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Australia is trying to claw its way back into the global resources capital markets but it may already be too late.

Subiaco-based property asset manager Wentworth Mutual Ltd has raised $20 million capital, mainly to reduce borrowings against conditionally secured property purchases that are yet to settle.

Curtin University of Technology has made two high profile appointments, with the recruitment of Gordon Martin as chancellor and Professor Linda Kristjanson as pro vice chancellor research and development.

The decision to list and source capital has as much to do with the project as it does with the market in which the listing or raising is being considered.

The ousting of Matt Birney was a disappointing moment from my point of view.

As this month’s 31 warm-to-hot days slowly rolled by, one recurring thought was that March 2006 was likely to go down in the state’s political annals as the worst that WA’s two then opposition leaders, Kim Beazley and Matt Birney, were likely to share.

Subiaco-based property asset manager Wentworth Mutual Ltd has raised $20 million capital, mainly to reduce borrowings against conditionally secured property purchases that are yet to settle.

A last-minute change of venue did nothing to quell the anticipation of the 900-strong crowd that turned up in Fremantle earlier this month for Western Australia’s biggest celebration of young business.

A handful of the 40 winners were also awarded special prizes by some of the organisations involved at the founding of the WA Business News 40under40 Awards.

Western Australia is in the grips of amber fever, with three new breweries in the pipeline set to cash in on the growing consumer market for premium boutique beer.

Hot on the heels of Perth’s residential land grab are industrial land and property buyers snapping up land and office-warehouse developments in the burgeoning suburbs of Wangara, Balcatta, Malaga and East Rockingham.

Hot on the heels of Perth’s residential land grab are industrial land and property buyers snapping up land and office-warehouse developments in the burgeoning suburbs of Wangara, Balcatta, Malaga and East Rockingham.

Are the owners of the Perth Convention Exhibition Centre finding out something they should have known from the start? That running such a business is little tougher than most other infrastructure markets?

Federal treasurer Peter Costello has convened a two-man inquiry into Australia’s tax burden and how it lines-up against so-called “comparable countries”.

The ‘what if’ question posed last week is entertaining people in places far higher than that occupied by Briefcase.

Some of Perth’s most seasoned diners have circled the wagons and are refusing to let Fremantle’s Roma Restaurant go quietly into the night.

The precious black truffles grown by the Wine and Truffle Company in Manjimup are prized for the similarities to the black Perigord Truffles of France.

Mack Hall and Associates are auctioning five rare green title lots on-site at North Fremantle on March 25.

Many accountants and lawyers aspire to leave the big firms and set up a boutique practice but recently there have been some notable moves in the opposite direction.

The Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR) has signed a new management deal with Perth-based company Proteomics International.

Perth-based telco company Wavenet has announced a new $1.25 million sales order for the supply of 10,000 Mobitex modems to an existing USA customer.

Economists are born pessimists. That’s why some of them are warning that the boom times being generated by China’s demand for commodities will not last.

New figures out this week paint a bleak picture for minerals exploration in Western Australia. Put simply, the locals are losing out to more aggressive operators from the eastern states and overseas.

Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group is expected to finish its internal financing plans this week so US bank Citigroup can start the much-awaited funding campaign for the company’s $2.5 billion iron ore project in the Pilbara.

OzJet’s decision to concentrate on charter work has left business travellers awaiting the arrival of Jetstar and its budget service.

Antarctica is a continent of extremes. It’s actually a desert, receiving about the same precipitation as the Sahara. But if Antarctica were to melt, the sea level would rise more than 18 metres.

When was the last time you visited Pemberton? If it was more than a couple of years ago, then you may not be aware of just how much this quaint country town and its surroundings have changed – for the better.

For some people, time off means relaxing with a good book, expending just enough energy to slip occasionally from chaise lounge to the pool for a dip or to the bar for another cup of coffee or glass of wine.

The tight real estate market and an increase in commercial rent prices are not stemming the tide of serv-ices companies setting up shop in Western Australia as the resources boom continues to attract business to the state.

Fremantle businesses used an audio-visual presentation last week by developer ING Real Estate and project architects Cox Howlett & Bailey Woodland to voice concerns over the proposed $200 million Victoria Quay redevelopment.

On a typically beautiful Saturday afternoon in the Swan Valley, a group of people gather around a table at Sandalford Winery, drinking and discussing the various complexities of Australian shiraz.

After several months trading at their Collie Street address, owner/proprietor Michael Della Penna and the team behind The Gelato Company in Fremantle are moving.