South West business, SmartBurn Pty Ltd, has raised industry profile in the past month after winning three national awards for its pollution reduction device used in wood heaters.
A diverse and highly skilled board can transform an organisation, yet finding the right board members can be a major challenge for many not-for-profits.
Western Australian IT companies are finding new opportunities in the Malaysian ICT industry across a range of areas including data management, software development and IT services.
Recruitment companies that sponsor workers on 457 visas in order to contract them out to industry will now be required to use labour hire agreements, under new legislation that came into effect this month.
Western Australian law graduates are being offered salaries to rival those of their counterparts in resource-related fields, with a number of top-tier firms significantly increasing their salaries for articled clerks next year.
Notre Dame University has shelved plans for a new health, recreation and sports centre on its Fremantle campus, in favour of a proposed community leisure centre to be located
China is Western Australia’s most important export partner, generating $13.8 billion for the state’s economy in 2006-07 and overtaking Japan as WA’s biggest export market, according to figures from the Department of Industry and Resources.
Jordan may be a minor trading partner for Western Australia, overshadowed by Dubai and other parts of the Middle East, but a number of local businesses are finding a niche for their products in the country.
While Western Australia’s mining industry is well-represented on the list of the state’s top exporters, a number of manufacturing and technology companies are also creating significant export revenue.
Western Australia’s massive minerals and petroleum sectors dominate the state’s export commodity profile, with just one commodity in the top 10, wheat, from outside the resources industry.
It’s the suburban life that inspires the projects of Fremantle-based artist Bevan Honey, who is about to benefit from one of Western Australia’s most unique arts funding programs.
Murdoch University and Curtin University of Technology have introduced new programs to increase student enrolments in engineering and combat the skills shortage afflicting Western Australia.
Two Western Australian not-for-profit organisations working in mental health services – Richmond Fellowship of Western Australia and Lifeline WA – expanded their operations this month.
A number of Western Australian fine food companies have travelled to Sydney this week to network with 250 international buyers at the Fine Food Australia expo.
Edith Cowan University is on a recruitment drive to fill 12 newly created professorial chairs, as part of a strategy to position itself as a research university.
Western Australia is attracting more immigrant workers relative to its population and finding more jobs for them than any other state in Australia, according to a Reserve Bank report into immigration and labour supply.
Western Australia’s trade with India is growing in value and diversity, on the back of demographic changes and strong economic growth, according to Simon Johnson, the Department of Industry and Resources’ regional director for India.
Western Australia’s labour shortage is proving a heavy burden for businesses across a range of industry sectors, with wage and other labour costs at record or near-record highs and recruitment activity falling to a three-year low.
Human resources managers and business owners employing workers on 457 visas may be fined thousands of dollars if they fail to pay for employees’ travel, medical and recruitment costs, under new legislation before federal parliament.
Anglicare chief executive officer Ian Carter believes the not-for-profit sector in Western Australia needs to challenge rising compliance demands from government and raise its profile in the community.
Mining companies operating in the Asia Pacific region are facing a changing risk environment, according to Export Finance and Insurance Corporation senior economist, Ben Ford.
The state government and a number of Western Australian not-for-profit organisations have expressed their support for the creation of a standardised accounts system, similar to those used in Queensland and New South Wales, to streamline the process of app
New legislation affecting Australian exporters has been introduced by the federal government in response to last year’s Cole inquiry into the AWB’s Iraq trade dealings, which will codify three of the inquiry’s recommendations.
West Perth-based Moly Mines Ltd has signed a native title agreement with the Njamal people of the Pilbara, ahead of the planned release of its feasibility study into the $600 million Spinifex Ridge project later this month.
Employment conditions in Western Australia remain the strongest of all the states, with WA’s unemployment rate falling to 3.1 per cent last month, according to figures released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Six partnerships between Western Australian businesses and arts organisations have been recognised at this year’s WA Australia Business Arts Foundation awards, announced this week.
