Cottesloe has been named Australia's priciest municipality with a median price tag of $2 million for detached houses while Wanneroo claimed the number one spot of most sales in WA for the 2009 financial year.
Western Areas has received final ministerial approval for its $36 million Spotted Quoll nickel mine in Forrestania, with Mining and Civil Australia due to start site work later this month.
State parliament has passed through a number of amendments that will give government stronger powers to obtain information from local councils when carrying out investigations.
Shares in Blina Diamonds have slumped after the West Perth-based company decided to stop all mining activities until economic conditions and diamond prices improve.
The state opposition has called into question claims the construction of a private port in Kwinana will start within 12 months, after it uncovered no progress had been made on key negotiations.
Perth-based Dourado Resources is vying to become the next Western Australian company to list on the local exchange, opening its initial public offer to raise up to $5 million.
Western Australia will be aiming for a hat-trick as 19 state finalists, including iron ore heiress Gina Rinehart and Challenger Tafe chief Liz Harris, are revealed in this year's Telstra Australian business women of the year.
Premier Colin Barnett says he will not take any legal action after a parliamentary committee cleared him of any wrong doing over the removal of a Peppermint Grove property from the state's heritage list.
Perth businessman Gordon Martin has challenged potential rivals for Great Southern assets to put forward detailed proposals as funding for the collapsed company's assets is about to run out.
Subiaco-based Allied Gold plans to make a friendly all-scrip takeover offer for Toronto-listed Australian Solomons Gold in a deal valued at about $60 million.
A local consulting company claims labour demand in WA could surge by as much as 40 per cent in 2012, quashing previous projections by an economic forecaster that engineering work will slump by 20 per cent.
THE growing emergence of underground coal gasification as a clean source of energy has been highlighted by recent deals in the sector, with directors positioned to reap the benefits.
The momentum in the state's oil and gas sector continued today with construction officially starting on Apache Energy's Devil Creek domestic gas plant near Karratha.
Low interest rates and a more generous government housing grant have failed to lift the rate of new home building, with housing starts in WA falling by a larger than forecast 18.1 per cent in 2008/09.
Perth-based energy specialist Enerji will investigate the potential use of its low-emission cogeneration technology in two of Babcock and Brown Power's power stations.
The state's housing market is forecast to grow at a slower rate in 2009/10 than previously projected, as building approvals show slow signs of life, a new report shows.
The Domenic Martino-chaired mining and engineering services company ORH has secured a $7.5 million equity and debt deal with Helmsman Funds Management.
The corporate regulator has agreed to settle a class action against Professional Investment Services relating to financial advice it gave to clients over the failed Westpoint Group.
Engineering construction activity in Western Australia is tipped to slump 20 per cent over the next two years, above that of a national 15 per cent decline, economic forecaster BIS Shrapnel says.
Australia's biggest single resource project has officially been given the go ahead by its joint venture partners, which have stated that the first phase of development will cost $43 billion.
Fortescue Metals Group has settled its third shipping dispute, today agreeing to pay an upfront $6.1 million to a Greek shipping company which had launched a $US130 million lawsuit against the iron ore miner last year.
Engineering company Forge Group has won several new contracts totalling $46 million, which include work on the Gorgon gas project and the federal government's Building the Education Revolution.
The property industry has hailed plans for expert panels to take responsibility for approving larger projects as the most important reform to the state's planning approvals process in many decades.
Western Areas chairman Terry Streeter and director David Cooper will appeal a Supreme Court decision that awarded nearly $65 million to unrelated company Western Areas Exploration.
Just days after controversy over the limited use of Australian steel on big resources projects, the federal government has announced a Steel Industry Innovation Council, though it has no Western Australian members.
Joondalup-based West Coast Tafe is the first of the Tafe colleges to rebrand itself after the government's decision last month to overhaul the state's training sector.
Chevron has secured three new offtake deals for its Gorgon gas project with Japanese and South Korean companies, which Prime Minister Kevin Rudd claims are valued at more than $70 billion.
BHP Billiton has given the go-ahead to a $US152 million ($A177 million) investment to enhance the processing of ore at its Mount Keith nickel operation in the eastern Goldfields.
