Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan plans to amend the Transport Coordination Act to require the use of rail transport for the haulage of timber products in the state's South West.
Ord River sugar growers were this afternoon locked in frantic negotiations with the state government seeking financial support for their bid to buy the region's sugar mill, following the withdrawal of The Maryborough Sugar Factory Ltd as a potential buyer
It was a desire to play a key role in the reinvigoration of one of Western Australia’s iconic tourism assets that drove tourism and marine industry businessman, Scott Bailey, to buy ferry service Rottnest Express.
Westralia Airports Corporation Pty Ltd has presented a $500 million plan to integrate the domestic and international terminals at Perth Airport, bringing forward the facility’s major expansion due to an unprecedented growth in passenger numbers.
Margaret River-based transport and wine logistics specialist, Cowara Group, has experienced first hand the pressures of Western Australia’s tight labour market.
Despite hotel development in the CBD experiencing significant constraints due to high land prices and construction costs, two major expansion projects and one new development remain on track.
Fremantle-based barramundi producer Cell Aquaculture Ltd insists it will remain a Western Australian company despite the appointment of three overseas-based directors.
With changes to the tax treatment of non-forestry managed investment schemes in 2008 expected to spell the end of horticulture MIS, a new boutique project has emerged which its project managers say will reinvigorate the state’s citrus industry.
Osborne Park-based software company, BMS Solutions, will next month release an upgraded version of a software program that assists organisations monitor and improve their business processes to achieve greater corporate sustainability.
Early results from a new study on the effect of managed investment schemes on the horticultural industry show they have a positive impact on jobs as well as contributing to R&D and innovation funding.
The Broome International Gateway project has been successful in securing an airline to carry out the long-awaited Singapore-Broome route, signalling the introduction of a regular international passenger service from Asia to the state’s North West.
Balcatta-based Safe Effect Technologies Ltd was close to calling in the receivers early in 2006 when Ken Johnsen joined as chief executive, mid-way through the company’s recapitalisation and efforts to relist on the Australian Securities Exchange.
The long-term viability of a biofuels industry in Western Australia hinges on the development and commercialisation of second-generation technologies, with current first-generation technologies acting as a transition to more energy efficient production me
State-owned Verve Energy is seeking a partner to invest $50 million into building Western Australia’s first commercial integrated wood processing plant in the Wheatbelt, after research and trials confirmed the viability of the technology.
Government support and a solid regulatory framework are vital for low-carbon power generation to be able to compete effectively in the energy market, according to Hydrogen Energy chief executive Lewis Gillies.
Since buying their business back from the national food group they sold it to just four years earlier, Peter and Anne Hector have turned Mundella Foods into one of Western Australia’s agricultural success stories.
Rio Tinto and BP joint venture Hydrogen Energy has commenced feasibility studies on plans for a $2 billion coal-fired power station in Kwinana, fully integrated with carbon capture and storage technology, to reduce its emissions by almost 90 per cent.
