A FRESH poll by business leadership group Executive Connection has found that 80 per cent of Western Australian chief executives believe that a looming skilled labour shortage is the priority issue faced by WA companies.
Future attempts to establish downstream processing industries in Western Australia should focus on attracting end-users to set up operations in the state, Premier Colin Barnett has told a US oil and gas gathering.
Struggling gold miner Apex Minerals has put its Youanmi gold project near Sandstone up for sale as it looks to free up cash and focus on optimising its Wiluna mine.
Federal Greens leader Bob Brown has called for Australia's intake of skilled and business migrants to be cut as part of the Greens proposed overhaul of the nation's immigration program.
EACH year, Western Australia must find a population equivalent to that of Mandurah if the state is to capitalise on the economic opportunities created by the resources boom over the next five years, a leading economic forecaster has predicted.
RIGOROUS analysis of public and private investment options is critical to assessing the appeal of public private partnerships in delivering vital infrastructure, Western Australia’s top Treasury bureaucrat has told a state parliamentary committee.
INDUSTRY groups have dismissed the Rudd government’s ‘clarification’ of new tax obligations on Australians working overseas as making little difference to the negative impact the changes have had on the competitiveness of Australian companies operating of
THE past few years have been tough for the safety of miners as the alternating demands of boom and belt-tightening put workers and managers under pressure to perform.
The hot and cold relationship between Osborne Park-based explorers Fairstar Resources and Golden West Resources is back in the spotlight, with the surprise appointment of former GWR executive chairman Con Markopoulos to the Fairstar board.
CHALLENGES abound for any company interested in pursuing opportunities in Africa, and must be clearly recognised, understood and addressed before taking the plunge, according to local business leaders with business dealings on the continent.
Perth oil and gas producer Tap Oil has joined the hunt for West African oil, securing a joint venture deal in waters near a recent billion barrel oil discovery off the coast of Ghana.
Australia was becoming a riskier place for miners to do business than South Africa, the head of the world's third biggest gold miner, AngloGold Ashanti, said today.
REINING in ballooning government spending, maintaining strong financial discipline and cutting state taxes should be the key priorities of the state government’s 2010 budget, Western Australia’s peak business body believes.
THE remote Pilbara towns of Marble Bar and Nullagine will house Western Australia’s first large-scale solar power stations in a move the state government claims is an important step to achieving its 2020 renewable energy target.
WA is on the cusp of another boom, making investment in infrastructure vital if the state is to take full advantage. But with the state’s finances increasingly tight, federal-state cooperation has never been more important.
WITH billions spent on local infrastructure during the past two years, and $24 billion in fresh government investment forecast for the next four, infrastructure development has proven a boon for the state’s engineering and construction contractors.
ASK almost anyone in industry or government about the key bottlenecks hampering Western Australia’s ability to make the most of the growth opportunities presented by the resurgent resources sector and the answer invariably includes energy.
INVESTMENT in new port capacity is a top priority for private industry and government if Western Australia is to avoid the bottlenecks restricting east coast exporters.
