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State government strategies to tackle Western Australia's teacher shortage appear to be working with vacancy rates for the start of the 2008 school year around half of what they were at the same time last year.

An expected widening of the gap between official interest rates in Australia and the US could herald a period of instability for the Australian dollar.

Despite their confidence in the strength of the Western Australian economy, WA chief executives are seriously concerned about the impact of the current regulatory environment, bureaucracy and poor planning on the state's future economic growth.

Inflation rise to force RBA's hand; Margin calls triggers Allco sell-off; ERG on ropes as NSW kills ticket deal, to sue for $95m; Nexus-Anzon deal spoils Streiberg merger plan; Murchison extends Midwest bid

The development of the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson as a major hub for Western Australian industry took a step forward last week when construction got under way on the local component of a $60 million floating dock.

A set of draft model rules for clubs and associations is the latest outcome of the state government’s associations legislation review, yet a number of groups remain critical of the proposed changes.

We can be sure that Western Australia’s increasingly desperate Liberals had an exhilarating new year’s eve, the first time they have had anything to celebrate since the dark days of December 2000, when Richard Court’s impending defeat cast a pall over the

I WOULD like to respond to the article ‘The Pathway to Commercialisation’ in WA Business News, January 17 edition, and particularly to highlight the key initiatives undertaken by the state government,

FREMANTLE harbour provides a fascinating insight into infrastructure planning. Like many harbours, its location is an accident of geography and history.