Qantas has announced it will commence services between Perth and Geraldton in November, eight months after the route was deregulated by state government.
If there is a silver lining to the extreme volatility of the Australian stock market, it could be that tax breaks are possible for some dealing with the ramifications of the market mayhem, accordin
A PROPOSED national regulatory body for the not-for-profit sector is good on paper but more detail was needed, according to representatives of the sector in Western Australia.
There are some obvious logistical and infrastructural issues that come with the change required to spruce up Perth for events such as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
The solar panel industry has been left reeling after the Barnett government pulled the plug this week on new subscribers to its successful renewable energy grid-subsidy scheme.
WESTERN Australia will be close to achieving almost half its 2020 renewable energy target (RET) when both the Collgar Wind Farm and the planned Greenough River Solar Farm are fully operational.
THE Gillard government this week released the draft legislation for its plan to introduce a tax on carbon by July next year, but already some of the definitions are being queried.
THE arts sector has been stirred up since last year’s release of the Cooper review into Australia’s superannuation system, following recommendations that art and collectables be removed from self-m
In a world where the internet is a vital tool for anti-development protesters and ‘viral’ campaigns against mining and gas companies’ handling of native title and environmental claims, a company’s
New draft regulations introduced to Federal Parliament earlier this year – set to alter rules around self-managed superannuation funds’ investment in art and collectables – have divided artists, ar
FOR many in Western Australia, and indeed for large numbers of people around the world, the Telethon Institute of Child Health Research is much more than an institute – it’s an ‘institution’.
The party-plan model may be associated with images of housewives gathered around plastic containers, or lingerie for some, but it’s big business and has taken products like kitchen appliance Thermomix and kitchenware Tupperware into many homes.
Martin Kane is part of a committed team that has been paddling hard on the board to help make surf lifesaving in Western Australia run more like a well-oiled business and to better handle its main task – saving lives.
An opportunity to build Bali’s first marine tourism operation led Richard Chandler and three business partners to establish Bali Hai Cruises in 1990 and there is no doubt the business, like most associated with the Indonesian island, has been presen
With the journey to Bali taking just as long as the drive to Margaret River, the state’s closest Asia-Pacific neighbour has long been a draw card for Western Australian holiday makers and, as it turns out, business investment.
TAX reform has been a major source of public debate in Australia for decades and the battles over the Gillard government’s push for a carbon tax and mineral resource rent tax have shown how fiery things can get.
Sending artworks on the long trip across the Nullarbor Plain or on a precious cargo flight may have traditionally been the path for Western Australian art collectors hoping to cut a deal.
WA Ballet will move into a new home in Maylands next year, thanks to the company’s statewide support base and the Western Australian building industry putting its back into the project.
Rezoning the land surrounding the Kwinana industrial area to allow for high density residential development would be inappropriate, according to Environmental Protection Authority chairman Paul Vogel.
MUSICIAN John Butler, art advocate Janet Holmes a Court and WA Institute of Medical Research director Peter Klinken may seem to have little in common – and until recently that may have been the case.
