Marsha Jacobs

More expensive labour and materials contributed significantly to the rise in building costs during the past 12 months, according to a survey by accounting firm Bentleys MRI and the Master Builders Association.

A CLEAN-UP of the Leighton marshalling yards will begin next month ahead of the Leighton foreshore development.

PERTH’S long-dormant western foreshore seems poised to undergo development as the City of Perth and the Department of Planning and Infrastructure make preliminary moves to encourage development.

WHILE a cooling residential property sector may have made most of the headlines in recent months, the big news for market watchers has been in the commercial property sector.

THE enigmatic Len Buckeridge seems to be a man of contradictions – elusive yet controversial, intimidating yet at times socially awkward, and candid yet cagey.

Craftwest Centre for Contemporary Craft Inc (Craftwest) has undergone a rebranding after 30 years as a not-for-profit incorporated association.

Mirvac Fini will release its second apartment building at the Peninsula, Burswood, to the market on September 10.

The Subiaco Redevelopment Authority’s (SRA) support of social and economic diversity has found expression with the news that Edge Employment Solutions is to establish a new headquarters in Subi Centro.

Construction will get under way later this month on the $125 million transformation of the Midland Gate Shopping Centre.

The Women Lawyers of WA (Inc) celebrated a milestone this week – 100 years since Edyth Haynes’ application to practise law was denied. Marsha Jacobs reports on that decision and profiles some of the State’s top legal minds.

A determination to take nothing for granted and to move outside her ‘comfort zone’ has paid off for Anna Liscia, who co-founded Liscia and Tavelli Legal Consultants 11 years ago.

Although not an exhaustive list, the following women are noteworthy for their contributions to the State’s legal profession.  

Perth’s CBD has experienced the highest growth in demand for office space of any capital city since July 1995, according to the Property Council of Australia’s Office Market Report for July 1 2004.

Crown Prosecutor Patti Chong is an individual who rarely conforms or complies with others’ opinion of what she should be or how she should behave.

For many women in the legal profession a largely inflexible workplace and management structure has proved a barrier to a long-term career.

 1901: Western Australian women vote for the first time in State elections.

The Federal Government has announced its approval, support and provision of a $4 million capital grant for the development of a Sydney campus of the University of Notre Dame.

Armadale is gearing up for significant development more than a decade after the city was named as one of the Perth metropolitan region’s eight strategic regional centres.

A revised development of Port Kennedy has received Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan’s approval, 15 years after the plans were first released.

The Federal Government has decided to withdraw and revise its draft Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment Bill after intense industry and media criticism.

The National Bank is on the lookout for new headquarters in Perth, newly appointed general manager of business and financial services WA, Geoff Greer, has told WA Business Ne

The Gateway Project master plan released last week has established a 10 to 15-year time frame for development   of a 40-hectare site to the city’s east.

In good news for the tourism industry, the number of passengers travelling through Perth Airport in the 2003-04 financial year has surpassed pre-September 11 numbers.

The first stage of an $11 million refurbishment was recently completed at Broome’s Cable Beach Club Resort.

Industry players are concerned at the lack of progress in efforts to tighten controls over strata management.

Land developer Peet and Company has closed its initial public offering after applications exceeded the maximum share offer.