For the first time in almost a decade, a Western Australian advertising agency has won the prominent AdNews Agency of the Year (outside Melbourne and Sydney) award.
A Boston-based investment fund has emerged as a substantial shareholder in Clive Donner’s LinQ Resources Fund after spending close to $30 million on the company’s ordinary units late last month.
Western Australian wineries are staring down the barrel of another lower-than-average vintage, with a spell of hot weather hitting some Swan Valley crops hard.
Warren Mead’s plans to develop an Oyster Bar at the home of the Australian Stock Exchange have yet again been delayed as the veteran restaurateur tries to bed down the sale of his North Fremantle restaurant.
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Fans of Must Winebar will be able to indulge their enthusiasm for bubbly later this year, with the venue’s owners in the midst of developing an upstairs champagne lounge.
This year’s vintage is under way almost a fortnight ahead of schedule, and early indications from winemakers suggest that 2007 will be the year of great reds.
Several leading Perth property developers and builders are calling on the state government to contribute to the federal government’s First Home Owner Grant (FHOG) scheme.
Property developers are calling for significant stamp duty relief for first-home buyers as well as cuts to land tax, while other industry heavyweights push for concessions in areas such as payroll tax.
The state government is expected to launch a shared equity loan scheme within the next three weeks in a bid to make housing more affordable for Western Australians.
A former miner and a former winemaker have teamed up to take Western Australia’s iron ore to the world, but through retail outlets rather than mine sites.
Shares in Global Petroleum Ltd plunged more than 10 per cent today after failing to find hydrocarbons at its Pomboo-1 exploration well, which is part of a joint venture project with Woodside Energy (Kenya) Pty Ltd, Repsol Exploration and Dana Petroleum.
With an acclaimed science career spanning more than 30 years, Western Australia’s chief scientist, Lyn Beazley, could hardly be criticised for moving into a well paid government advisory job.
Employment lawyer Maria Saraceni says she would have made her parents proud if she had become a hairdresser, married young and produced plenty of grandchildren.
Whether they are a government minister or a laboratory scientist, women across WA are getting runs on the board. But there are added challenges as they juggle demanding careers with family responsibilities.
