Kym Fuhrmann

THE term ‘perfect storm is used to describe an event where a rare combination of circumstances combine to drastically aggravate a situation.

Woodside Petroleum has deferred a final decision on expansion of its Pluto gas project, but the company's chief executive Don Voelte has still talked up its development record, saying it was five years ahead of industry rival Chevron.

Paceway Mitsubishi in Osborne Park has been fined $30,000 in the Perth Magistrates Court after a car detailer was seriously injured when he was hit by a car driven by an unlicensed apprentice.

Woodside and Chevron have announced further gas discoveries in their Western Australian projects.

The peak body for the state's mining and petroleum sector has called on the federal parties to support policies that secure the long-term international competitiveness of the industry.

JOB prospects for University of Western Australia graduates held firm during the global financial crisis, but it wasn’t as easy for graduates from the state’s other universities to find employment, according to the latest edition of The Good Universities

CBH Group expects to announce its preferred governance model at a shareholders meeting next month after a resolution to change its structure was quashed.

The peak bodies representing the state's building and property industry have welcomed the passing through state parliament of legislation to reform the planning approvals process.

Premier Colin Barnett's top bureaucrat Peter Conran will chair a steering committee including Richard Muirhead, Mark Barnaba, Sue Ash and Lisa Scaffidi in the lead up to the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Perth in October 2011.