Mark Beyer

One day after abandoning planned industrial relations reforms, premier Colin Barnett today explained his decision, saying he had no desire for Work Choices-style reforms.

The state government has decided to write off a $440 million investment in its Office of Shared Services, announcing today that it is abandoning the plan to centralise finance, payroll and procurement functions in one agency.

IF you have an established business with a good track record of sales and profit, how much can you expect from a sale?

As each week passes, the federal government’s incompetence over live cattle exports gets more and more staggering.

This year’s survey of mergers and acquisitions activity in WA reveals a new ranking among corporate advisory firms in Perth.

A mining industry leader in Perth this week highlighted the key issues facing the sector, and by extension WA.

WESTERN Australia needs more people, and needs a vision to support its long-term growth and economic diversification.

CUTS to payroll tax and stamp duty sit at the top of the business sector’s tax reform agenda for Western Australia.

WHEN a group of industry leaders gathered at WA Business News this month to discuss the cost of doing business, they raised plenty of worrying issues, but also found one good news story in a most unlikely place.

The ownership of two of Western Australia's major gas infrastructure assets looks set to change hands, with Canada's ATCO Group and ASX-listed investment company DUET Group closing on a deal.

State treasurer Christian Porter showed today that the dull science of economics can be a lot of fun, by employing a surprisingly in-depth knowledge of the Jackson 5 to illustrate WA's place in the national economy.

Privately owned contracting group Tenix has made a big push into the Western Australian resources sector, winning a $174 million contract on Rio Tinto’s Argyle diamond mine development.

Listed company AnaeCo has resolved to focus on the commercialisation of its waste treatment technology, following the resignation of its founder Tom Rudas.

Engineering and contracting group Emerson Stewart has announced plans to purchase privately-owned Ocean to Outback Contracting (OTOC) in a deal that will shift control of its share register.

Western Australia’s transport supremo believes Perth has no choice but to embrace greater use of public transport as the city expands.

WESTERN Australia has the worst track record of any state for diverting waste from landfills, new data shows.

WA has been shaped by 120 years of boom-bust history, and that mindset still prevails, in damaging ways.

RECENTLY completed office tower one40william has become the first new central city development in Perth to win the architecture profession’s top prize in more than a decade.

A START-UP Perth business has unveiled an innovative plan to enter the data centre market, in which heavyweight IT and telecommunications players like Fujitsu and Leighton have recently made multi-million dollar investments.

PRIVATELY owned contracting group Tenix has made a big push into the Western Australian resources sector, winning a $174 million contract on Rio Tinto’s Argyle diamond mine development.

KERRY Hill Architects has grown in recent years to have a substantial practice in Fremantle, but it would not have been that way if the firm had not won the design competition for the State Theatre Centre.

COMMUTERS and shoppers passing through the Perth Cultural Centre in Northbridge have seen big changes over the past year, and they are a pointer to even larger changes afoot.

Last night's Vinnies' CEO Sleepout saw 107 chief executives sleeping rough in the name of charity, and none did it tougher than Mermaid Marine boss Jeff Weber.

Murdoch University’s incoming vice-chancellor, Richard Higgott, is hoping to transplant the ‘Warwick gene’ to his new workplace.

PAST winners of the Rising Stars award could never be accused of standing still.

WA Business News’ annual Rising Stars awards highlight the entrepreneurial flair in the state’s business community.

PRIVATE equity group Archer Capital has emerged rapidly this year to become one of the largest investors in Western Australia, following its purchase of the company behind the Chicken Treat and Red Rooster fast food chains.

The winners of the 2011 Rising Stars awards illustrate the diversity and enormous opportunity for private businesses in WA.

West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says it is "happy days" for the Pilbara town of Onslow after environmental approval was given to Chevron Australia's Wheatstone $25 billion gas plant.

Fortescue Metals Group is likely to back a constitutional challenge to the federal government's minerals resource rent tax, its chief executive Andrew Forrest said today.

The iron ore sector illustrates the profound impact technology and innovation can have on ‘old’ industries.

The high Australian dollar is generally considered bad news for business, but some of the recent evidence suggests it is not that simple.