Terry Waldron

In May 2007, when the Major Stadia Taskforce chaired by John Langoulant released its report on proposed new sports facilities, it recommended that venues should be governed by a body independent of the sports that might also be hiring it.

SENIOR Western Australian bureaucrats have received pay rises as high as $100,000 during the Liberal-National government’s first term in office, research undertaken for the WA Business News Book of Lists has revealed.

The state government has short-listed three consortiums of the “world’s top stadium builders” for the Burswood football arena.

Esslemont Cockram has won a $23.4 million construction contract to build the Western Australian Institute of Sport's high performance service centre.Construction will start this month and is due to be completed by the beginning of 2015.

Design proposals for the new Perth Stadium have been received from three private sector consortia – Confidem, Evolution and WESTADIUM – with a panel to announce the successful bidder for the project in mid-2014.

An independent committee may have taken more than a year to review the Liquor Control Act and recommended 141 changes, but industry participants are skeptical over whether it will herald any business benefits.

Burswood residents who objected to Crown Resorts’ planned new hotel have failed in their attempt to overturn the state government’s special approval process.

The state’s largest health insurer is to become the naming sponsor of Challenge Stadium and Arena Joondalup.HBF has signed a three-year sponsorship deal with the state-owned VenuesWest under which it will take the naming rights for the two facilities from the start of July.

WA Labor’s road to reform got off to a good start at last week’s annual conference, but the momentum must be maintained.

A total of 47 state sporting associations will share $7.2 million in funding over the next three years to help develop sport and recreation from grassroots to elite levels.

The look of the new 60,000-seat Perth stadium to be built in Burswood was unveiled today by Premier Colin Barnett, who guaranteed it would be open in time for the 2018 AFL season.

The state government has a lot of political capital invested in a successful build of its Burswood stadium.

The state coalition alliance partners may revert to the squabbling siblings of old if Nationals members feel their needs are being ignored.

Obtaining a small bar liquor licence has become increasingly complicated and prompted some players to abandon plans to open new venues.

Racing and Gaming Minister Terry Waldron has resigned from cabinet and will move to the back bench before the end of the year.Mr Waldron, who is also minister for sport and recreation, is a former deputy leader of the WA Nationals Party.

Dean Nalder has been stripped of his finance portfolio as part of a cabinet reshuffle after conflict of interest controversies.

The Tourism Council WA says planning has to start now to ensure the new Perth Stadium is used to its full potential once it is complete in 2018.

Borrowing off the books may minimise the damage to official state debt but the money has to come from somewhere – taxpayers.

The Western Australian parliament has finished all business until after the election on March 11, after it was prorogued by WA governor Kerry Sanderson.

Business school headsThe University of Notre Dame Australia and Curtin University have appointed new heads of their respective business schools.

Our weekly appointment wrap includes Scott Jones, Terry Waldron, Reg Howard-Smith, David Buckingham, Philip Mirams, Colin Pavlovich, Ken Michael, Lee Broomhall, Kelly Howlett, Tim Youe, Joshua Byrne, David Templeman, Anne Banks-McAllister, Peter Snowsill, Martin Hirsch, Michael Winlo, Charles Fear, Patrick Beilby, Biljana Radulovic, Hector West, Matthew Seabrook, Arash Kalani, Simon Pigliardo, Kathy Reid, Melissa Joyce, Nada Raphael, Fredrick Riebeling, Gina Nofal, and Nicola Jansen.