Special Reports

The local retail market is emerging from the economic downturn in good shape.

THE world’s premier destinations are battling to secure world-class events that deliver valuable tourism outcomes, with a focus on the growing number of lucrative business events and the associated contingents of high-yield visitors.

The tourism industry wants the state government to take notice of its contribution to WA and deliver more appropriate support.

OVERCOMING challenges relating to infrastructure investment and development is a top priority for the state’s accommodation providers.

A COMPLETELY rewritten Rottnest Island Authority Act is long overdue, according to the state's tourism industry.

MAIN Street in Osborne Park is a real place with a range of small businesses servicing Western Australian consumers and enterprises.

AFTER a brief respite, employers can expect to face severe labour shortages again as economic growth quickly soaks up whatever genuine unemployment there is.

What are the key issues for the WA economy over the next 12 months?

THEY may be accidents of history, geography and geology, but Western Australia's long-term economic future is all the more rosy because of its tremendous resources, located near the most important growth markets in the world.

Twelve months is clearly a long time in an economy, as WA’s remarkable turnaround indicates.

The tourism industry needs the government to commit to a new accommodation program.

If you’re looking for a food festival, then Western Australia has something to suit almost every taste.

Business Class talks to Sandalford Wines chief executive Grant Brinklow

IF you spend more than a few moments with David Hohnen you'll soon hear the words 'second generation'.

AN Indian student approaches an education agent in his home city, after hearing that if he studies in Australia, he can get permanent residency.

WHERE are all the people? Put simply, Western Australia doesn't have enough of them with the right skills and experience to make the most of the surge in oil and gas development.

TEACHING is widely regarded as a recession-proof profession.And it appears those companies that turn a profit from private education have also come out largely unaffected by the economic downturn.

LAND development has changed substantially in the past decade or so.

KING Neptune has been waiting a long time for this.Amid much anticipation of rapid development, a six-metre high statue was built almost three decades ago, facing southward from a promontory at Two Rocks towards Perth, 60 kilometres distant.

IT is the land where Alan Bond infamously painted the sand dunes green to make the brochures look better.

THE wine business is an emotional one and passions rarely run higher than when business people get involved in the sector.

BIG news and a big win from across the sea in the land of the long white pom.

Competition and innovation go hand-in-hand in the wine business, Russell Quinn reports.

The city of lights tends to rank highly in global surveys, but what does that mean?

WHILE many people may dream of sailing at a leisurely pace around the world, Perth couple Phil and Robbie Hearse are among the small number whose dream has become reality.

UNCERTAINTY surrounding security and logistics at this year's Spring in the Valley festival is leading some local operators to do their own private ticketed events, while others are boycotting the festival altogether.

WRITER Guy de Maupassant dabs his napkin on his not-inconsiderable moustache to lift the remains of the restaurant's plat du jour.

GOLD has been a mainstay of the Western Australian economy for more than a century.

The relationship between industry and educators is closer than ever, but is it a perfect match?

WHILE junior explorers dominated the 10 best-performing Western Australian stocks last financial year, was there a defining characteristic that bound together the worst performers for the year? A lack of scale would seem to be one possibility, with the 10

Every cloud has a silver lining, so the saying goes. So which WA companies delivered the best returns to investors as the cold winds of the global financial crisis wreaked havoc?

IT may come as a surprise, but judging by the results of WA Business News' latest survey of Total Shareholder Returns, the safest place for investors to put their money over the last year has been at the most speculative end of the share market.