Mark Pownall

Was Peter Costello serious when he suggested reportedly he had no responsibility to investigate the background of Reserve Bank of Australia board candidate, Robert Gerard?

Perth is one step closer to getting a 45 megawatt eco-friendly power station after Perpetual’s Diversified Infrastructure Fund committed to the major equity stake in the proposed $100 million Neerabup plant.

Two of Western Australia's most successful stock brokers - Brad Shallard and Romano Sala Tenna - have taken their partnership a step further, launching their own listed investment company.

Perth will get a 45MW eco-friendly power station after Perpetual's Diversified Infrastructure Fund committed to the major equity stake in the proposed $100 million Neerabup plant.

A report by Western Australia's Economic Regulation Authority has recommended the Water Corporation should drastically curtail price increases proposed for the next two years.

Shares in Deep Yellow Ltd commenced trading this morning, further adding to confusion surrounding the company which yesterday afternoon told its shareholders they may have to wait two months before the suspension was lifted.

Sydney-based property company GDI Group Ltd has paid $22 million for 12 St Georges Terrace, a 12,000 square metre office block which is home to the Chamber for Minerals and Energy.

Michael Chaney is making sure that he remains busy after quitting as Wesfarmers Ltd chief earlier this year - with key new roles planned at Woodside Petroleum Ltd and UWA.

They're back. Bankrupt John Webb and his long-time associate, Greg Millar, have launched a new publishing venture despite their troubled past in the media and events industry.

Has anyone noticed that the iron ore industry is morphing into something resembling gold?

Over the years I have heard many stories of inequity when it comes to the handling of disputed mining claims.

WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd CEO Ian Law is to join the Packer empire in a role with ACP Magazines, leaving Perth in May after a financially successful four years at the helm of the state’s biggest media company.

Cazaly Resources Ltd has made a stunning return to trading, leaping to $2.40 a share after a four-day halt was lifted before settling back to $1.76.

WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd outgoing CEO Ian Law has sought to quell investor concerns that he was departing at a sensitive time for the dominant Western Australian media player.

Western Australia's Environmental Protection Authority has given the green light to Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd's proposal to upgrade its refinery production by about 35 per cent to 4.4 million tonnes per annum.

Ric Stowe's Griffin Group has sold its Instant Access scaffolding subsidiary to South African-owned private equity group RMB Ventures and its senior management team for $40 million.

Fremantle-based Sea Corporation Pty Ltd was has won a state government contract to supply shipping services to regional ports in the North West, replacing national firm Patrick Corporation.

WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd CEO Ian Law is to join the Packer empire in a role with ACP Magazines, leaving Perth in May after a financially successful four years at the helm of the state's biggest media company.

The "prospector" behind a mystery company named in legal action between Cazaly Resources Ltd joint managing director Nathan MacMahon and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd says has nothing to do with the disputed Shovelanna iron ore tenement.

Heron Resources and Echelon Resources have pulled the pin on their plan to merge the two companies' iron ore assets to form a new explorer and emerging producer.

Environmental Solutions International Ltd’s long struggle to make its Enersludge waste treatment technology a commercial success may well be left to Victorian investors, who are set to take control of the intellectual property with a $2.4 million recapita

I had an interesting experience the other day when I found myself in a room of people who were bitterly opposed to John Howard’s proposed industrial relations changes.

Western Australian tycoon Stan Perron’s private investment empire has capitalised on the surging property and equities markets to record a bumper 2004-05 financial year net profit of almost $90 million, up 50 per cent for the period.

Woodchip exports from Western Australia have jumped significantly as blue gum plantation harvesting begins in earnest, providing more material now than native timber did at its peak.

One of the hardest things about being a pioneer is, quite often, you are ahead of the market.

Western Power has been named as a member of a national consortium of energy utilities looking to use their electrical power grids to deliver internet services.

StateWest Credit Society members have voted in favour of demutualisating their institution, paving the way for the proposed merger with listed suitor Home Building Scoiety Ltd.

Western Australia had the strongest car sales of any state in October, lifting more than 11 per cent according to trend estimates released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Cape Lambert Iron Ore has gone back to the drawing board with its fund raising plan, seeking to launch a new prospectus after its prospective UK investors failed to subscribe to the previous offer.

Western Australian tycoon Stan Perron's private investment empire has capitalised on the surging property and equities markets to record a bumper 2004-05 financial year net profit of almost $90 million, up 50 per cent for the period.

In a shake up of newly listed scrap metal recycler CMA Corporation, Peter Hatfull has become managing director, vacating the chairman's role for Alan Good.

Diversified financial services and mining contractor Financial Resources Ltd is to take a 75 per cent stake in national commercial leasing and lending business Quik Rent.