations, despite knowing about them a month before.
A merger with the Western Australian arm of urban and landscape design practice Tract (WA) has given urban planning advisory firm UrbisJHD, soon to be Urbis, a foot in the door for WA expansion.
