The State Government has appointed marine biologist Phil Chalmer to the board of the Esperance Port Authority, bringing additional environmental experience to the board.
Chemicals tycoon attacks short-term mindset; Wheat not main game for AWB; Power prices spark fears for Alcoa plan; ANZ director defends consultancy payments to Visy whistleblower; Olea sells off olive assets in $18m deal.
Welshpool-based sustainable water and power company Solco Ltd has appointed Alex Lamond as CEO and two new directors, including former federal minister Ian Campbell.
South Perth-based agricultural investment company the ARK Fund Ltd will retire debt owed to the National Australia Bank through a $20.4 million placement, the company has announced.
The State Government has named Alcock Brown Neaves Group subsidiary Hale Investments Pty Ltd and a Cedar Woods/St Ives consortium as preferred partners for residential developments at the Kwinana Education Complex and Carine TAFE campus.
Western Australia’s four public universities have joined a national scholarship program to combat declining enrolment figures and an industry shortage of professionals in the information and communications technology field.
Businesses in regional Western Australia are facing skills shortages like their counterparts in Perth yet not all sectors are being affected, according to a recent study by the University of Western Australia’s Institute for Regional Development.
Murdoch University is finalising plans for a new multi-million dollar biotechnology precinct that will open up its campus to industry and government tenants, and provide access to the proposed Fiona Stanley hospital.
Last week I outlined where I thought John Howard went wrong 18 months ago, and why I think it has put him in a losing position now.It was all about the industrial relations laws, which were badly intr
Two Western Australian chief executives stand out in our fifth annual salary survey, which also found a big increase in the number of million-dollar packages.
There was a big increase in the number of companies paying very large cash bonuses last financial year, and at first glance its hard to reconcile some of the increased payments with company performance.
The going rate for a non-executive chairman of a mid-sized listed Western Australian company sits between $120,000 and $170,000, judging by the data compiled by WA Business News.
Developing a minerals project in Laos has been fairly straightforward for Subiaco-based exploration company, Rox Resources Ltd, despite a recent hurdle in the form of a Laotian government moratorium on foreign investment licences.
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
Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi has called for the introduction of a new retail investment scheme next year, with retailers in a defined ‘business investment district’ of Perth city to be charged a compulsory levy for promotional events and advertising cam
BHP Billiton’s proposed $400 billion merger with Rio Tinto is being hailed as the biggest game in the resources world, but there is a bigger force at work, and it has the potential to permanently chan
Western Australia’s economic growth continues to lead the nation, with the state’s gross state product for 2006-07 up 6.3 per cent and almost double the national growth.
