Mark Pownall

When we think of battles between industry and residents we often think of static sites.

The starter’s gun has been fired for reinvestment in university education as our leaner and hungrier tertiary institutions prepare for the new federal landscape.

Radical plans for a thriving mini-CBD at Bentley have been revealed by the state government.

Distribution is the Achilles heel of WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd as identified by its biggest shareholder, Seven Network Ltd, which has sought to spill the publisher’s board.

Across the Mitchell Freeway from City of Stirling offices, the new Ikea store stands like a monolith.

The need for industrial expansion to capitalise on the resources boom is causing conflict with residential land needs. Mark Pownall reports.

Media magnate Kerry Stokes stepped up his attack on WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd today, telling nearly 1,200 Western Australian business people that the publisher had lost focus to its customers.

The collapse of stockbroker Opes Prime has ensnared shareholders in at least seven WA resources companies, including high profile mining identity Nathan MacMahon and the biggest stakeholder in Gindalbie Metals Ltd.

Explorer and aspiring potash producer Reward Minerals Ltd has reached what is being touted as a ground-breaking native title deal to potentially give the Central Western Desert's Martu people more than 10 per cent of the company.

Could a big outback utility be created by the merger of Horizon Power with the regional operations of the giant Water Corporation?

You don’t have to be born here to be accepted.

Beaumonde Homes has lost a battle.

Listed property companies in economic slow point.

Seven Network Ltd has denied it was involved in heavy buying of WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd shares last week which resulted in a small spike in the publisher's share price.

The Seven Network Ltd has drawn in some of the big names in local advertising - such as property developer Nigel Satterley and car dealer Brian Gardner - to help deflect conflict concerns its bid for board seats at WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd.

HBOS, the parent of Western Australia's biggest retail bank operator BankWest, was forced to deny it is in financial difficulty after rumour-fuelled selling hit the UK banking giant in trading overnight.

From the satellite imagery it looks almost as big as the town it takes its name from, but the proponents of the 264 hectare Margaret River Estate insist the development will be in keeping with the area.

The imminent restructuring of Western Australia’s government superannuation administrator has barely rated a ripple in the financial circles as the state prepares to let loose a giant new local player.

The impending mutualisation of GESB, the Government Employees Superannuation Board, has allowed me to dig into a few areas that I haven’t touched before.

A two-speed economy may be starting to emerge in Western Australia.

1.FLASH THOSE AMBERS At WA Business News, we are very conscious of safety issues, but there has to be a point where enough is enough.

The directors of WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd have highlighted Seven Network Ltd's riskier investment profile, as they have sought to repel the rival media company's boardroom moves.

Business partners Dean Scook and Carol Hardie were today acquitted in Western Australia's District Court on charges stemming from $1 million in payments made by the now collapsed MIS company Southern Wine Corp Ltd.

As world markets sweat over credit issues, oil major Chevron’s announcement of plans for another multi-billion dollar gas project further underline Western Australia’s perceived inoculation from the worst of these global symptoms.

A couple of weeks ago, a leading Perth business person rang me with some views on the WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd stoush between the existing board and Kerry Stokes’ Seven Network Ltd.

The merger of St Georges Terrace-based design agency Blake Thornton-Smith with national player Geyer is as much about the emergence of Perth’s economy as it is about office interiors.

Despite having about 250 years of business experience in Western Australia between them, five of the state’s greatest entrepreneurs agree there has never been a time like this, though their opinions differ on where new opportunities may lie.

Just how a small consultancy in Perth ends up providing marketing advice to Microsoft in Seattle is difficult to explain. It’s one of those quirks of the modern world that allows an entrepreneur to set up on St Georges Terrace and service the globe.

Five new names have emerged in the contest for four directorships of WA Newspapers Holdings in the wake of Seven Network Ltd's move to spill the board, pushing the field to 11.

The board of WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd is weighing up its defensive strategies as several new names are understood to have emerged for board positions, with nominations set to close at 5pm today.

Positive results indicating that coal from Collie is suitable for gasification have prompted renewed efforts to push for major development in state’s South West.

There are times when I appreciate having been around a bit longer than your average Western Australian business journalist, and the Palandri story that erupted last week is one of those occasions