Saskia Pickles

TWO of Western Australia’s longest-established youth organisations have undertaken a number of initiatives to update the broader public’s view of their roles and relevance.

Spare Parts Puppet Theatre has hit the sweet spot in live children’s entertainment, continuing to attract audiences and a wide range of funding.

ONE of Perth’s newest, and smallest, law firms is working with some of the world’s biggest companies, capitalising on a niche area in which few other businesses in the Asia Pacific region have expe

Perth based entities Primary Securities and GCM Advisory have launched Australia’s first Aboriginal investment fund, with an aim to provide 15 per cent returns and promote the growth of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander businesses.

Fremantle Dockers and West Coast Eagles fans will be heavily invested in the on-field action at the two preliminary finals in Perth tonight and tomorrow, but the operator of the ageing Domain stadium is counting on an even bigger bet coming off.

The City of Perth’s small but growing residential population is increasingly the target of those seeking council positions.

Top Western Australian publicly listed companies with fewer women on boards than the national average may get the boost they need following the launch of a new club.

Western Australia has experienced the nation’s highest rate of births, but the second biggest percentage fall in overseas migrants, taking the state’s total population to about 2,587,000.

Lisa Scaffidi has set out her plans for Perth at a Business News event as she campaigned for a third term as lord mayor, in a race against one of her own councillors, Reece Harley.

Under-pressure civil contractors have called on state and federal governments to take on further debt to finance more public infrastructure projects.

Western Australia’s fundraisers are becoming more sophisticated in their efforts to support charities, according to prominent industry leader Anne Smith.

Claims of excessive prices have uncovered a deeper frustration surrounding aspects of WA’s electricity market rules.

Three waste-to-energy projects have received environmental approval, while the state government has increased landfill levies.

WA’s natural wave resources have made it home to three energy companies that have taken a collegial approach to developing the new technology.

SPECIAL REPORT: Business News looks at what’s holding up and what’s contributing to electricity price reductions, reviews the players in WA’s wave energy and waste-to-energy industries and reports on allegations of market manipulation by a Synergy-owned business.

An Aboriginal organisation has become the first business in the Pilbara to go completely off-grid, finalising a deal to be reliant on solar power and batteries announced mid last-year.

THOSE driving the development of a new $428 million museum in Western Australia are hoping to engage with more than 1 million annual visitors to the new facility within its first few years.

WA’s arts sector is fighting uncertainty over changes to federal funding with a united approach.

Christian Simone’s small business often has people queuing for service, but despite the month-old cafe’s popularity, he hasn’t let a single patron inside.

WA is leading the charge in the growth of small business owners, and fresh research shows more women than men are out in front.

The Claremont Showgrounds and the Leeuwin Barracks in East Fremantle have been identified as potential places to house Syrian refugees.

The resource sector’s safety record has been brought into doubt after a contractor was crushed while working at a liquefied natural gas plant and hospitalised, but the incident was not recorded as a lost-time injury.

Leadership WA’s newest adviser has taken aim at what he called the state’s lack of bold decision making and absence of fresh ideas to challenge the status quo.

A Western Australian not-for-profit group has taken a collaborative approach to ensure a shortage of funding doesn’t jeopardise its work with indigenous children and remote communities.

The disability services industry is agitating for the state government to start early negotiations with the Commonwealth over the choice of disability services model for Western Australia, as fundi

The proposed developer of a 10-megawatt solar power station in South Fremantle has withdrawn from the project, citing issues with the market and the development site, which previously housed landfill.

Two former BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto engineers from the Wheatbelt officially launched a wave energy prototype in the Swan River today as part of a long-term plan to produce electricity at costs so low it will rival wind energy.

Leading players in Western Australia's disability services sector claim the National Disability Insurance Scheme has set unrealistic cost parameters that could force up to 40 per cent of local providers out of business.

A single worker en route to the Roy Hill mine site has been found to be in possession of cannabis, after police searching for illicit drugs visited a number of remote Pilbara worksites serviced by fly-in, fly-out workers.

A program aimed at educating and empowering young women in Geraldton is building on a unique partnership to diversify its funding base.

A local entrepreneur believes the state’s investor culture needs to change if the number of social enterprises is to grow.

Port Hedland investors and developers are proving to be resilient and opportunistic, but it remains to be seen how the Pilbara town will successfully diversify from its resources-reliant economy.