Rising feedstock prices and a lack of government support are threatening to derail the Western Australian biofuels industry, with the state’s biggest biodiesel player suspending production at its two facilities.
Internet service providers across Australia are upping the stakes in their competition for market share, as the industry awaits the outcome of the federal election and release of national broadband policy.
State Environment Minister David Templeman has set tongues wagging after he effectively vetoed one of the final decisions handed down by acting Environmental Protection Authority chairman Barry Carbon.
A new centre for nanochemistry research linking Curtin University, the University of Western Australia and Murdoch University has been launched, four years after the concept was proposed.
Indonesia should be firmly in the sights of Western Australia’s mining industry, with the country’s economic growth rate approaching those of China and India, according to Austrade senior trade commissioner, Rod Morehouse.
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
Western Australia’s building and construction industry has raised concerns for the viability of some projects if a federal Labor government abolishes the Australian Building and Construction Commission, a recent survey by the Master Builders Association o
A planning review of the state government’s Metropolitan Centres Policy could lead to changes in the way shopping centre growth is managed from next year.
Since drifting into the beauty industry in her late teens, Le Beau Skin and Body Management founder Karen Skewes has been a trailblazer in the local day spa industry.
Western Australia’s not-for-profit housing providers are about to benefit from a major policy shift by the state government in relation to public housing.
As Liberal parliamentarians and power brokers assess the polls, which all point to electoral demise and thus “wall-to-wall” Labor governments for the first time ever, some have begun to suspect that November 24 will bring utter devastation.
PERTH-BASED engineering firm, GRD Minproc Ltd, has won the premier’s award for excellence at this year’s WA Industry and Export Awards, held last week.
The State Government has allocated $15.6 million for non-government organisations to undertake a range of health promotion campaigns over the next three years, Health Minister Jim McGinty has announced.
The share price of West Perth-based Anvil Mining Ltd closed down 11.3 per cent as a review by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo into the nation's 61 mining contracts is due to be handed to the country's mines minister today.
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy has appointed Reg Howard-Smith as chief executive, replacing Tim Shanahan, who now serves as director of the University of Western Australia's Energy and Minerals Initiative.
Anvil may loose mine in Congo overhaul; PetroChina hits the boards at $US1 trillion; Coventry chief grilled over long delays, cost blowouts; Nufarm's $3 billion Chem China deal makes it a global pesticide leader; $9bn loss: Prince leaves Citi a pauper.
