Mark Pownall

ANOTHER piece of the northern corridor property puzzle has been put in place with the launch of a 180-hectare development on land owned by seven Perth metropolitan councils.

WHO needs the Swan River foreshore development, a major sports stadium or the deregulation of trading hours?

Australian businesses don’t need government to protect them.

Lyndon Rowe believes the approach to IR in the public sector is one of the big problems facing the state education system.

South African engineering player Murray & Roberts has quantified the financial hit it has taken from the Gorgon LNG project, revealing more than $77 million in costs to complete a marine projec

THE state government’s plan to shift a significant amount of Fremantle port traffic off the city’s roads looks more like an uphill battle with the release of new figures from the Department of Tran

Rosco McGlashan epitomises innovating with what you have.

DEVELOPERS along the Scarborough beachfront received a bit of good news last week when the City of Stirling gave the green light to a $53 million revamp of the precinct.

KARL Paganin reckons the best thing he did after parting ways with Euroz a year ago was to avoid rushing back into the market.

THERE is no doubt that, when it comes to global players seeking a position in Perth, the lawyers have grabbed the headlines.

The scramble by many professional services firms to set themselves up in Perth is highlighting the value of key individuals.

PRIVATE marine operator MG Kailis has joined forces with Singaporean offshore services provider Ezion Holdings to develop a supply base near Exmouth.

In days gone by when you wanted to claim a bit of distant land, you beached a rowboat and planted your flag. In these more sophisticated times, though, you hold a board meeting – at least that’s what Fortescue Metals Group is planning.

Veteran mining identity George Jones was last night awarded the 2011 Gold Medal Award for Western Australia by the Australian Institute of Company Directors, recognising his role as a corporate lea

Government intervention in markets leads all kinds of unwelcome outcomes.

A MOVE by 15 partners from what was the local office of Minter Ellison to start the Australia arm of US-based Squire Sanders & Dempsey marks another major shift in Western Australia’s commercia

WHEN there was a crisis in ports in Queensland and NSW the result was obvious to all, according to Transport Minister Troy Buswell.

One of the overseers of Port Hedland’s massive but politically sensitive expansion, port authority chairman Ian Williams, has stepped down, making him the third key person to leave a top job at the

Frantic efforts by all manner of investment banks to stake their claim on the Perth market is prompting movement across the sector – with the latest big local name to move being Adrian Arundell who

Will motorists be the next sector up in arms about rising costs?

AFTER years of dabbling with its own online real estate offers, The West Australian newspaper has reached an agreement with the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia to use its popular search

THREE years ago, Xenolith Resources was bumping along the bottom of the performance tables, with shares rarely worth more than a few cents even before the chaos of the GFC.

THE state’s mining industry, which dominates the TSR performance charts, might complain about recent tax issues distorting the market, but there is one non-resources Western Australian company that

MOBILE phone entrepreneur Zhenya Tsvetnenko has made his first significant foray into the Australian listed company scene, taking a small but public stake in SmartTrans Holdings.

Australia’s superannuation sector needs to start practising what it preaches.

Sally Carbon’s looking to bring the same determination that defined her sporting career to the boardroom.

THE threat of store closures at major chain operator Premier Retail has underscored the difficult trading conditions for the sector, with Western Australia’s resources industry failing to provide t

THE forthcoming profit reporting season is expected to give observers of the massive Gorgon LNG project their first full-year glimpse of its impact on the contracting sector as the development ramp

JUST two weeks after releasing its public transport network plan for the next 20 years, the state’s Department of Transport is seeking tenders to develop the concept design for a light rail network

PROPERTY developer Port Bouvard has been granted a licence to supply water and treat sewage on its landmark Point Grey development on the banks of the Peel Inlet.

A $US2.3 billion contract awarded by Chevron has been lauded as a significant contribution to local content; but the deal, the biggest single agreement for the Gorgon project so far, is unlikely to temper the fierce debate about the amount of work taking

The way our public transport network is run is unsustainable.