Boosted by its recent acquisition of independent fuel retailer Peak, West Perth-based Gull Petroleum continues to grow its market share in the highly competitive market of fuel retailing.
Western Australia is becoming an increasingly popular destinations for international tourists, with WA the only state to record an increase in visitor numbers for the past year.
A decade after embarking on its first major carbon offset tree planting project in conjunction with BP Kwinana refinery, the Forest Products Commission is looking to expand its carbon offset service to other corporations.
Rising rents and onerous planning requirements could cost Subiaco its place among Perth's premium cafe and restaurant strips, with a number of food businesses closing their doors in recent months.
Industry has called on the state government to encourage further exploration and development of new energy sources, including coal, gas and uranium, following the second major incident involving a reduction in gas supply in less than six months.
Western Australia could be recycling 30 per cent of its wastewater by 2030, with the state government making water recycling a key focus of its water plan.
He may joke that he sniffs dirt for a living, but truffle hunter Damon Boorman is part of a new culinary tradition celebrating the birth of the state’s commercially viable truffle industry.
The move towards a carbon-constrained future for Western Australin industry is fast approaching, and with it comes costs and opportunities. Janelle Macri reports.
Renewable energy may have been touted as one of the key solutions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but the development of renewable energy projects in Western Australia has stalled, with no major facilities coming online since 2006.
The solar industry is pushing the state government to introduce feed-in tariffs to encourage the installation of solar panels, after the federal government's decision to means test the solar PV rebate program.
Exploration into second-generation technologies and feedstocks is gathering pace as rising feedstock prices significantly affect the viability of the biofuel industry.
Rising fuel prices have failed to re-ignite the state’s fledgling biofuels sector, with producers looking to side businesses, such as glycerine production and feedstock, to generate revenue.
Businesses could be faced with an added layer of environmental assessment when planning new developments and projects to take into consideration the effects of climate change.
Plantation manager Great Southern Ltd has marked its entrance into the bioenergy market, signing an exclusive agreement to supply harvest residues to Pacific Energy's Great Southern Biomass project.
Airlines servicing Western Australia's growing resources centres and mine sites have again boosted services and capacity as demand for air services into the regions continues to strengthen.
The supply of quality native hardwood timbers may be diminishing, but one small regional business has achieved its founder's vision of creating a fully integrated timber processing and manufacturing f
Nedlands-based technology and software company, ISS Group Ltd, has signed a deal worth more than $17 million with global oilfield services company Schlumberger to market its BabelFish software to the
Western Australia could be just a few years away from delivering geothermal power, according to one of the state's emerging geothermal exploration companies.
The significant investment in the plantation sector over the past 10 years is beginning to show benefits for the nation's forest industry, according to a new Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Reso
