Saskia Pickles

An international panel is looking at ways to reduce dangerous wave surges in Geraldton Port, which reduce annual productivity by 10 to 15 per cent.

Fewer offshore oil and gas wells are being drilled and their total cost has increased five-fold in the last decade, a new report has found.

In its last move before being disbanded, a research centre has used vital funding from an unexpected source to potentially secure a new future for Western Australia’s mallee industry.

A dozen of Australia’s top scientists recently faced off in national competition to determine the effectiveness of their ‘elevator pitches’ for commercial support.

Regional Development Minister Terry Redman has sought to soften the blow of a reduction in Royalties for Regions funding by promising a more a strategic approach to spending and greater investment in the southern regions.

The construction of Gina Rinehart’s $10 billion Roy Hill iron ore project is almost 40 per cent completed, with first exports due to occur next year.

Alliance Aviation Services has won a contract to supply charter flights for BHP Billiton Iron Ore's fly-in fly-out workers, bumping rival operator Cobham Aviation.

Former Perth company director David Alan Zohar has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for providing false and misleading information to the Australian Securities Exchange.

St George Mining has completed an oversubscribed capital raising of $1.2 million.

Aluminium producer Alcoa of Australia, miner BHP Billiton and national broadcaster ABC have been named the top places to work in Western Australia, according to a survey by recruitment specialist R

Recruiters are dealing with a flat market by capitalising on stronger demand for contract hires and a growing metropolitan construction sector.

The future of BP's Kwinana refinery lies in improving productivity as the Australian fuel market undergoes significant disruptions.

A six-storey apartment complex in South Hedland is on track to be built within eight days, 20 per cent faster than originally estimated by modular builders Hickory Group.

Business directors’ confidence in the Coalition has fallen dramatically as the Abbott government’s first budget looms, according to a new survey.

Decmil Group has won a $35 million contract at Rio Tinto’s West Angelas iron ore project to build infrastructure related to developing the Deposit B ore body.

As Business News' Rising Stars search draws to a close, the founder of a contracting company that expanded through the GFC, but had a “disastrous” last financial year and more recently lost $1 million through its dealings with Forge Group, is pursuing growth again with a new strategy.

Western Australia’s travel agents are set to be released from extra regulatory burdens, levelling the playing field between them and competing international agencies.

The Barnett government has moved to defer future payments to providers of reserve electricity in a key first move of its review of the state’s electricity market.

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has described how the national carrier’s $2 billion cost cutting program seeks to strike a balance with its premium airline image and capabilities.

Two recruitment agencies with businesses in Western Australia have joined forces to provide more flexible hiring arrangements of mining tradesmen and a range of executive professionals.

SPECIAL REPORT: The $10.6 billion Royalties for Region scheme has come under attack from the ERA, but Paul Rosair says the program is worth more than its cost and expenditure.

SPECIAL REPORT: The Economic Regulation Authority has dismissed calls from several industry bodies for the creation of an independent infrastructure advisory body, saying it is an added cost unlikely to contribute much.

McAleese Resources has announced it will double its road haulage for Atlas Iron's Mt Webber mine.

The Property Council of Australia is set to release a report that calculates the true cost of poor planning and delayed infrastructure.

The federal government has announced it will spend an extra $1 billion on its Emissions Reduction Fund to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but has failed to reveal what penalties will apply to companies that don’t comply.

More small-to-medium Western Australian business owners are delaying plans to sell as market conditions convince them to hang in longer in the hope they can increase revenue.

More than 10,000 heavy vehicles could be running on liquefied natural gas in Australia by 2020, according to global management consultancy firm Accenture, which is working to facilitate the uptake, especially at Western Australian mines.

The state government has secured private funding to build own and operate a 150 megawatt power station in South Hedland which will incorporate infrastructure from a smaller power station that collapsed engineering company Forge Group was building.

Independent bookshops are responding to changes in demand through fewer, but better stores and smarter selling strategies.

Hours after announcing it had secured $US6.47 billion ($6.89 billion) in equity funding to construct a long-heralded port and rail network at Oakajee, junior explorer Padbury Mining has put its shares in a second trading halt in anticipation of revealing the identity of the investors.

Gas industry leaders lined up today to call for more supportive government policies on workplace relations, taxation and skilled migration, saying these changes were crucial if the sector was to maximise growth opportunities.

Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has been taken to court by the corporate watchdog for failing to lodge financial reports on time.