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Queensgate has been part of the fabric of Fremantle for nearly two decades, but its future as a cinema looks uncertain, with main tenant Hoyts seeking to renegotiate its lease and site owner, the City of Fremantle, investigating other uses for the buildin

Finding a corporate team-building activity that resonates with everyone is no mean feat, with the number of workshops on offer seemingly as eclectic as the various personalities in the office.

After a year of strong growth, Perth's unit market has started to plateau, according to figures from national property agency RP Data.

A West Perth-based company will be banking on the strong fundamentals of the latest hot commodity, phosphate, as it launches its $10 million initial public offering.

Faced with rising energy prices, Australia's politicians, like most politicians on the planet, are scrambling around looking for places to hide, or behaving like stunned rabbits in the lights of an oncoming vehicle (which unfortunately is not electric).

Gage Roads Brewing Company co-founder Peter Nolin has embarked on a radical career change to take over from John Longley as CEO of the Fremantle Chamber of Commerce.

Western Australia's largest companies have delivered diverse results in a survey of corporate governance standards.

Rick Stowe's The Griffin Group is facing the risk of industrial action as it seeks to complete the negotiation of new work agreements for its Collie coal workers.

Kwinana-based Baileys Fertilisers prides itself on being a leader in the development of specialist products for the turf industry, and the supply of potting soils for the domestic market.

It's a widely held view that the 1987 America's Cup revived Fremantle's fortunes and helped shape the port city's development.

For more than 30 years, the Riding for the Disabled Association has struggled to operate its hippotherapeutic animal rides in Western Australia.

Just a year ago, property owners with commercial office stock in Perth were basking in a sellers' market, as investors clambered to take advantage of strong capital growth and rising rents.

The move towards a carbon-constrained future for Western Australin industry is fast approaching, and with it comes costs and opportunities. Janelle Macri reports.

Those who think the proliferation of funky new cafes with their trendy interiors and furnishings means the end of any role for classic, Italian style-cafe furniture may wish to reconsider.

The worsening labour shortage crisis in the food processing industry could be the ultimate hurdle to Craig Mostyn Group's new $50 million abattoir in the Linley Valley.

Renewable energy may have been touted as one of the key solutions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but the development of renewable energy projects in Western Australia has stalled, with no major facilities coming online since 2006.

The opening of a new Asian restaurant in the Northbridge precinct may not sound like the most surprising event of the week.

Dozens of workers in Broome have recovered more than $200,000 in entitlements following an investigation by Australia's workplace ombudsman.

The solar industry is pushing the state government to introduce feed-in tariffs to encourage the installation of solar panels, after the federal government's decision to means test the solar PV rebate program.

Some of Western Australia's largest mining companies are bracing for production disruptions after yesterday's explosion at the Varanus Island gas plant, which could force its operator Apache Energy Ltd to pay compensation to its customers.

Plantation manager Great Southern Ltd has marked its entrance into the bioenergy market, signing an exclusive agreement to supply harvest residues to Pacific Energy's Great Southern Biomass project.

The approval rating of the state government by small and medium enterprises has fallen, making it the second lowest ranked state or territory government across Australia, a business survey has revealed today.

Subiaco-based Capital Intelligence Ltd plans to raise $2 million through a share placement, with funds to be used for working capital and expansion strategies.

Neptune Marine Services Ltd has downgraded its net profit after tax expectations to between $10 and $12 million before non-cash adjustments, for the year ended June 30, 2008.

The state government has increased the prize money for the Premier's Science Awards, making them the richest of their kind in the country.

The state government will increase funding to the private sector for apprenticeship training to $57 million, on top of the existing $20 million already available to private providers of traineeships.

Perth-based diversified resources company RMA Energy Ltd has discovered a new high-grade tin/copper mineralisation zone at a key Queensland project.

A new $360 million wastewater infrastructure project is set to underpin the future development of Perth's burgeoning northern corridor.

The disruption to state gas supplies following the Varanus Island gas explosion has prompted the state opposition and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA to renew their calls for the development of a comprehensive state energy policy.

Action on corporate collapses; Bankwest says it's safe despite sale rumours; Brierty sticks with same line as exchange steps up pressure; Metcash profit leaps but warns on volatility; Suncorp takes a $15m punt on WA's sunshine

An explosion at Varanus Island, a majr gas processing facility off the Pilbara coast, is expected to disrupt gas supplies to the Western Australian market for "a number of days".

Exploration company TNG Ltd disclosed today that it faces a $2.1 million claim from the Commonwealth of Australia over a 10-year old dispute involving Kanowna Lights NL.