Tim Fettis

SCULPTURE by the Sea has opened for its ninth year at Cottesloe Beach this week, and for the first time visitors will be asked to donate a gold coin to keep the free event viable.

Accounting firm Walker Wayland WA has signed a heads of agreement with fellow practice Attalus which will lead to a merger of the two firms.

Education services provider, Navitas has reported 19 per cent growth in full time student enrolment in the company’s northern hemisphere colleges.

Copper producer, Aditya Birla Minerals has halted operations at its Birla Mt Gordon site blaming poor production performance, uncertain economic conditions and a weaker copper price for the decisio

LNG is tipped to lead growth in Australian mineral fuels and base metals exports as Asian demand shifts.

MINERAL Resources has become the 11th Western Australian company to join the S&P/ASX 100 on the back of substantial growth in the second half of 2012.

Regional airline Skywest has reported a half-year loss of $S2.2 million ($A1.7 million) as the company prepares for a shareholder meeting to vote on the $A98 million takeover proposal from fellow o

Construction company Diploma Group has reported a net profit of just $73,000 for the half year to December 2012 as it seeks to recover from substantial losses in its development business last finan

RECRUITMENT and training companies are moving to take advantage of the skills shortage in the oil and gas sector, with a new training scheme from local company Navitas and the establishment of a Pe

WASTE industry entrepreneur Peter Jenkins has pledged $180,000 to fund a new scholarship program at Murdoch University for students from the Kwinana area.

Perth shoppers may finally have the freedom of those in other capital cities, with a Sunday trading bill introduced to state parliament today.

Australian oil and gas salaries are the highest in the world according to a survey compiled by Hays Oil and Gas and Oil and Gas Job Search.

ESSLEMONT Building and Civil is among seven different Western Australian companies to be awarded state government tenders this month.

The state government has finalised four new land development committees to advise on major redevelopment schemes across Perth, opting for familiar faces from the redevelopment agencies it abolished

LOCAL innovators have collected nearly $245,000 in funding from the state government’s innovation vouchers program.

Western Australia’s population is forecast to grow to 3,061,000 by 2026, according to the latest population projections released by the state government.

The Environmental Protection Agency has given conditional approval to the Cape Riche desalination plant, proposed by Grange Resources.

Local businesses have collected nearly $245,000 in funding from the Western Australian government’s innovation vouchers program.

Service and logistics companies looking to muscle in on Western Australia’s multi-billion dollar oil and gas sector are driving strong demand for industrial space in Perth.

The Real Estate Institute of Western Australia has appointed Neville Pozzi as incoming chief executive.

Five small and mid-cap miners including Papillon Resources, Coalspur and Condoto Platinum have raised a total of $39 million in new capital to support operations that stretch from West Africa to Ca

Coretrack is planning to wind down its Globe Drill business after disclosing a legal dispute over its license agreement and poor performance of its GT3000 drill rig.

Tenix and a joint venture partnership between Theiss and Black & Veatch have been shortlisted for the South Hedland and Karratha wastewater works contract.

More than 25 per cent of all construction in Australia is occurring in Western Australia, where almost $90 billion worth of mining, energy and infrastructure projects are currently underway.

NEW state opposition leader Mark McGowan has injected new blood into a revamped shadow cabinet, vowing to take the fight up to the Barnett government over the rising cost of living and the economy.