WA property developers may soon be required to pay local governments a set amount of money towards community infrastructure, under a policy to be introduced by the state government.
A RAPID decline in North Sea oil field reserves has prompted at least 70 British and Norwegian companies to establish operations in Western Australia during the past decade.
AFTER 33 years in the steel industry and having grown the family business into one of the state’s biggest names in steel retailing, former Midalia Steel managing director Geoff Midalia has taken a completely different tack with his newest business venture
THE Perth operations office of telecommunications provider SOUL Communications, formerly B Digital, is understood to be closing down its local call centre following its parent’s merger with a company that has offshore customer support operations.
LAST year, State Scene had the pleasure of meeting New Zealand’s former National Party leader, Don Brash, in Blenheim, at the heart of Cloudy Bay wine country.
LAST week’s state budget was exactly what you’d expect from a pre-election government in a very strong electoral position, picking a few winners and hoping to make positive headlines.
THE South West continues to dominate tourism development activity in Western Australia, with 32 accommodation projects in the planning stage and 24 currently in the construction phase.
FROM the outside, John Atkins’ decision to quit his five-year leadership role at law firm Freehills to join a bank appears a significant change in trajectory.
COMMERCIAL air travel within Western Australia is expected to contribute 804,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere this year, or enough to fill 9,906 six-metre sea containers, according to a new study.
FROM humble beginnings in a small shed in 1994, Bunburybased engineering and construction firm SWG Holdings has grown to become one of the state’s key players in the industry.
BURSWOOD-BASED technology firm NGIS Australia believes a commitment to innovation has driven its success and cemented its position as a market leader in the spatial industry.
IT’S an exclusive industry reserved for the super-rich, and Western Australia is right in the thick of the action as a supplier of some of the world’s best super-yachts.
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IT may sound incongruous, but a major shortage of sand in coastal towns of the South West region has the potential to curb residential development and force the cost of building even higher.
BRIEFCASE, having recently returned from a visit to the land of the free, has identified the source of a possible new financial scandal in the US, which holds the potential to rock the market in the s
AS more and more cranes appear on the city skyline in response to the boom engulfing the state, it’s not the largest amount of cranes to occupy the CBD area, according to the Master Builders Association of Western Australia.
WESTERN Australia provides a number of attractive opportunies for those hosting corporate events, including the hospitable and relaxed cities of Perth and Fremantle, and the popular regional destinations of Margaret River and Broome.
