Two years after the Skills Formation Taskforce released its findings on training in Western Australia, the State Training Board has put forward a plan to strengthen its training advisory bodies through a restructure and increased funding.
While many think the government of Kevin Rudd won a mandate for a change in industrial relations following its recent election win, there’s a good chance that very little will alter any time soon.
The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI) with the support of the WA Government’s Department of Industry and Resources.
Developers looking to build eco-friendly commercial offices may soon receive an incentive in the form of a plot ratio bonus, with the City of Perth set to draft an amendment to its planning laws.
Given the strength of energy markets generally – with the price of crude oil almost doubling in the past 12 months and quadrupling over the past four years – it is remarkable and somewhat counterintuitive to note how poorly many oil and gas producers have
The state’s peak business lobby group has called for more than $500 million in tax cuts as part of reforms it says are needed after releasing research that shows Western Australia has the highest per capita tax take.
A trip to Las Vegas by one of its directors in 1998 was the catalyst for Malaga-based Tieline Technology’s growth from a technology and service supplier to becoming the manufacturer of broadcast audio products.
A joint venture between the state government and Artsupport Australia is one of two initiatives offering extra philanthropic support for arts organisations in Western Australia.
More than 20 Western Australian companies involved in the mining and mineral services sectors will be participating in one of the world’s largest mining conferences this week.
PROPERTY developer Ascot Capital, Clive Palmer’s mining group, Mineralogy, and conglomerate Wesfarmers were the biggest donors to political parties in Western Australia in 2006-07, data released by th
The federal government will save $642 million over four years by scrapping many of the Howard government's last-minute announcements, finance minister Lindsay Tanner says.
The Federal Court in Perth has imposed penalties totalling $125,000 on a number of educational services agents for fixing the price of placement services provided to students of Korean origin.
Funds management group Ray White Invest and private property developer Blair Group have acquired the Currambine Marketplace from Woolworths Ltd for more than $50 million with plans to expand the property.
New figures compiled by the Retail Traders' Association of Western Australia show shoppers across the state spent a record $2.75 billion last December.
Premier Alan Carpenter and his cabinet are heading to Albany to meet members of the community, local governments and business representatives on Tuesday, March 4 and Wednesday, March 5.
